Animation Techniques

You can use three basic techniques for creating animations in MATLAB^®.

Trace Marker Along Line

This example shows how to trace a marker along a line by updating the data properties of the marker.

Line Animations

This example shows how to create an animation of two growing lines.

Move Group of Objects Along Line

This example shows how to move a group of objects together along a line using transforms.

Animate Graphics Object

This example shows how to animate a triangle looping around the inside of a circle by updating the data properties of the triangle.

Creating Stream Particle Animations

A stream particle animation is useful for visualizing the flow direction and speed of a vector field. The particles trace the flow along a particular stream line.

Record Animation for Playback

These examples show how to record animations as movies that you can replay.

Animating a Surface

This example shows how to animate a surface.