Action Task

Use the Action Task to link triggers with actions like animation, audio (coming soon), etc, to create more dynamic and interactive scenes.

  1. Select the Action Task in the task bar.
  2. Select the model that this action will be attached to.
  3. Click Create in the task panel to make a new action element or select an existing one to edit.
  4. Set the action details as follows:
    • Trigger - What triggers this action? Options include “OnClick” (model click), “OnLoad” (scene load), or “OnAnnotation” (annotation activate).
    • Type - Options include “PlayAnimation” (starts a top-level object animation).
    • Style - How the action plays. Options include “Single”, “Loop”, or “PingPong” (alternating forward and backward on consecutive plays).
    • Animation - For action type “PlayAnimation”, select the animation to play from the dropdown list.
    • Annotation - For trigger type “OnAnnotation”, select the triggering annotation from the dropdown list.

Test the action by performing the designated trigger in the Explorer preview pane.

Numbered image showing location of action steps in UI