Re: 3D Animations are killing my system
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- Subject: [mg38189] Re: 3D Animations are killing my system
- From: atelesforos at hotmail.com (Orestis Vantzos)
- Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 03:29:20 -0500 (EST)
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If you have a finalized set of images, you can use automated Export[...] commands to create a numbered sequence of images in a subdirectory. Something like "pic001.jpg","pic002.jpg",...,"pic100.jpg". Then you can use the free Bink tool from www.radgames.com to make an animation. It compresses the animation, plus you can turn it into a standalone .exe file for people who don't have Mathematica. This solution is great for finalized large animations. Orestis "Steven T. Hatton" <hattons at globalsymmetry.com> wrote in message news:<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?