RAI My son recently discovered an animation program called "Pivot Stickfigure Animator" by Peter Bone.
http://www.geocities.com/peter_bone_uk/pivot.html
http://groups.msn.com/Pivotanimation
At first it looked like something that could be written in just a few lines of Tcl, but after working on it for a bit I believe there is more involved. The code below only covers the "Poser" part of the program:
package require Tk catch {console show} canvas .c -width 600 -height 600 pack .c proc makeLine {x1y1 x2y2} { foreach {x1 y1} $x1y1 {} foreach {x2 y2} $x2y2 {} set id [.c create line $x1 $y1 $x2 $y2 -width 10 -capstyle round] .c addtag stick withtag $id set ::list_of_attachments($id) "" set ::center($id.xy) "$x1 $y1" set ::end($id.xy) "$x2 $y2" set h0 [makeHandle $x2 $y2] mount $h0 $id return $id } proc getCenter {id} { return $::center($id.xy) } proc setCenter {id x y} { set ::center($id.xy) "$x $y" } proc getEnd {id} { return $::end($id.xy) } proc setEnd {id x y} { set ::end($id.xy) "$x $y" } proc rotateSome {id a xc yc} { rotateOneSome $id $a $xc $yc foreach child $::list_of_attachments($id) { rotateSome $child $a $xc $yc } } proc rotateOneSome {id a xc yc} { set cosa [expr {cos($a)}] set sina [expr {sin($a)}] foreach {x1 y1} [getCenter $id] {} set dx [expr $x1-$xc] set dy [expr $y1-$yc] set newx1 [expr {$cosa*$dx - $sina*$dy + $xc}] set newy1 [expr {$cosa*$dy + $sina*$dx + $yc}] foreach {x2 y2} [getEnd $id] {} set dx [expr $x2-$xc] set dy [expr $y2-$yc] set newx2 [expr {$cosa*$dx - $sina*$dy + $xc}] set newy2 [expr {$cosa*$dy + $sina*$dx + $yc}] setCenter $id $newx1 $newy1 setEnd $id $newx2 $newy2 .c coords $id $newx1 $newy1 $newx2 $newy2 set handle [getHasMount $id] if {$handle != -1} { .c coords $handle $newx2 $newy2 $newx2 $newy2 } } proc makeHandle {x1 y1 {color orange} } { set id [.c create line $x1 $y1 $x1 $y1 -width 10 -capstyle round -fill $color] set ::list_of_attachments($id) "" .c addtag drag1 withtag $id .c addtag handle withtag $id return $id } proc raiseHandles {} { .c raise handle } proc mount {h1 l1} { set ::mounted_on($h1) $l1 set ::has_mount($l1) $h1 } proc getMountedOn {id} { if { ![info exists ::mounted_on($id) ] } { return -1 } return $::mounted_on($id) } proc getHasMount {id} { if { ![info exists ::has_mount($id) ] } { return -1 } return $::has_mount($id) } proc attach {l1 l0} { set ::attached_on($l1) $l0 lappend ::list_of_attachments($l0) $l1 } proc getAttachedOn {id} { return $::attached_on($id) } proc canvas_movable w { $w bind drag1 <Button-1> "handle_press %W %x %y" $w bind drag1 <B1-Motion> {handle_motion %W [%W canvasx %x] [%W canvasy %y]} } proc handle_press {W x y} { set ::g(id) [$W find withtag current] set mountedOn [getMountedOn $::g(id)] foreach {xc yc} [getCenter $mountedOn] {} set ::g(x) [$W canvasx $x] set ::g(y) [$W canvasy $y] set dx [expr $x-$xc] set dy [expr $y-$yc] set ::g(a) [expr atan2($dy,$dx)] } proc handle_motion {w xn yn} { set mountedOn [getMountedOn $::g(id)] if { $mountedOn == -1 } { $w move $::g(id) [expr {$xn-$::g(x)}] [expr {$yn-$::g(y)}] set ::g(x) $xn set ::g(y) $yn } else { foreach {xc yc} [getCenter $mountedOn] {} set dx [expr {$xn-$xc}] set dy [expr {$yn-$yc}] set a [expr {atan2($dy,$dx)}] set da [expr {$a - $::g(a)}] rotateSome $mountedOn $da $xc $yc foreach {xf yf} [getEnd $mountedOn] {} $w move $::g(id) [expr {$xf-$::g(x)}] [expr {$yf-$::g(y)}] set ::g(x) $xf set ::g(y) $yf set ::g(a) [expr $::g(a) + $da] } } .c focus "" canvas_movable .c # create a simple figure. (need to make a gui editor) set waist "300 300" set neck "300 200" set torso [makeLine $waist $neck] set head [makeLine $neck "286 152"] attach $head $torso set rUpperArm [makeLine $neck "375 266"] attach $rUpperArm $torso set rLowerArm [makeLine [getEnd $rUpperArm] "401 362"] attach $rLowerArm $rUpperArm set lUpperArm [makeLine $neck "222 263"] attach $lUpperArm $torso set lLowerArm [makeLine [getEnd $lUpperArm] "201 361"] attach $lLowerArm $lUpperArm set rUpperLeg [makeLine $waist "340 392"] #attach $rUpperLeg $torso set rLowerLeg [makeLine [getEnd $rUpperLeg] "341 492"] attach $rLowerLeg $rUpperLeg set lUpperLeg [makeLine $waist "263 393"] #attach $lUpperLeg $torso set lLowerLeg [makeLine [getEnd $lUpperLeg] "264 493"] attach $lLowerLeg $lUpperLeg raiseHandles
Next up...
(1) saving the figure to a file
(2) saving multiple poses to a file
(3) replaying the poses