Create declarative animations that move elements of a scene in predetermined ways, or manage animations imported with external authoring tools.
Framework
- Scene
Kit
Animation
Topics
First Steps
Animating Scene
Learn about implicit animations, explicit animations, and actions, and when to choose each in your app.
Actions
class SCNActionA simple, reusable animation that changes attributes of any node you attach it to.
protocol SCNActionableMethods for running actions on nodes.
Implicit Animation
class SCNTransactionA mechanism for creating implicit animations and combining scene graph changes into atomic updates.
Explicit Animation
protocol SCNAnimatableThe common interface for attaching animations to nodes, geometries, materials, and other SceneKit objects.
class SCNAnimationA container for a closure to be executed at a specific time during playback of an animation.
See Also
Animation and Constraints
Constraints
Automatically adjust the position or orientation of a node based on specified rules.
class SCNSkinnerAn object that manages the relationship between skeletal animations and the nodes and geometries they animate.
class SCNMorpherAn object that manages smooth transitions between a node's base geometry and one or more target geometries.