Manually Controlled Animation
Runnable Cesium example: Manually Controlled Animation. Open the live demo, read the complete source, and copy the file into your project. No build step or API key.
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Source
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示例:手动控制时间轴
说明:关闭自动播放,用定时器按固定速率推进时钟,飞机沿采样轨迹移动
核心逻辑:clock.shouldAnimate = false → 定时器改 currentTime → SampledPositionProperty 自动取值
依赖:CesiumJS 1.121 · jsDelivr CDN
-->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="zh-CN">
<head>
<meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow">
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>手动控制时间轴</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/cesium@1.121.0/Build/Cesium/Widgets/widgets.css">
<style>
html,body{height:100%;margin:0}
body{background:#0e1116;color:#e6e8ec;overflow:hidden;
font:13px/1.6 -apple-system,"Segoe UI","PingFang SC",sans-serif}
#c{height:100%}
.tip{position:absolute;left:12px;top:12px;z-index:5;
background:rgba(23,28,35,.9);border:1px solid #2a313b;border-radius:6px;
padding:8px 12px;font-size:12px;color:#a2a9b6;max-width:320px;line-height:1.6}
.cesium-viewer-bottom .cesium-widget-credits,.cesium-viewer-animationContainer,
.cesium-viewer-timelineContainer{display:none!important}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="c"></div>
<div class="tip">动画不是自动播放,而是每 100 毫秒把时钟往前推 0.6 秒。</div>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/cesium@1.121.0/Build/Cesium/Cesium.js"></script>
<script>
(function () {
'use strict';
var viewer = new Cesium.Viewer('c', {
baseLayer: false,
baseLayerPicker: false, geocoder: false, homeButton: false,
sceneModePicker: false, navigationHelpButton: false,
animation: false, timeline: false, fullscreenButton: false,
infoBox: false, selectionIndicator: false
});
var scene = viewer.scene;
scene.globe.baseColor = Cesium.Color.fromCssColorString('#1c2733');
scene.backgroundColor = Cesium.Color.fromCssColorString('#0e1116');
scene.skyBox.show = false;
scene.sun.show = false;
scene.moon.show = false;
if (scene.skyAtmosphere) scene.skyAtmosphere.show = false;
var start = Cesium.JulianDate.fromIso8601('2026-10-28T00:00:00Z');
var stop = Cesium.JulianDate.addSeconds(start, 24, new Cesium.JulianDate());
viewer.clock.startTime = start.clone();
viewer.clock.stopTime = stop.clone();
viewer.clock.currentTime = start.clone();
viewer.clock.clockRange = Cesium.ClockRange.LOOP_STOP;
viewer.clock.shouldAnimate = false; /* 交给外部推进 */
var path = new Cesium.SampledPositionProperty();
var pts = [
[116.3830, 39.9020, 40], [116.3870, 39.9055, 80],
[116.3910, 39.9028, 60], [116.3950, 39.9050, 90], [116.3985, 39.9022, 45]
];
for (var i = 0; i < pts.length; i++) {
path.addSample(
Cesium.JulianDate.addSeconds(start, i * 6, new Cesium.JulianDate()),
Cesium.Cartesian3.fromDegrees(pts[i][0], pts[i][1], pts[i][2])
);
}
viewer.entities.add({
position: path,
point: { pixelSize: 14, color: Cesium.Color.fromCssColorString('#ffb13d') },
path: { width: 2, material: Cesium.Color.fromCssColorString('#ffb13d'), leadTime: 0, trailTime: 6 }
});
/* 每 100 毫秒推进 0.6 秒,到末尾回到起点 */
setInterval(function () {
var next = Cesium.JulianDate.addSeconds(
viewer.clock.currentTime, 0.6, new Cesium.JulianDate()
);
if (Cesium.JulianDate.greaterThan(next, stop)) {
viewer.clock.currentTime = start.clone();
} else {
viewer.clock.currentTime = next;
}
}, 100);
viewer.camera.flyTo({
destination: Cesium.Cartesian3.fromDegrees(116.3905, 39.8988, 620),
orientation: { heading: Cesium.Math.toRadians(0), pitch: Cesium.Math.toRadians(-26), roll: 0 },
duration: 0
});
})();
</script>
</body>
</html>
Language: the code and this page are in English; the full tutorial and API notes for this example are in Chinese. The demo itself is the authoritative version — it runs exactly as shown.