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MoveAlongPath

Qualified name: manim.animation.movement.MoveAlongPath

class MoveAlongPath(mobject=None, *args, use_override=True, **kwargs)

Bases: Animation

Make one mobject move along the path of another mobject.

Methods

interpolate_mobject	Interpolates the mobject of the Animation based on alpha value.

Attributes

run_time

• Parameters:
  • mobject (Mobject)
  • path (VMobject)
  • suspend_mobject_updating (bool)
  • kwargs (Any)

_original__init__(mobject, path, suspend_mobject_updating=False, **kwargs)

Initialize self. See help(type(self)) for accurate signature.

• Parameters:
  • mobject (Mobject)
  • path (VMobject)
  • suspend_mobject_updating (bool)
  • kwargs (Any)

interpolate_mobject(alpha)

Interpolates the mobject of the Animation based on alpha value.

• Parameters: alpha (float) – A float between 0 and 1 expressing the ratio to which the animation is completed. For example, alpha-values of 0, 0.5, and 1 correspond to the animation being completed 0%, 50%, and 100%, respectively.
• Return type: None