Simulink 3D Animation 5.0

Product Description

• Introduction and Key Features
• Working with Simulink 3D Animation
• Building Virtual Reality Worlds
• Viewing Virtual Reality Worlds
• Linking to Virtual Reality Worlds
• Working in a Collaborative Environment

Building Virtual Reality Worlds

Simulink 3D Animation provides tools for authoring and importing virtual reality worlds.

Working with the VRML Editor

The V-Realm Builder in Simulink 3D Animation is a native VRML authoring tool that enables you to create views and images of physical objects using VRML. The V-Realm Builder GUI offers a hierarchical, tree-style view of objects that make up the virtual world. The GUI contains a set of object, texture, transform, and material libraries that are stored locally for reuse.

You can author virtual scenes with any 3D authoring tool and export models in the VRML97 standard for use with Simulink 3D Animation.

Importing CAD Models

Simulink 3D Animation lets you import and process VRML files created from CAD assemblies that were authored in tools such as SolidWorks® and Pro/ENGINEER®. You can then automatically create visualizations based on these VRML files for models that have been created from the same CAD assemblies by using the SimMechanics™ Link utility.

V-Realm Builder GUI showing a hierarchical, tree-style view (far left) and scene preview (near left) of various components of the lunar module. Click on image to see enlarged view.