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animate

Set animation options.

Synopsis:

animate option = value [, option = value ]

Arguments:

option

One of the names of an animation property. See table below.

value

A value associated with the matching option . See table below

Option

Value

Value Meaning

Default Value

cache

on, off

Cache polygons in the machine's RAM. This speeds up animations, but requires large amounts of memory.

off

fps

real number >= 0.0

The number of frames per second. Setting the rate higher than the machine can draw the images will cause frames to be skipped. 0 has a special meaning; it indicates that the animation should go as fast as the machine allows.

0.0

Description:

Set options for the animation. cache speeds up the animation significantly, but it can only be used if your machine has sufficient memory, probably a minimum of 40 MB, though the actual number might be more or less than 40 since this number depends on the size of the problem and the number of frames in the animation. fps provides control over the frames per second.

Examples:

animate fps=5.0, cache=on

See Also:

addframe , newplot , play , powerwall , rplay , setframe , stop


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