Go to specific time step in python script

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Hi All,

Is there a way to “jump” to a specific time step when creating an animation with a python script? I am only aware of:

GoToFirst, GoToLast, GoToNext, GoToPrevious

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks very much,

Louis

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With your reader being the active source, and n being the timestep you are looking for :

   reader = GetActiveSource()
   view = GetActiveView()
   times = reader.TimestepValues
   view.ViewTime = times[n]
   Render()
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Any objections to making a utility function for moving to a particular timestep by index @utkarsh.ayachit?

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None, but let’s do it on the scene – same way as GoToFirst etc. The script @mwestphal provided is slightly different since it behaves differently if there are multiple temporal sources in the scene.

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Thanks Mathieu, that solved my problem.

Louis

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Ah indeed, multiple temporal sources complicate things a bit.