Saving a GIF of a model during simulation (Save GIF)

If the option icon_option Save GIF is enabled, then after the simulation is completed, in the results directory you will have a folder called Video.

In this folder, each substrate in the model will have its own GIF image, which will display cells and only the substrate with a name similar to the name of the image.

Note

  • In the images, cells are drawn in the color you set for them, and substrates are always depicted as red squares.

  • The more substrate there is in a certain space cell of the environment, the brighter shade of red it will be painted (drawn relative to the space cell with the maximum substrate content at the moment).

The number of frames in each GIF image will depend on the values ​​of the Max Time and Image interval parameters (see example below).

Example
Image interval = 20 (frames are saved every 20 model time units).
Max Time = 1000 (simulation lasts for 1000 model time units).

Frames in the GIF image will be generated for the following time points during the model simulation:
- 0,
- 20,
- 40,
- 60,
- ...,
- ...,
- ...,
- 1000.

An example of such a GIF image is presented below.

Save_GIF


Note

The upper right part of the GIF image indicates how many time units after the start of the simulation this frame was generated (Time), how many cells are in the model (Cells), and along which slice of external space along the Z axis this image was taken (Z).

Warning

When using the Standalone version of BioUML, when exporting a GIF image you must specify the extension (.gif) in the file name, otherwise the file is exported without an extension.