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Contents

Index

• Getting Started

Product Definition

Mechanical Simulation and Physical Modeling

Required Products

Other Related Products

What the Demo Represents

Viewing a Mechanical Drawing of the Conveyor

What the Demo Illustrates

Opening the Model

Running the Model

Modifying the Model

Visualizing and Animating the Model

About SimMechanics Software

Modeling Mechanical Systems

Bodies, Coordinate Systems, Joints, and Constraints

Sensors, Actuators, Friction, and Force Elements

Simulating and Analyzing Mechanical Motion

Visualizing and Animating Models

For More Information

Using the MATLAB Help System for Documentation and Demos

Finding Special SimMechanics Help

About the SimMechanics Block Library

Accessing the Libraries

Using the Libraries

About Machine Modeling and Simulation

Essential Steps to Build a Model

Essential Steps to Configure and Run a Model

Modeling the Simple Pendulum

Opening the SimMechanics Block Library

The World Coordinate System and Gravity

Configuring the Ground

Configuring the Body

Configuring the Joint

Adding a Sensor and Starting the Simulation

Visualizing and Animating the Simple Pendulum

Starting Visualization

Selecting a Body Geometry

Displaying the Pendulum

Modeling and Visualizing More Complex Machines

Modeling the Four Bar Mechanism

Viewing a Mechanical Drawing of the Four Bar Mechanism

Counting the Degrees of Freedom

Configuring the Mechanical Environment

Setting Up the Block Diagram

Configuring the Ground and Joints

Configuring the Bodies

Sensing Motion and Running the Model

For More About the Four Bar Mechanism

About Kinematics

Degrees of Freedom

The State of Motion

Home, Initial, and Assembled Configurations

For More Information

About Body Motion

Machine Geometry and Motion

Reference Frames and Coordinate Systems

Relating Coordinate Systems in Relative Motion

Observing Body Motion in Different Coordinate Systems

Representing Body Translations and Rotations

About Body Orientation Representations

Axis-Angle Representation

Quaternion Representation

Rotation Matrix Representation

Euler Angle Representation

Converting Rotation Representations

Converting the Angular Velocity

About the Body Orientation Examples

Setting Up the Test Body

Rotating the Body and Its CG CS Relative to World

Rotating the Body Relative to Its Center of Gravity

Creating and Rotating Body Coordinate Systems

• User's Guide

• Modeling Mechanical Systems

• Running Mechanical Models

• Analyzing Motion

• Motion, Control, and Real-Time Simulation

• Introducing Visualization and Animation

• Getting Started with the Visualization Window

• Customizing Visualization and Animation

• About Custom SimMechanics Visualization

• Customizing Visualized Body Colors

• Customizing Visualized Body Geometries

• Visualizing with a Virtual Reality Client

• Importing Mechanical Models

• Computer-Aided Design Translation

• Release Notes

Reference

[1] Marrin, C., and B. Campbell, Teach Yourself VRML 2 in 21 Days, Indianapolis, Indiana, Sams, 1997.

Visualizing with a Virtual Reality Client

Visualizing with a Virtual Reality Client

Importing Mechanical Models

Importing Mechanical Models

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