#
# $Id: animate.dem,v 1.6 2003/10/28 05:35:54 sfeam Exp $
#
# Demo animation, tumbling around 'glass.dat'.
#
# History:
# - 1. 1. 2006 Dan Sebald: Defined variables for more generic rotate
# - ?. ?. ? Hans-Bernhard Broeker: Changed from rotating whale to
# rotating glass
# - ?. ?. ? ?: Initial tumbling whale demo
set parametric
set hidden3d
unset key
set style data line
xrot=60
xrot_delta = 17
zrot=0
zrot_delta = 10
xview(xrot)=(50.+30.*sin((xrot%180)/180.*pi))
zview(zrot)=(60.+45.*sin(zrot/180.*pi))
set view xview(xrot),zview(zrot)
splot "glass.dat"
limit_iterations=40 # limits number of iterations if nonzero
if (!limit_iterations) print "The following animation will never stop on its own. You have"
if (!limit_iterations) print "to stop it manually by interrupting gnuplot (e.g., press ^C)"
print "On some screen terminal drivers for PC screens, you'll have"
print "to hit a key to get to the next frame"
pause -1 "Press a key to start the rotation..."
iteration_count=0
load "gnuplot.rot"
reset