Animation along a Path in Povray

Example 1:Moving an object from any point A to any Point B

To orient the cone, we have used the Point_At_Trans(X) transformation found in transforms.inc. It orients an object along the direction X. We have also used the #debug command to print out information about the clock to the messages window. See Povray documentation for more details on both of these.

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Example 2: Moving an object along a curved (spline) path

To understand splines, please read "3.4.1.1 Understanding The Concept of Splines " in the Povray documentation (to find, look up splines in the index). In the example below we use a cubic spline although other types would also work. In the code, we create a spline, we draw spheres along the spline, and then we animate the cone along the spline. We have placed spheres along the spline path so that one can see the path.

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Example 3: Having the Camera follow a moving object.

This is the same as Example 2 except that we have made the camera follow the cone. The location of the camera is kept fixed but the look_at value is set to the location of the cone. We have also set the Banking and the Foresight of the cone to zero.

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