Deformation Scale Not Locking in Modal Animation

protontim

I have a model that I have done a modal vibration 3D simulation on. When I animate it the scaling factor varies wildly throughout the animation. I checked the lock scaling factor box, but the scaling factor continues to vary wildly when I animate it. Is the amplitude of the oscillation being scaled differently at each step as the scaling factor would indicate? A video is attached which shows the varying scaling factor in the lower left.

Victor

That number is showing the instantaneous scale factor. I'm not sure why since it's kind of unreadable. The maximum should still be what you set.

prop_design

it's hard to tell exactly, but it looks like it is just varying from +/-. I would imagine the absolute value of the deformation would be the same number. I looked at one of my old models and it does something similar to what you show. Usually, I can't use the animate function at all, because it's too slow and choppy. I never looked at the scale factor changing. However, it seems sensible to me. It's changing the scale factor to create the animation effect.