Triggering function

[Guest jungler]

hi, I am trying to animate some work pieces moving along a conveyor. Once the conveyor in_feed sensor detects a workpiece, the animation is activated and runs for 5 seconds, then killed by itself. Does anyone know if there is any triggering function avaialble in Citect, with which I can achieve my design? If not, is there any other mechanism? Thanks a lot! :-p

[BobB 58]

Have a look in the example project. There are many examples of all sorts of things there. There are also examples in the include project. If you cannot see it in the directory, go to view in Citect explorer and turn it on. Citect animation is mainly bitmap based, although many other methods are available. For example, the "smoke" sample in Citect is a series of bitmaps that can be used in the animation of a bit. When the bit (tag) is on, the smoke bitmaps are automatically shown in order giving the effect of smoke spiraling in the air.