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Re: Exporting video of simulation

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• Subject: [mg116751] Re: Exporting video of simulation
• From: DmitryG <einschlag at gmail.com>
• Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:06:45 -0500 (EST)
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On 25 Feb., 06:41, Gabriel Landi <gtla... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I've been using Mathematica to do the following:
>
> (1) Import data values from a simulation done in a different software.
> Simulation is basically solving a ODE.
> The data has the form (t, x1, x2, x3, ...)
>
> (2) I then use this data to make a ParametricPlot3D of (x1(t), x2(t),
> x3(t)). I Use function interpolation which works pretty well.
>
> (3) Now... what I really want is to make a video of this parametric 3D pl=
ot
> as a function of time. i. e., the 3D curve is drawn with time in the vide=
o.
> So far, the best I have come up with is to create a Manipulate Object and
> then export it (almost aways to quicktime .mov even though the format
> doesn't matter).
> I also plot alongside the 3D plot a 2D graph of one of the components.
>
> The problem is: making the video takes alot more time than the simulation=