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
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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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