Class Mobject

manim/mobject/mobject.py:66–3297

Mathematical Object: base class for objects that can be displayed on screen. There is a compatibility layer that allows for getting and setting generic attributes with ``get_*`` and ``set_*`` methods. See :meth:`set` for more details. Attributes ---------- submobjects : Lis

class Mobject:
    """Mathematical Object: base class for objects that can be displayed on screen.

    There is a compatibility layer that allows for
    getting and setting generic attributes with ``get_*``
    and ``set_*`` methods. See :meth:`set` for more details.

    Attributes
    ----------
    submobjects : List[:class:`Mobject`]
        The contained objects.
    points : :class:`numpy.ndarray`
        The points of the objects.

        .. seealso::

            :class:`~.VMobject`

    """

    animation_overrides = {}

    @classmethod
    def __init_subclass__(cls, **kwargs) -> None:
        super().__init_subclass__(**kwargs)

        cls.animation_overrides: dict[
            type[Animation],
            FunctionOverride,
        ] = {}
        cls._add_intrinsic_animation_overrides()
        cls._original__init__ = cls.__init__

    def __init__(
        self,
        color: ParsableManimColor | list[ParsableManimColor] = WHITE,
        name: str | None = None,
        dim: int = 3,
        target=None,
        z_index: float = 0,
    ) -> None:
        self.name = self.__class__.__name__ if name is None else name
        self.dim = dim
        self.target = target
        self.z_index = z_index
        self.point_hash = None
        self.submobjects = []
        self.updaters: list[Updater] = []
        self.updating_suspended = False
        self.color = ManimColor.parse(color)

        self.reset_points()
        self.generate_points()
        self.init_colors()

    def _assert_valid_submobjects(self, submobjects: Iterable[Mobject]) -> Self:
        """Check that all submobjects are actually instances of
        :class:`Mobject`, and that none of them is ``self`` (a