Smooth animation

[MikeD]

Hi,

I am trying to use some basic animation by rotating a simple cube with the following code

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for i := 0 to 360 do
begin
   sleep(5);
   LoadedCADImage.Rotate(XAxis,1);
   F3DN.LoadFromConverter(LoadedCADImage.Converter, LoadedCADImage);
end;

For rotating only around one axis and a simple basic shape/object I get a smooth animation.
But as soon as I load in a slightly more complex object loading from the converter takes too long for smooth animations.
Is there a faster way to update/redraw/repaint the image?

-Mike

[support]

Hello Mike,

You don't have to reload a drawing from the converter when rotating it aroung some axis. Use Tsg3DDrawingNavigator.Rotate function instead.


Mikhail

[MikeD]

Thanks for all the answers, Mikhail.
You're really helping me out here.

Does CAD VCL contain any possibilities or functions for animation?
Or would I have to do that all by myself in delphi?

-Mike

[support]

Hello Mike,

CAD VCL is intended for static rendering, it doesn't contain any built-in functions for animation. You have to implement that in your Delphi code.


MIkhail