Grapher: can I make a quicktime movie for a parameter animation of a 3D graph?

Question

In Grapher, I can't seem to make a quicktime movie of a parameter animation for 3D graphs.
For example:
Make a new 3d graph.
Add the equation x^2+y^2+z^2-k=0
Add another equation k = 1, and Animate Parameter on it, set the range from 0 to 6, and play the animation to see a growing green sphere.
Click the movie button to create a quick time movie.
I get a movie of one frame of the animation repeated many times. I.e. the parameter animation does not appear in the quicktime movie.
Should this be possible?

Answer 1

Bonjour,
There is a very old bug in Grapher : 
          Bug nr. 16 (Grapher 1.1, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3). In 3D windows, menu Equation > Create Animation : the various parameter, zoom and frame animations from the pop-up window “Animation“ do not work.
                    The remedy : No idea.
                    Proposed correction : restore these animations.
Using Grapher 2.1 in OS X 10.6.8, to animate a sphere (cartesian coordinates) :
— in a new 3D window (use a new window for any change you wish), enter these equations
  k = 1  and   sqrt(x^2 + y^2 + z^2) = k ;
— click  the parameter  k=1 ;
— Menu Equation > Animate Parameter > Settings : Min Value 1, Max Value 6, Steps 11. OK ;
— Try the animation : Play then Pause ;
— Click Create Movie, try it ;
— Menu File > Save as… (.mov) to get a QuickTime Movie… working well.
  Remember : any change you want to do NEEDS A NEW WINDOW ; if not, animations can’t no more be created and saved.
I tried today  Grapher 2.3 on a Mac Book Pro (Dec 2010) OS X 10.7.5: The bug is worse, no more animations available in 3D and two icons desappeared from the animation panel (places remain clickable). Sorry for you !
How is it in Mountain Lion (it’s still Grapher 2.3) ?
YB24
PS. A list of Grapher’s bugs is a chapter of « Instructions for Use - Grapher » on website
http://y.barois.free.fr/grapher/