papers-context/agent_workspace/manim_docs/reference/manim.mobject.utils.md

utils

Utilities for working with mobjects.

Functions

get_mobject_class()

Gets the base mobject class, depending on the currently active renderer.

NOTE

This method is intended to be used in the code base of Manim itself or in plugins where code should work independent of the selected renderer.

Examples

The function has to be explicitly imported. We test that the name of the returned class is one of the known mobject base classes:

>>> from manim.mobject.utils import get_mobject_class
>>> get_mobject_class().__name__ in ['Mobject', 'OpenGLMobject']
True

• Return type: type

get_point_mobject_class()

Gets the point cloud mobject class, depending on the currently active renderer.

NOTE

This method is intended to be used in the code base of Manim itself or in plugins where code should work independent of the selected renderer.

Examples

The function has to be explicitly imported. We test that the name of the returned class is one of the known mobject base classes:

>>> from manim.mobject.utils import get_point_mobject_class
>>> get_point_mobject_class().__name__ in ['PMobject', 'OpenGLPMobject']
True

• Return type: type

get_vectorized_mobject_class()

Gets the vectorized mobject class, depending on the currently active renderer.

NOTE

This method is intended to be used in the code base of Manim itself or in plugins where code should work independent of the selected renderer.

Examples

The function has to be explicitly imported. We test that the name of the returned class is one of the known mobject base classes:

>>> from manim.mobject.utils import get_vectorized_mobject_class
>>> get_vectorized_mobject_class().__name__ in ['VMobject', 'OpenGLVMobject']
True

• Return type: type