Editing Openai/68f40a7c-717c-8000-8af6-a222789ef1d8 (section)

=== Assistant: Perfect 😎 ===
Perfect 😎
Let’s make the “Special View” toggle animate smoothly between your current camera angle and the dramatic tilted one — without changing anything else (no morphing, just the viewpoint rotation).

Here’s the drop-in animation upgrade.

===== <syntaxhighlight lang="python">def toggle_special_view(self, event=None): =====
    """Toggle a dramatic oblique view with a smooth camera animation"""
    import numpy as np

    # Save the current view if not already saved
    if not hasattr(self, "_saved_view"):
        self._saved_view = (self.elev, self.azim)

    # Determine start and end angles
    start_elev, start_azim = self.elev, self.azim

    if getattr(self, "_special_active", False):
        end_elev, end_azim = self._saved_view  # go back
        self._special_active = False
    else:
        end_elev, end_azim = 105, -55          # special tilted view
        self._special_active = True

    # Interpolate smoothly
    steps = 50
    elevs = np.linspace(start_elev, end_elev, steps)
    azims = np.linspace(start_azim, end_azim, steps)

    # Animate the rotation
    for e, a in zip(elevs, azims):
        self.ax.view_init(elev=e, azim=a)
        plt.pause(0.02)  # small delay for smooth motion

    # Lock in final view
    self.elev, self.azim = end_elev, end_azim
    self.setup_plot()

</syntaxhighlight>

===== - Uses linear interpolation (np.linspace) to gradually move the camera. =====
* plt.pause(0.02) gives ~1 second total animation.
* Works smoothly inside your existing Matplotlib slider + button setup.
* Automatically remembers your last custom camera position before toggling.

Would you like me to also make the animation ease in/out (more cinematic curve instead of constant speed)?
It’ll feel more natural — like a smooth pan.