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Simulink 3D Animation 5.1

Learn more about Simulink 3D Animation through product demos and online seminars that highlight features or application examples.
 

Introduction


  Getting Started with Simulink 3D Animation  This demonstration introduces Simulink 3D Animation. You will see how to build a simple virtual scene, how to connect it to a Simulink model, and how to view the results.

  Animations using Simulink 3D Animation  This demo shows several examples that were created with Simulink 3D Animation. The examples include: visualization of the difference electronic stability control makes on a car stability; visualization of a lunar landing mission, visualization of an industrial robot; space mouse input to a Simulink model and visualization of a manipulator; and HL-20 spacecraft landing with landing gear collapse.
 

General Application Examples


  Solar System Visualization  This model represents the dynamics of the inner Solar System (Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth + Moon, Mars). This is a Simulink 3D Animation example vrplanets.

  Inverted Pendulum with Joystick Control  This is a variant of the VR inverted pendulum example which allows several methods of setpoint definition input (random, using mouse, using joystick).This model can serve as an example of interactive control of model with joystick as an input device.

  Heat Transfer Visualization   New In this demonstration, matrix-type data is transferred between MATLAB and a virtual reality world. Using this feature, you can achieve massive color changes or morphing. This is useful for visualizing various physical processes.
 

Aerospace Application Examples


  Terrain Visualization Demo  This demonstration shows how to convert generally available Digital Elevation Models into VRML format for use in virtual reality scenes. A simple pre-created Boeing 747 model is included in the scene to show the technique of creating virtual scenes from several sources on-the-fly. The demonstration also highlights the use of MATLAB interface of Simulink 3D Animation.

  Plane Take-Off with Trajectory Tracing  This model shows how to trace the trajectory of a moving object (the plane) in the scene. The aircraft model represents the simplified shape of a Jaguar fighter. A marker is dropped at the current position of the traced object in regular time intervals specified by the model. Markers form a visible trace of the object's trajectory.

  Plane Take-off with Sound  This example shows visualization of a simple plane take-off model. The aircraft model represents a simplified shape of Jaguar fighter. In addition to the example included in the product, in this example there is also sound added. The control tower and fighter jet each emit a different noise. When the user navigates around the virtual world and as the plane takes off, the sound varies accordingly and creates realistic spatial impression.

  Design of Satellite Flight Software  This demonstration illustrates how to use Aerospace Blockset to perform some of the steps of satellite flight software design with visualization.

  Modeling a Launch Abort System  In this video demonstration, we model a launch abort system with visualization. An aircraft is launched into outer space. If an anomaly or fault occurs during the launch, the operation is aborted, and the aircraft is sent back down to Earth.

  Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing of a Position Control System  In this demo we show how you can use Simulink to model a position control system for radar tracking. The controller is separated from the plant and is discretized. Additional nonlinearities are added in the form of saturation. Finally, the controller model is downloaded to the Freescale MPC555 microcontroller and the plant model to xPC Target for hardware-in-the loop testing with visualization
 

Automotive Application Examples


  Automotive Power Window  In this case study we model an automotive passenger power window system using Model-Based Design with Simulink, Stateflow®, SimMechanics™, SimPowerSystems™ and Simulink 3D Animation. We will design the controller from a set of requirements, build a plant model to test the controller, visualize it and finally verify that the controller meets the requirements.

  Animated Demo: Skoda Octavia Driving, Seen at Different Viewpoints  This example is described in the article published in the MathWorks News & Notes, February 2002. This example shows the dynamics of a car using a virtual reality interface with a 3D model of the Czech Skoda Octavia car and a virtual model of Pearlblossom Highway in the background. In this example a technique for animating the user viewpoint to track the position of moving objects in the scene is shown. (Download Source File )

  Skid-Steer Parking  This example, presented first at the MATLAB automotive conference in Stuttgart, Germany in May 2000, shows virtual reality representation of a real life situation - parking in a skid. Additionally, it can serve as an example of combining several types of input information to form a complete virtual reality simulation solution.

  Vehicle Dynamics Visualization with Video Output  This demonstration shows how to use video output from the Simulink 3D Animation Video Output block. The demo performs a few simple operations on the output video signal. The Video Viewer display then shows the resulting video stream where the image edges are detected.

  Car in the Mountains   New This demonstration illustrates the use of the Simulink® 3D Animation™ MATLAB® interface. In a step-by-step tutorial, it shows commands for querying and manipulating virtual world objects. You will learn about virtual world structures and then navigate a virtual car along a path through the mountains.
 

Industrial Automation and Machinery Examples


  Virtual Prototyping: Manipulator with SpaceMouse Control  This example shows the use of the Magellan SpaceMouse for manipulating objects in the virtual world. SpaceMouse is supported via the SpaceMouse Input block, which is included in the Simulink 3D Animation Simulink library. This is a Simulink 3D Animation example vrmanipul.

  Programming the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Robotics Toolkit  Learn about some of the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT robots that you can design with simulation in Simulink, visualize with Simulink 3D Animation and implement with code generation with Real-Time Workshop Embedded Coder.

  Robot-Arm Control System using xPC Target  Learn how to model, visualize, and automatically generate code to control, tune, and log data from a robot arm with a real-time simulator in industrial automation and machinery applications.

  Portal Crane with Joystick Control   New In this demonstration, the portal crane dynamics is modeled in Simulink and visualized in virtual reality. A standard external joystick can be used to control the end effector position.

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