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What is the Marine Visualization Toolbox? Several computer tools for development and analysis of marine control systems have been introduced the
last few years (Fossen, 2002; Perez, 2003). These concern mathematical modelling, control and analysis of
multiple variable systems. Results from simulations, experiments and measurments of such systems are usually
presented as functions of time in one or more figures.
The presented toolbox helps displaying data from multivariable systems in MATLAB, utilizing the Virtual
Reality Toolbox 3.0. The Virtual Reality Toolbox provides a MATLAB interface for viewing 3D models
(Mathworks, 2002). The Marine Visualization Toolbox (MVT) uses this interface to animate 3D vessel models,
moving and rotating the vessels according to the time varying input data.
The input data may represent a maximum of six degrees of freedom (6 DOF), xyz-positions and Euler angles.
Any number of vessels may be animated in the same scene.
The vessels are animated in a virtual world representing the actual surroundings of the simulation,
experiment or full scale measurment (eg., a coast line, a specific basin, etc.).
Preferences
Fossen, T. I. (2002). Marine Control Systems, Guidance, Navigation and Control of Ships, Rigs and Underwater Vehicles. Marine Cybernetics.
Perez, T. and Blanke M. (2003). DCMV a MATLAB/-Simulink® Toolbox for Dynamics and Control of Marine Vehicles. In: ???.
Mathworks Inc. (2002). Virtual Reality Toolbox; using version 3.0.
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