capture_animation
Capture Animation
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Use this when you need to render a script's animation timeline to a video. Capture a kernelCAD script's animationView({...}) timeline to an MP4 (ffmpeg) or a PNG frame sequence, verifying the sampled poses for part interference. FILE ONLY: pass { file } (a .kcad.ts path) — there is no { code } mode, because the capture engine renders from a file on disk (its relative lib.fromSTEP imports resolve against the script directory). MP4 by default; pass { frames_dir } to write frame-0000.png... and skip ffmpeg entirely (mutually exclusive with output_path). Animation-pose interference verification runs by default (keyframe times + segment midpoints) BEFORE any browser/ffmpeg cost; { no_verify: true } skips it and { verify_every: n } additionally samples every n-th frame time. Pass { focus } or { hide } (arrays of feature ids or assembly part names, mutually exclusive) to isolate parts in the rendered frames — same semantics as kernelcad render --focus/--hide; visibility is render-only and does NOT affect the pose verification. Collisions DO NOT fail the call — the artifact is still written as evidence with ok: true; read verified: false + the collisions[] array. ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENT (identical to kernelcad render): capture drives a headless browser against a running studio dev server reachable at http://localhost:5173 (or the VITE_PORT override); there is no bundled-static serving mode yet, so the same dev-server precondition applies in a production MCP install. Returns { ok, output_path, frame_count, duration_ms, fps, verified, verify_skipped?, collisions: [{ t_ms, a, b, volume_mm3 }], diagnostics }.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| file | string | yes | Path to a .kcad.ts script with an animationView({...}) record. Required (no inline { code } mode). |
| output_path | string | no | MP4 output path; default <scriptDir>/<basename>-animation.mp4. Mutually exclusive with frames_dir. |
| frames_dir | string | no | PNG-sequence mode directory: write frame-0000.png... and skip ffmpeg. Mutually exclusive with output_path. |
| fps | number | no | Override the animationView record's fps. |
| no_verify | boolean | no | Skip the animation-pose interference verification (default: verify on). |
| verify_every | integer | no | Additionally verify at every n-th frame time of the fps schedule (unioned with the keyframe sample set). |
| focus | array | no | Show only matching feature ids / assembly part names in the rendered frames. Mutually exclusive with hide. Render-only; does not affect pose verification. |
| hide | array | no | Hide matching feature ids / assembly part names in the rendered frames. Mutually exclusive with focus. Render-only; does not affect pose verification. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"file": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Path to a .kcad.ts script with an animationView({...}) record. Required (no inline { code } mode)."
},
"output_path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "MP4 output path; default <scriptDir>/<basename>-animation.mp4. Mutually exclusive with frames_dir."
},
"frames_dir": {
"type": "string",
"description": "PNG-sequence mode directory: write frame-0000.png... and skip ffmpeg. Mutually exclusive with output_path."
},
"fps": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Override the animationView record's fps."
},
"no_verify": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Skip the animation-pose interference verification (default: verify on).",
"default": false
},
"verify_every": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Additionally verify at every n-th frame time of the fps schedule (unioned with the keyframe sample set)."
},
"focus": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Show only matching feature ids / assembly part names in the rendered frames. Mutually exclusive with hide. Render-only; does not affect pose verification."
},
"hide": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Hide matching feature ids / assembly part names in the rendered frames. Mutually exclusive with focus. Render-only; does not affect pose verification."
}
},
"required": [
"file"
]
}