---
title: animationImportPolicy
framework: scenekit
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: scenekit/scnscenesource/loadingoption/animationimportpolicy
---

# animationImportPolicy

An option for controlling the playback of animations in a scene file.

## Declaration

```swift
static let animationImportPolicy: SCNSceneSource.LoadingOption
```

## Discussion

Discussion The value for this key is one of the constants listed in Animation Import Policies. The default value for this key is playRepeatedly. For apps built for 10.9 or earlier, the default value is playUsingSceneTimeBase.

## See Also

### Type Properties

- [SCNSceneSource.AnimationImportPolicy](scenekit/scnscenesource/animationimportpolicy.md)
- [assetDirectoryURLs](scenekit/scnscenesource/loadingoption/assetdirectoryurls.md)
- [checkConsistency](scenekit/scnscenesource/loadingoption/checkconsistency.md)
- [convertToYUp](scenekit/scnscenesource/loadingoption/converttoyup.md)
- [convertUnitsToMeters](scenekit/scnscenesource/loadingoption/convertunitstometers.md)
- [createNormalsIfAbsent](scenekit/scnscenesource/loadingoption/createnormalsifabsent.md)
- [flattenScene](scenekit/scnscenesource/loadingoption/flattenscene.md)
- [overrideAssetURLs](scenekit/scnscenesource/loadingoption/overrideasseturls.md)
- [preserveOriginalTopology](scenekit/scnscenesource/loadingoption/preserveoriginaltopology.md)
- [strictConformance](scenekit/scnscenesource/loadingoption/strictconformance.md)
- [useSafeMode](scenekit/scnscenesource/loadingoption/usesafemode.md)