Lesson 6: Creating Lines

Creating lines in Manim, a mathematical animation library, is a straightforward process. To create a line, you typically use the Line class, specifying the start and end points of the line. Here’s a basic example in Python to create a simple line using Manim:

from manim import *

class SimpleLine(Scene):
    def construct(self):
        # Define the start and end points of the line
        start_point = LEFT
        end_point = RIGHT

        # Create a line between the start and end points
        line = Line(start_point, end_point)

        # Add the line to the scene
        self.add(line)

In this example:

• LEFT and RIGHT are predefined constants in Manim that represent one unit left and one unit right, respectively.
• The Line(start_point, end_point) creates a line from start_point to end_point.
• self.add(line) adds the created line to the scene.

When you run the above code you will get the image below: