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Animations with glTF
This example demonstrates how to load a glTF model with animations and play them.
Model from mixamo.com(https://www.mixamo.com)
Note
To run this example, you need a model from the source repo’s example folder. If you are running this example from a local copy of the code (dev install) no further actions are needed. Otherwise, you may have to replace the path below to point to the location of the model.
Once the path is set correctly, you can use the model as follows:
import pygfx as gfx
from wgpu.gui.auto import WgpuCanvas, run
from wgpu.utils.imgui import ImguiRenderer
from imgui_bundle import imgui, icons_fontawesome_6, hello_imgui # type: ignore
gltf_path = model_dir / "Soldier.glb"
canvas = WgpuCanvas(size=(800, 600), max_fps=-1, title="Animations", vsync=False)
renderer = gfx.WgpuRenderer(canvas)
camera = gfx.PerspectiveCamera(45, 800 / 600, depth_range=(1, 100))
camera.local.position = (1, 2, -3)
camera.look_at((0, 1, 0))
scene = gfx.Scene()
dl = gfx.DirectionalLight()
dl.local.position = (-3, 10, -10)
scene.add(gfx.AmbientLight(), dl)
gltf = gfx.load_gltf(gltf_path, quiet=True)
# gfx.print_scene_graph(gltf.scene) # Uncomment to see the tree structure
model_obj = gltf.scene.children[0]
skeleton_helper = gfx.SkeletonHelper(model_obj)
scene.add(skeleton_helper)
scene.add(model_obj)
camera.show_object(model_obj, view_dir=(-1, -1, 3))
gfx.OrbitController(camera, register_events=renderer)
stats = gfx.Stats(viewport=renderer)
clock = gfx.Clock()
mixer = gfx.AnimationMixer()
clips = gltf.animations
actions = [mixer.clip_action(clip) for clip in clips]
gui_renderer = ImguiRenderer(renderer.device, canvas)
state = {
"model": True,
"skeleton": False,
"selected_action": 2,
}
fa_loading_params = hello_imgui.FontLoadingParams()
fa_loading_params.use_full_glyph_range = True
fa = hello_imgui.load_font("fonts/fontawesome-webfont.ttf", 14, fa_loading_params)
# fa = gui_renderer.backend.io.fonts.add_font_from_file_ttf("fonts/fontawesome-webfont.ttf", 16)
gui_renderer.backend.create_fonts_texture()
def draw_imgui():
imgui.new_frame()
imgui.set_next_window_size((250, 0), imgui.Cond_.always)
imgui.set_next_window_pos(
(gui_renderer.backend.io.display_size.x - 250, 0), imgui.Cond_.always
)
is_expand, _ = imgui.begin(
"Controls",
None,
flags=imgui.WindowFlags_.no_move | imgui.WindowFlags_.no_resize,
)
if is_expand:
if imgui.collapsing_header("Visibility", imgui.TreeNodeFlags_.default_open):
_, state["model"] = imgui.checkbox("show model", state["model"])
if state["model"]:
model_obj.visible = True
else:
model_obj.visible = False
_, state["skeleton"] = imgui.checkbox("show skeleton", state["skeleton"])
if state["skeleton"]:
skeleton_helper.visible = True
else:
skeleton_helper.visible = False
if imgui.collapsing_header("Animations", imgui.TreeNodeFlags_.default_open):
selected, state["selected_action"] = imgui.combo(
"Animation",
state["selected_action"],
[c.name for c in clips],
len(clips),
)
if selected:
for action in actions:
action.stop()
actions[state["selected_action"]].play()
imgui.end()
imgui.set_next_window_size(
(gui_renderer.backend.io.display_size.x, 0), imgui.Cond_.always
)
imgui.set_next_window_pos(
(0, gui_renderer.backend.io.display_size.y - 40), imgui.Cond_.always
)
imgui.begin(
"player",
True,
flags=imgui.WindowFlags_.no_move
| imgui.WindowFlags_.no_resize
| imgui.WindowFlags_.no_collapse
| imgui.WindowFlags_.no_title_bar,
)
duration = clips[state["selected_action"]].duration
imgui.push_font(fa)
if actions[state["selected_action"]].paused:
if imgui.button(icons_fontawesome_6.ICON_FA_PLAY, size=(24, 20)):
actions[state["selected_action"]].paused = False
else:
if imgui.button(icons_fontawesome_6.ICON_FA_PAUSE, size=(24, 20)):
actions[state["selected_action"]].paused = True
imgui.pop_font()
imgui.same_line()
avail_size = imgui.get_content_region_avail()
imgui.set_next_item_width(avail_size.x)
changed, v = imgui.slider_float(
" ", actions[state["selected_action"]].time, 0, duration, "%.2f"
)
if changed:
actions[state["selected_action"]].time = v
actions[state["selected_action"]].paused = True
imgui.end()
imgui.end_frame()
imgui.render()
return imgui.get_draw_data()
gui_renderer.set_gui(draw_imgui)
def animate():
dt = clock.get_delta()
mixer.update(dt)
with stats:
renderer.render(scene, camera, flush=False)
stats.render()
gui_renderer.render()
canvas.request_draw()
if __name__ == "__main__":
renderer.request_draw(animate)
run()

Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 14.986 seconds)