Class

• <DRM Animation Behaviour>

Superclass

• <DRM SEDRIS Abstract Base>

Subclass

• None.

Definition

An instance of this DRM class specifies, for its aggregate <DRM Animation Related Geometry> instance(s), all the information necessary to define one animation sequence among the “frames” defined by that <DRM Animation Related Geometry>.

The period field specifies the duration (in seconds) of each frame.

The count field specifies the number of times that the animation sequence will repeat, where 0 indicates that it repeats endlessly.

If the value of the forward_sequence_mode field is TRUE, the animation sequence cycles from beginning to end, beginning to end, beginning to end, for the number of iterations specified by count; this is referred to as standard cycling. If forward_sequence_mode is FALSE, the animation sequence cycles from beginning to end, end to beginning, beginning to end, end to beginning, as specified by count; this is referred to as swing mode.

The beginning_frame field specifies the index of the beginning frame among the ordered <DRM Geometry Hierarchy> components of the <DRM Animation Related Geometry> instance under consideration.

The ending_frame field specifies the index of the ending frame among the ordered <DRM Geometry Hierarchy> components of the <DRM Animation Related Geometry> instance under consideration.

The random_beginning_frame field specifies whether the beginning frame is chosen randomly. If random_beginning_frame = FALSE, the beginning frame is ignored, and the sequence cycles towards the ending frame.

Class diagram

Figure 6.9 — DRM_Animation_Behaviour

Constraints

• Publishable Object

Example(s)

• An animation of an explosion could have many different sections. One section could represent the explosion, another section the fire, and another section smoke. The fields of this class give the duration of each frame and the beginning and ending frame sequence.

• The <DRM Animation Related Geometry> instance would have 60 ordered <DRM Geometry Hierarchy> components. The first <DRM Animation Behaviour> (explosion) would define frames 1 through 20 in its animation sequence. The second <DRM Animation Behaviour> (fire) would define frames 21 through 40 in its animation sequence. The third <DRM Animation Behaviour> (smoke) would define frames 41 through 60 as its sequence, with count set to 0. The effect would be to see the animation of the explosion followed by the fire, followed by the smoke. The smoke would last forever, since its count field was set to 0.