3D Data Visualizer Pro

Animating Data

Identifying the frame number

In any animated, table based data file, a column is used to specify as the frame number. This column should contain increasing integer values. For instance, in the following case, the last column is used to specify the animation data :

To produce an animated plot,

1 - Enter the frame count column into the frame index at column text box.

2 - Select the animate checkbox, to identify that this plot should be animated.

3- Choose the desired type of plot, set the appropriate parameters, and click the apply button

Setting Animation Parameters

At this point, your animation is now all set and ready to run. You just need to specify some parameters to indicate how to best animate this graph.

Enter the desired frames per second, and resolution.

To start the animation, press the Run Once button, or the Loop button.

The plot should animate at the desired speed.

Sometimes, there is not enough computing power to animate your data (especially if you have very large data sets) at the desired speed. In this case, you can create a QuickTime movie of the animated sequence. You should be able to smoothly play this movie.

Making a QuickTime movie

If you would like to animate all the frames, choose All Frames from the drop list menu in the QuickTime section of the Animation Controls. If not, choose Selected Frames, and enter the starting and ending frame numbers. To create a QuickTime movie, press the Create A QuickTime movie button, and select an output filename.