Project: QGIS

Version: 3.26

Feature: Allow any symbol to be an animated symbol

Users can now indicate that a symbol should be treated as a animated symbol, through the new "Animation Settings" option in the symbol widget's Advanced menu.

This settings panel allows users to enable animation for the symbol and set a specific frame rate at which the symbol should be redrawn. When enabled, the @symbol_frame variable can be used in any symbol data defined property in order to animate that property.

For instance, setting the symbol's rotation to the data defined expression:

@symbol_frame % 360

will cause the symbol to rotate over time, with rotation speed dictated by the symbol's refresh rate.

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This feature was funded by North Road Consulting

This feature was developed by Nyall Dawson (North Road Consulting)