Aircraft Scenarios

3D aircraft simulation in Unreal Engine^® visualization environment

Use the Aerospace Blockset > Animation > Simulation 3D library blocks to visualize aircraft dynamics and airport operations in the Unreal Engine environment. See How 3D Simulation for Aerospace Blockset Works and watch Visualization Techniques with Aerospace Blockset Video.

The Unreal Engine visualization environment is not supported in Simulink Online. This limitation includes the Aerospace Blockset > Animation > Simulation 3D library.

Acknowledgements

Blocks

Simulation 3D Actor Transform Get	Get actor translation, rotation, scale (Since R2021b)
Simulation 3D Actor Transform Set	Set actor translation, rotation, scale (Since R2021b)
Simulation 3D Aircraft	Implement aircraft in 3D environment (Since R2021b)
Simulation 3D Camera Get	Camera image (Since R2021b)
Simulation 3D Scene Configuration	Scene configuration for 3D simulation environment (Since R2021b)
Simulation 3D Message Get	Retrieve data from Unreal Engine visualization environment (Since R2021b)
Simulation 3D Message Set	Send data to Unreal Engine visualization environment (Since R2021b)
Simulation 3D Rotorcraft	Implement 3D Rotorcraft (Since R2023a)
Simulation 3D Ultrasonic Sensor	Ultrasonic sensor model in 3D simulation environment (Since R2023b)

Scenes and Aircraft

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Scenes

Apple Hill	Apple Hill campus in Natick, MA
Airport	Generic airport
Griffiss Airport	Griffiss International Airport in Rome, NY

Aircraft

Airliner	Generic airliner
Air Transport	Customizable air transport aircraft
Custom	Customizable generic fixed-wing aircraft, including vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft
General Aviation	Customizable general aviation aircraft
Sky Hogg	Sky Hogg aircraft
Simulation 3D Airliner Pack	Generate translation and rotation information for generic airliner
Simulation 3D Air Transport Pack	Generate translation and rotation information for air transport aircraft
Simulation 3D Custom Pack	Generate translation and rotation information for custom aircraft
Simulation 3D General Aviation Pack	Generate translation and rotation information for general aviation aircraft
Simulation 3D Sky Hogg Pack	Generate translation and rotation information for Sky Hogg

Helicopters

Helicopter	Generic helicopter
Light Helicopter	Generic light helicopter
Multirotor	Generic multirotor
Simulation 3D Helicopter Pack	Generate translation and rotation information for helicopter
Simulation 3D Light Helicopter Pack	Generate translation and rotation information for light helicopter
Simulation 3D Multirotor Pack	Generate translation and rotation information for multirotor rotorcraft

Functions

`copyExampleSim3dProject`	Copy support package files and plugins to specified folders (Since R2022b)
`sim3d.Editor`	Interface to the Unreal Engine project (Since R2021b)
`open`	Open the Unreal Editor (Since R2021b)
`ASim3dActor`	Abstract class to use as a base class for user-defined Unreal Engine C++ or blueprint actors (Since R2021b)
`Sim3dSetup`	C++ method that sets up actor in Unreal Engine 3D simulation (Since R2021b)
`Sim3dStep`	C++ method that steps actor in Unreal Engine 3D simulation (Since R2021b)
`Sim3dRelease`	C++ method that releases actor in Unreal Engine 3D simulation (Since R2021b)
`StartSimulation3DMessageReader`	Constructs a message reader object in the Unreal Editor (Since R2021b)
`ReadSimulation3DMessage`	Receives message from Simulink model using a message reader object (Since R2021b)
`StopSimulation3DMessageReader`	Deletes message reader object in the Unreal Editor (Since R2021b)
`StartSimulation3DMessageWriter`	Constructs a message writer object in the Unreal Editor (Since R2021b)
`WriteSimulation3DMessage`	Sends message to Simulink model using a message writer object (Since R2021b)
`StopSimulation3DMessageWriter`	Deletes message writer object in the Unreal Editor (Since R2021b)

Classes

sim3d.maps Access additional scenes from the server (Since R2022b)

Topics

Simulation Basics

Unreal Engine Simulation Environment Requirements and Limitations
When simulating in the Unreal Engine environment, keep these software requirements, minimum hardware requirements, and limitations in mind.
How 3D Simulation for Aerospace Blockset Works
Learn about the co-simulation framework between Simulink^® and the Unreal Engine and how block execution order affects 3D simulation.
Generate Unreal Engine Landscape
Use Unreal Editor to create a landscape map by importing a heightmap file.