From 777b6d37783f8592df8a8abc3d62af972bc5a0c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Grant Sanderson <grant@3blue1brown.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 21:49:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Allow for saving and loading mobjects from file at the Scene
 level

---
 manimlib/scene/scene.py | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/manimlib/scene/scene.py b/manimlib/scene/scene.py
index df5c304b..c19fd056 100644
--- a/manimlib/scene/scene.py
+++ b/manimlib/scene/scene.py
@@ -588,6 +588,19 @@ class Scene(object):
             mob.become(mob_state)
             self.mobjects.append(mob)
 
+    def save_mobect(self, mobject: Mobject, file_name: str):
+        directory = self.file_writer.get_saved_mobject_directory()
+        path = os.path.join(directory, file_name)
+        mobject.save_to_file(path)
+
+    def load_mobject(self, file_name):
+        if os.path.exists(file_name):
+            path = file_name
+        else:
+            directory = self.file_writer.get_saved_mobject_directory()
+            path = os.path.join(directory, file_name)
+        return Mobject.load(path)
+
     # Event handling
 
     def on_mouse_motion(