Manim Dev Container

Dev Container for Manim animation engine. Contains Dockerfile defining a container for OpenGL branch of Manim animation engine.

Requirements

• Visual Studio Code IDE
• Docker Installation
• Dev Containers Extension

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/MasterpieceTechVideos/manim_dev_container.git

2. Reopen in Container

3. Install region-based packages

sudo apt-get install -y texlive-formats-extra texlive-fonts-extra 

4. Run example scene defined in ~/manim/example_scenes.py to generate video

manimgl ~/manim/example_scenes.py AnimatingMethods -o --hd

5. Get more examples from:
   • 3b1b.github.io/manim
   • manim.readthedocs.io
   • github.com/3b1b/videos

NB

Additional tex packages can be installed incase of any LaTeX related errors. Refer to wkrea/textlive-full-beefless.md Gist for more on installation options.

Usage

1. Fork the repository
2. Add your own scene definitions in the src folder e.g.

echo "
from manimlib import *

class SquareToCircle(Scene):
    def construct(self):
        circle = Circle()
        circle.set_fill(BLUE, opacity=0.5)
        circle.set_stroke(BLUE_E, width=4)
        square = Square()

        self.play(ShowCreation(square))
        self.wait()
        self.play(ReplacementTransform(square, circle))
        self.wait()
" >> src/start.py

3. Generate your animations

manimgl src/start.py SquareToCircle -ol

ToDo

Create Docker Hub image