ANIMATION FRAMEWORK

An animation framework for animating arbitrary changes in a visualization via morphing of geometries is provided. Geometry from a visualization is captured from before and after a change to the visualization, which is used to generate a series of frames to provide a smooth morphing animation of the change to the visualization. Transitional geometry representing a merged state between the initial geometry and the final geometry of the visualization is generated to build frames between the initial frame and the final frame. The morphing animation may be governed by a timing curve and may be built according to a display rate to ensure a smooth animation.