Keyframe Updating-ResearchNodes
From scripting
http://researchnodes.org/doku.php?id=cellularaggregation:keyframe-update.mel
/* This little script shows how to keyframe individual attributes and how to force a screen update during script execution. */ global proc MoveSomething (string $object, float $x, float $y, float $z) { setKeyframe -t `currentTime -q` -at tx -v ($x) $object; setKeyframe -t `currentTime -q` -at ty -v ($y) $object; setKeyframe -t `currentTime -q` -at tz -v ($z) $object; } // Here would be your program loop: select -all; delete; $object = `sphere`; // Don't forget, $object is now a list currentTime -e 0 -u 1; // This sets the timeslider with the refresh setKeyframe -t `currentTime -q` -at sx -v (3) -at sy -v (3) -at sz -v (3)$object;// for ($i=0;$i<=40; $i++){ currentTime -e $i -u 1; // -OR- refresh(); MoveSomething($object[0], `rand 1 10`, `rand 1 10`, `rand 1 10`); } setKeyframe -t `currentTime -q` -at sx -v (.2) -at sy -v (.2) -at sz -v (.2) $object;