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Keywords and Constants

Keywords

Use a keyword to obtain the value of either the current frame or the start frame number in your animation.

Select: To return:
frame The current frame value. Used to create an animation by specifying how a value changes over a sequence of frames.
startframe The Start Frame value.

Constants

Use a constant like PI instead of its literal numeric value of π (3.1416...).

Select: To return:
PI 3.1416...
e Euler's number (2.7182818284...)
phi Golden Ratio (1.6180339887...)
c Speed of light in vacuum (299792458 m/sec)
freefall Standard free fall acceleration near the earth's surface (9.80665 m/sec^2)
echarge Elementary charge (1.602176487e-19 Coulomb)
Note: Keywords and constant names are case-sensitive.

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