# AnimMate Tutorial

## Carl Nuzman
U. S. Army Research Laboratory

### August, 1996

The following tutorial will introduce you to AnimMate, a Tcl/TK-based user interface for BRL-CAD animation.

- Introduction
- Animating Objects
  - Editing Animation Curves
  - Making Objects Follow Animation Curves
  - Orientation Control
  - Manipulating the Time Parameter
  - Relative Displacement and Orientation
- View Animation
  - Making the Eye Follow Animation Curves
  - Combining Scripts
  - Attaching the Eye to Objects
  - Using an Eye Path and a Look-at Path
  - Editing View Curves
  - Making the Eye Follow View Curves
- Track Animation
  - Preparing the Model
  - Creating the Track
  - Animating the Track
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Ray-tracing the Animation
- Appendix B: Animation Man Pages