SU Animate Version 3.2: What is new?

Camera Target Angle - more control of your walk-thrus and fly-arounds

SU Animate now has a feature that allows you to fix the camera view at an angle from the animation path direction. Using this tool, you can create walk-thrus or fly-arounds that do not require a target group. For example, with this tool you can setup the SketchUp camera view to be at a right angle from the direction of the path.

Click on the image to view the Camera Target Angle video (YouTube)

Create Arc path tool

Now you can accurately create an arc path with the Create Arc or Circle command. This tools allows you to pick the center point of an arc, right click the start point and the end point of the arc. This tool is good for creating animations of revolving doors or any object that revolves around an axis point less than 360 degrees.

Click on the image to view the video tutorial on Repeat from Start

Time Lapse - animate the movement of time (with Shadows)

You can now make time lapse animations that will animate the movement of shadows across a certain period of hours. For example, sunrise to sunset. The Time Lapse animation can be part of a multi-path animation or by itself.
Note: The time it takes for SketchUp to display shadows on your computer maybe be longer than you have set your scene transitions. If you model is complex you may not see the shadow transitions in the time lapse animation using Preview. For best results, use Make Scene and export the animation to AVI and MOV.

Click on the image for the Time Lapse video tutorial

Spiral Curve - make animations that spiral

SU Animate's new spiral curve option will create a animation path based on a spiral curve.

Click on the image too see the spiral curve video/font