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Re: 3D Animations are killing my system

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  • Subject: [mg38199] Re: 3D Animations are killing my system
  • From: huhoic at aol.com (RAyRAy)
  • Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 03:30:02 -0500 (EST)
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can you include or send me the notebook with these parametic plots.  I would be
interested in looking at them and see how they run on my machine.

>Subject: [mg38199] 3D Animations are killing my system
>From: "Steven T. Hatton" hattons at globalsymmetry.com 
To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
>Date: 12/3/2002 2:12 AM Pacific Standard Time
>Message-id: <asi01o$eo8$1 at smc.vnet.net>
>
>I've been trying to run some modestly complicated animations consisting of 
>several ParametricPlot3D curves.  I can generate the sequence of images, but 
>when I try to use ShowAnimation, Mathematica starts using all the CPU, and if
>
>there is sufficient number of frames, It starts swapping.  What that happens 
>I either have to reboot the system, or wait several minutes for Mathematica 
>to let me have a few cycles so I can kill it.  I've seen what I can do with 
>Java 3D, so I know such animations can be run on this box.
>
>What is actually happening when the animations are run?  Even if I get them
>to 
>start, they never run smoothly.  The always freze momentarily about every 7 
>frames or so, and sometimes they will stall for a fairly long period.
>
>I really think Mathematica is a wonderful program for handling mathematical 
>problems.  It's ability to graph mathematical functions is fantastic.  I am 
>interested in studying the time evolution of physical systems, and believe 
>that 3D animation is the best way to understand the mathematical expressions 
>used to describe these systems.  When I get beyond the simplest systems, 
>Mathematic seems unable to support this aspect of my modeling.
>
>I don't have time to write my own mapping between Java 3D and Mathematica, 
>unless WRI wants to fund the effort.  Is there a good way to handle this kind
>
>of situation using Mathematica?
>-- 
>STH
>Hatton's Law: 
>"There is only One inviolable Law."
>





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