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Bases: how it works

- an animation it's a "frames collection"

- each frame can be generated by a time-dependant function (a parametric equation)

- parameter must be a vector (a column matrix)

parameter examples

- parametric equations can be mono-parametric or multi-parametric

- when you plot an animation, the animation parameter must be defined as "t"

plot syntax

- right-click on your plots to define the animation settings

parameter source: Animate > u / v / tRange (in this example, any other vector in your files)

now each frame take a progressive position of the source variable as "t" value

animation speed: Frame rate > ###

i.e. "frame-rate > 2" means 2 frames per second

loop settings: Frame rate @> No animation / Play once / Repeat Indefinitely

selecting "No animation" you can see each frame step-by-step with ALT+left / ALT+right

Examples

- 2D plot
- frame source: v
- frame rate: 2

- 2D plot
- multiple equations
- frame source: v
- frame rate: 5

- 2D plot
- frame source: tRange
- frame rate: 50

- 3D plot
- multiple equations
- frame source: tRange
- frame rate: 50

References

The *.sm version of this tutorial can be found here:

Animations tutorial - bases

Andrey Ivashov video tutorial:

How To Animate Graph tutorial

Simple animations:

A Simple Example

Simple Animation

More complex animations:

SMath Studio Forum » SMath Studio » Samples » Animation of mechanisms

SMath Studio Forum » SMath Studio » Samples » Animation of planetary mechanisms

Related resources on wiki:

Graphs