Export business process animation to flash

This tutorial is aimed to cover the techniques required to bringing a business process model into alive by animating it. By reading this tutorial, you will learn how to make use of Animacian to walk through a path in a business process model, as well as to export animation into Adobe Flash.

September 23, 2009
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  1. Create a new project with name Member Registration.
  2. Rename Business Process Diagram1 to Application Processing.
  3. Draw the business process diagram as shown below:
    draw bpd
  4. Launch Animacian by selecting Tools > Animacian from the main menu.
    launch animacian
  5. Select Path1 from the list, and observe the path selection in diagram. The path of rejecting application is highlighted.
    path selection
  6. Select Path2 from the list, and observe the path selection in diagram. The path of accepting application is highlighted.
    path2 selection
  7. In Animacian dialog box, double click Path1 and rename it to Reject Application. Double click Path2 and rename it to Accept Application.
    paths renamed
  8. Select Accept Application.
  9. Click on the Play button at the top of the dialog box.
    play animacian
  10. Animacian is minimized to the bottom of diagram, and the animation is started playing. Watch the tiny black dot to traverse through the path until the end.
    playing accept application
  11. Drag the slider to navigate to the position where the task Review Application is just reached.
    navigate to review application
  12. Click the Forward button once to move to the gateway Accept?.
    move forward
  13. Click Stop to stop the animation.
    stop animation
  14. Now, let's export the flash to Adobe Flash. Open Animacian by clicking on the Show Dialog button at the right of slider.
    show animacian
  15. We want to export the animations of both the acceptance, and rejection of application into Adobe Flash. Check Accept Application and Reject Application.
    select paths
  16. Click Export to Flash... at the bottom left of dialog box.
    export to flash
  17. Fill in C:\Outcome\Animations as Path.
    fill in flash path
  18. Set the dimension to 700 x 400.
    set dimension
  19. Click Export.
  20. The Flash is exported, and is opened in Web browser. Watch it until the end.
    playing animation
  21. At the top right of page is the drop down menu for path selection. Pick up Reject Application to play with.
    change path
  22. Watch the Flash movie until the end.

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