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Re: Sticky Animations Anyone?

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  • Subject: [mg85033] Re: Sticky Animations Anyone?
  • From: "Kevin J. McCann" <Kevin.McCann at umbc.edu>
  • Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:49:46 -0500 (EST)
  • Organization: University System of Maryland
  • References: <fn1nj8$9b6$1@smc.vnet.net>

David,

Your example runs fine on my PC: 6.0 for Microsoft Windows (32-bit) 
(June 19, 2007)

Could it be a memory issue? I have 2Gb on this machine.

Kevin

David Park wrote:
> When I use the Animate statement I often get 'sticky animations'. The 
> animation will often randomly stop while it is still in the Play mode. 
> Clicking on the slider bar will restart the animation but then it may stop 
> again.  The following is a typical Animate statement that is sticky.
> 
> Animate[frame[t], {t, 0., 55, 0.5},
>  DisplayAllSteps -> True,
>  DefaultDuration -> 10.,
>  AnimationRepetitions -> \[Infinity],
>  AnimationDirection -> Forward]
> 
> The frame[t] plot is quite simple with no involved calculations. And, in 
> fact, if I decrease the DefaultDuration, say to 5, so the animation runs 
> faster, then I obtain much less 'stickyness'. But I really don't want the 
> animation to run too fast.
> 
> Does anyone know the cause of this or the right combination of options to 
> overcome it? I have played with all the Animate options that seem relevant 
> with no success.
> 
> 

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Kevin J. McCann
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