Simulink 3D Animation - Documentation

Contents

Index

• Getting Started

• Installation

• Required Products

Section Overview

• Recommended Product

Simulink Product

Related Products

• System Requirements

Section Overview

Supported Computer Platforms

Client Computer

• Installing Simulink 3D Animation Software on the Host Computer

Section Overview

Components on a Host Computer

Installing from a DVD (Windows)

Installing from a DVD (UNIX/Linux)

LD_LIBRARY_PATH Environment Variable (UNIX)

Known Issue with the Simulink 3D Animation and Internet Explorer 6.0 (Windows) Products

• Installing the VRML Plug-In Viewer on the Host Computer

Section Overview

Simulink 3D Animation Viewer

Installing a VRML Plug-In (Windows)

Installing a VRML Plug-In (UNIX and Linux)

Setting the Default Viewer of Virtual Scenes

• Installing the VRML Editor on the Host Computer

Installing the VRML Editor (Windows)

VRML Editor (UNIX/Linux)

Setting the Default Editor of Virtual Scenes

• Changing Simulink 3D Animation Preferences with the MATLAB Preferences Dialog

Section Overview

Simulink 3D Animation Preferences

Simulink 3D Animation Figure Preferences

Simulink 3D Animation World Preferences

• Removing Components (Windows)

Section Overview

Removing Simulink 3D Animation and Ligos V-Realm Builder (Microsoft Windows) Software

Removing the Blaxxun Contact Plug-In (Windows)

• Installing on the Client Computer

Section Overview

Installing a VRML Plug-In (Windows)

• Testing the Installation

Section Overview

Running a Simulink Interface Example

Running a MATLAB Interface Example

• Simulink Interface

• Associating a Virtual World with a Simulink Block

Section Overview

Adding a Simulink 3D Animation Block

Changing the Virtual World Associated with a Simulink Block

• Using the Simulink Interface

Section Overview

Displaying a Virtual World and Starting Simulation

Viewing a Virtual World with a Web Browser on the Host Computer

Viewing a Virtual World with a Web Browser on the Client Computer

• Working with VRML Sensors

Reading VRML Sensor Values

• MATLAB Interface

• Using the MATLAB Interface

Creating a vrworld Object

Opening a Virtual World

Interacting with a Virtual World

Closing and Deleting a vrworld Object

• Recording Offline Animations

Animation Recording File Tokens

Manual 3-D VRML Animation Recording

Manual 2-D AVI Animation Recording

Scheduled 3-D VRML Animation Recording

Scheduled 2-D AVI Animation Recording

Viewing Animation Files

MATLAB Animation Recording of Virtual Worlds Not Associated with Simulink Models

• Virtual Worlds

• Viewing Virtual Worlds

• Simulink 3D Animation Viewer

Section Overview

Navigation Panel

Starting and Stopping Simulations

Frame Capture and Animation Recording File Tokens

Creating Frame Captures

Configuring Animation Recording Parameters

Recording Files in the VRML Format

Recording Files in the Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format

Scheduling Files for Recording

Interactively Starting and Stopping Animation Recording

Viewing Animation Files

Working with Viewpoints

• blaxxun Contact VRML Plug-In

Section Overview

Viewpoint Control

blaxxun Contact Settings

Stereoscopic Vision

• Viewing Virtual Worlds with the Legacy Simulink 3D Animation Viewer

Starting the Legacy Viewer

Differences Between the Default and Legacy Viewer

Differences When Setting the DefaultViewer Property to 'internalv4'

• Simulink 3D Animation Stand-Alone Viewer

What Is Orbisnap?

• Installing Orbisnap

Section Overview

System Requirements

Copying Orbisnap to Another Location

Adding Shortcuts or Symbolic Links

• Using Orbisnap

Viewing Prerecorded WRL Animations or Virtual Worlds

Viewing the Simulink 3D Animation Server Virtual Worlds Remotely

• Orbisnap Interface

Navigation Panel

Orbisnap Command Line

• Release Notes

	Functions:
	By Category
	Alphabetical List

	Blocks:
	By Category
	Alphabetical List



	Documentation Set

	Getting Started
	Introduces Simulink 3D Animation and gets you started using it

	User's Guide
	Provides tutorials and comprehensive information about Simulink 3D Animation

	Examples in Documentation
	Lists major examples in the Simulink 3D Animation documentation



	Product Demos

	Simulink 3D Animation Demos
	Presents a collection of demos that you can run from the Help browser to help you learn the product



	What's New

	Release Notes
	Summarizes new features, bug fixes, upgrade issues, etc.



	Printable (PDF) Documentation on the Web

PDF documents reflect the most recent version of Simulink® 3D Animation and might describe features not available in earlier versions of the software.
	Simulink 3D Animation User's Guide
	Simulink 3D Animation Release Notes

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