Simulink 3D Animation 6.1

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Version 6.1

Released: 1 Mar 2012
 

Version 6.1, part of Release 2012a, includes the following enhancements:

• Projection plane and projection point in VR Tracer Block for visualization of object’s projected 3D motion
• Coordinate-grid templates in 3D World Editor for better understanding of object orientation
• Editing of PROTO and EXTERNPROTO definitions with improved 3D scene refresh performance in 3D World Editor
• 3D animation video recording that uses MATLAB VideoWriter technology for creation of files larger than 2 GB, with option for platform-independent Motion JPEG compression support

See the Release Notes for details.

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Version 6.0

Released: 1 Sep 2011
 

Version 6.0, part of Release 2011b, includes the following enhancements:

• VR Source Block for streaming data from 3D scene into Simulink
• Global coordinates available for global reading of positions and orientations for vrnode objects
• Scene templates representing earth, roads, sea, and terrains for jump-starting 3D scene development
• Enhanced 3D World Editor that includes colored triad for better VRML coordinate axes representation with improved VRML script editing
• Components library in 3D World Editor that includes new sensing objects, such as push buttons, toggle buttons, and 2D setpoint area
• Full-screen toggle button in Simulink^® 3D Animation™ viewer for switching between default and full-screen modes

See the Release Notes for details.

Version 5.3

Released: 8 Apr 2011
 

Version 5.3, part of Release 2011a, includes the following enhancements:

• VRML graphic primitives and backgrounds in the 3D World Editor Object library
• 3D World Editor shortcut on the MATLAB Desktop Start menu
• 3D World Editor option for hiding default VRML values
• Interactive setting in 3D World Editor for importing viewpoint values from currently navigated camera position in the viewer
• Preference option for startup window position of the 3D World Editor

See the Release Notes for details.

Version 5.2

Released: 3 Sep 2010
 

Version 5.2, part of Release 2010b, includes the following enhancements:

• Built-in 3D World editor for authoring 3D worlds
• New stl2vrml function for converting STL files to VRML format
• Linux support for the internal viewer integrated with MATLAB Handle Graphics^®

See the Release Notes for details.

Version 5.1.1

Released: 5 Mar 2010
 

Version 5.1.1, part of Release 2010a, includes the following enhancements:

• Enhanced vrphysmod function to automatically link multiple SimMechanics models imported through SimMechanics Link to a single virtual scene containing those components
• Improved virtual scene node management provided by access to SFNode and MFNode VRML field values using vrnode and getfield functions
• Support for SFImage VRML field data type to enable dynamic object texturing and playback of video sequences in the virtual scene

See the Release Notes for details.