manim-automata 0.2.12

A Manim implementation of automata

MANIM AUTOMATA

A Manim plugin that allows you to generate scenes with Finite State Machines and their inputs. The plugin will automatically generate these animations with minimal setup from the user.

This plugin has been funded by the University of Leeds.

YOUTUBE VIDEO EXAMPLE

Notes

The manim-automata plugin currently relies on JFLAP files, future updates will enable the user to create automata without JFLAP. JFLAP is software for experimenting with formal languages topics.

Installation

To install manim-automata plugin run:

pip install manim-automata

To see which version of manim-automata you have:

manim-automata

or

pip list

Importing

To use manim-automata in your project, you can:

• Add from manim_automata import * to your script. Once manim-automata has been imported, you can use the ManimAutomata class to create automata.

How To Use

Example

class Automaton(MovingCameraScene):
    def construct(self):
        manim_automaton = ManimAutomaton(xml_file='example_machine.jff')
        
        #Adjust camera frame to fit ManimAutomaton in scene
        self.camera.frame_width = manim_automaton.width + 10
        self.camera.frame_height = manim_automaton.height + 10
        self.camera.frame.move_to(manim_automaton) 


        #Create an mobject version of input for the manim_automaton
        automaton_input = manim_automaton.construct_automaton_input("110011")

        #Position automaton_input on the screen to avoid overlapping.
        automaton_input.shift(LEFT * 2)
        automaton_input.shift(UP * 10)

        self.play(
                DrawBorderThenFill(manim_automaton),
                FadeIn(automaton_input)
            )

        # Play all the animations generate from .play_string()
        for sequence in manim_automaton.play_string(automaton_input):
            for step in sequence:
                self.play(step, run_time=1)

To run the code and generate the video, run:

• manim -pqh <name_of_script.py> Automaton

XML file used:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><!--Created with JFLAP 7.1.--><structure>
	<type>fa</type>
	<automaton>
		<!--The list of states.-->
		<state id="0" name="q0">
			<x>84.0</x>
			<y>122.0</y>
			<initial/>
		</state>
		<state id="1" name="q1">
			<x>218.0</x>
			<y>175.0</y>
		</state>
		<state id="2" name="q2">
			<x>386.0</x>
			<y>131.0</y>
			<final/>
		</state>
		<state id="3" name="q3">
			<x>227.0</x>
			<y>36.0</y>
		</state>
		<!--The list of transitions.-->
		<transition>
			<from>0</from>
			<to>1</to>
			<read>0</read>
		</transition>
		<transition>
			<from>0</from>
			<to>1</to>
			<read>1</read>
		</transition>
		<transition>
			<from>2</from>
			<to>3</to>
			<read>0</read>
		</transition>
		<transition>
			<from>1</from>
			<to>2</to>
			<read>1</read>
		</transition>
		<transition>
			<from>3</from>
			<to>0</to>
			<read>1</read>
		</transition>
		<transition>
			<from>3</from>
			<to>0</to>
			<read>0</read>
		</transition>
	</automaton>
</structure>