- [Instructor] Display states can be used
to predefine any combination of component appearance,
visibility, display style and transparency
and we can use these display states
within our animations.
So, I have four display states of this assembly.
So, I have the default which what I'm seeing currently,
can just double click on the red here
and see it's pretty much the same,
just my gear has changed colors to red,
blue, and green.
So, these are simple display states
but really you can have a whole bunch of your components
changing to whatever colors, transparency,
display styles you may like
and then you can use these within your animation.
So, I'm gonna go back to my default here for a second
and then I'll just use these within my animation.
So, I'll go back to my Motion Study 1 here.
Take a look at the defaults,
I'll just play through
and right now it's just the default
or the gray gear wheel
playing through my standard animation there
but it really just works the exact same way
as manually changing the appearance
except I can use my display state,
might just be a little bit faster,
you can throw in a whole bunch of display changes
all at once
and really all we have to do is maybe turn on
your auto keys here
and then change the display state
to whatever time you may like.
So, let's say I'll move my time bar
to about two seconds
and then since auto keys is turned on,
all I'll have to do is change my display state
at this time.
So, double click on red, for example,
and then notice, the appearance change bar
has automatically appeared on my gear,
so that zero to two seconds
should be a change from the gray color
to the red color
and we can start with Play from Start here.
We can see it's starting off gray
and then changing to red at two seconds
and holding at red.
So, it's really just a easier, maybe faster way
to change a whole bunch of displays at once potentially
and then same idea.
Maybe I wanna move my time bar to about four seconds
and then I'll activate my blue display state.
Just double click our four seconds here.
Notice again, my appearance change bar being thrown in
and then move to say six seconds
and double click my green display state
and again, so you see that change bar coming in
within my appearance.
So, now playing through, should start at gray,
change into red in about two seconds,
then change from red to blue,
from two to four seconds
and change from blue to green
from four to six seconds.
So, I'm gonna just do a play from start here
and I'll just watch this slow change of my colors
to the specific display states.