Permanent and Temporary Animation Tables

Overview

There are 2 kinds of animation tables:

A permanent animation table is an integrated part of a project.

It is saved with the project and can be exported.

A temporary animation table

is not saved with a project but deleted when closing a project

Therefore no temporary animation table is available in the project browser, when opening a project.
does not modify a project
does not modify the build state of a project
does not create upload information (and therefore can not be uploaded)
can not be exported
is not included in the printout of a project

Creating an animation table via Project Browser > Animation Table you can select if a permanent or a temporary animation table should be created. To create a temporary animation table set the Temporary Table checkbox in the Properties dialog.
Creating an animation table outside the project browser (e.g. via Initialize Animation Table in a language editor or creating an animation table of forced bits) you will always create a temporary animation table.

See also Animation Table of Forced Bits.

Every temporary animation table (except the animation table of forced bits) can be changed to a permanent animation table and vice versa.

There are 2 ways to do this:

Use the checkbox available in the Properties dialog of an animation table (see Animation Table Properties).
Use the button top right at the animation table. Click the button to change from a permanent animation table to a temporary animation table and vice versa.

The context menu that can be opened via Project Browser > Animation Tables provides 2 additional entries:

Make All Tables Permanent

Use this context menu entry to change all temporary animation tables to permanent animation tables.

As mentioned above, an animation table of forced bits is always a temporary one and can not be changed to a permanent.
Purge Temporary Tables

Use this context menu entry to delete all temporary animation tables.