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[Kiln API](../../index.md) / [kiln](../index.md) / animator

# Function: animator()

```ts
function animator(options?): [Trait<() => ModelAnimation>, ModelAnimation];
```

The Animator for a model: `animator({ graph: HeroAnim })`, `animator({ play: 'Idle' })`.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type |
| ------ | ------ |
| `options` | [`AnimatorOptions`](../interfaces/AnimatorOptions.md) |

## Returns

\[`Trait`<() => [`ModelAnimation`](../classes/ModelAnimation.md)>, [`ModelAnimation`](../classes/ModelAnimation.md)]