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mobject

Base classes for objects that can be displayed.

Classes

Group	Groups together multiple Mobjects.
Mobject	Mathematical Object: base class for objects that can be displayed on screen.

Functions

override_animate(method)

Decorator for overriding method animations.

This allows to specify a method (returning an Animation) which is called when the decorated method is used with the .animate syntax for animating the application of a method.

See also

Mobject.animate

Note

Overridden methods cannot be combined with normal or other overridden methods using method chaining with the .animate syntax.

Examples

Example: AnimationOverrideExample

from manim import *

class CircleWithContent(VGroup):
    def __init__(self, content):
        super().__init__()
        self.circle = Circle()
        self.content = content
        self.add(self.circle, content)
        content.move_to(self.circle.get_center())

    def clear_content(self):
        self.remove(self.content)
        self.content = None

    @override_animate(clear_content)
    def _clear_content_animation(self, anim_args=None):
        if anim_args is None:
            anim_args = {}
        anim = Uncreate(self.content, **anim_args)
        self.clear_content()
        return anim

class AnimationOverrideExample(Scene):
    def construct(self):
        t = Text("hello!")
        my_mobject = CircleWithContent(t)
        self.play(Create(my_mobject))
        self.play(my_mobject.animate.clear_content())
        self.wait()