Capture Dynamic Relation Animation

Overview

To capture the animation of a relation this goody will store a sequence of images to the file system.

Additionally the generic Capturing Animation dialog is activated.

Activation

Enter into command line

   (load "capture_animation") 

Or add this line to your customization file.

Loading this file will create a button "Capture Anim" in the toolbox.

Description

A dialog is opened that allows you to select the relation to animate as well as whether to color faces that clash during the animation.

Additionally you have to select a viewport from which the animation is to be captured.

Furthermore you can specify the output format for the captured images.

The given filename (e.g. image.bmp) is extended by a 3 digit string to store each single image (e.g. image001.bmp).

Image conversion

For converting purposes the ImageMagick tools can be used. The ImageMagick tools can be found on www.imagemagick.org. Although the software is copyrighted, it is available for free and can be redistributed without fee.

Example for converting a number of images of the Bitmap format into an animated gif:

convert -loop 0 image*.bmp animation.gif