Welcome to the Animal Algorithm Visualization System!

Animal is a general-purpose animation tool with a current focus on algorithm animation.

Generator for Graph Algorithm Animations Available (v0.98)

Download GFGAA (Version 0.98, April 30, 2008), an optional generator for graph algorithm animations. This allows the user to visually generate graph structures. It is also able to animate a set of graph algorithms on the given graph(s) in AnimalScript. You can start the tool using
java -jar gfgaa_0p98-30-04-08.jar

AnimalScript Eclipse Plugin now available

Animalipse, a plugin for editing AnimalScript content, is now available for download!

To install the plugin into Eclipse, please follow these steps:

  1. Open the Help menu
  2. Select "Software Update"
  3. Select "Find and Install.."
  4. Select "Search for new features to install"
  5. Create a new remote site with an arbitrary name (e.g., "Animalipse") and the following address: http://www.algoanim.info/Animal/download/Animalipse
  6. Confirm the address by pressing OK

Animal Animation Repository

Welcome to the Animal Animation Repository!

This repository provides a quick overview of the currently hosted algorithm and data structure animations available for the Animal algorithm animation system.

Please note that there are far more animations actually available than can be shown here - simply due to the fact that each run of one of the built-in generators will create a new (and possibly unique) animation. The entries in this repository are mainly meant to illustrate the uses possible for Animal to "whet your appetite".

Enjoy!

Feedback is always welcome.

Content Generators

Here you can find links to the following set of extension packages:

Exporting images from Animal animations

With this small extension, you can export any part of a given Animal animation as a (set of) image(s)! To do so, follow these simple steps:

  1. Download the archive imageExport.zip attached to this blog entry to the path where you installed Animal.
  2. Unzip the file. This should generate a new file in the subdirectory animal/exchange/ImageSequenceExporter.class
  3. Download the archive JimiProClasses.zip attached to this blog entry.
  4. Copy the (uncompressed) ZIP file into your CLASSPATH.

Generator for Sorting Algorithms available

Download SortAlgorithmGUI.jar, an optional extension for generating sorting algorithm animations on demand. The tool can be started by
java -jar SortAlgorithmGUI.jar.

Note: the extension is now outdated; all contents have been incorporated directly into Animal.

Generator for Searching and String Searching Algorithms available

Download Searching.jar, an optional generator for searching and string searching algorithms. This generator can currently handle the following algorithms:

  • Brute-force Search
  • Binary Search
  • Interpolated Search
  • Brute-Force Search in Strings
  • Knuth, Morris, and Pratt Search (KMP) in Strings
  • Boyer-Moore Search in Strings.

Please note that this generator is currently only available in German!

General Documentation

The following documentation is currently available:

  1. Animal Animations (all including screenshots, classification and description)
  2. Animal User Guide (PDF, 195 461 Byte) - this documentation describes
    1. software / hardware requirements,
    2. starting Animal,
    3. playing Animal animations
    4. and visual generation of Animal animations.

Download of all available animations as a ZIP file

You can also download the current collection of pregenerated English Animal animations -- also available in German.

After unzipping the animation archive, the files can be loaded in Animal using the "Open" button or menu entry. Make sure you remember where you unzipped the archive to find the animations...

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