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March, 2013

Ariel Rubanenko

Application, Consulting & Tool Implementation for

Large-scale simulations, Guidance, Navigation & Control

Building Virtual Worlds for use with Simulink 3D Animation Toolbox

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Prepare a virtual scene Associate your Simulink model with a virtual scene During simulation, manipulate the position, rotation, and

other properties of a 3-D object to portray the object’s movement

Working with 3D Animation Toolbox

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Open Philosophy – VRML97 VRML = Virtual Reality Modeling

Language International Standard ISO/IEC 14772-

1:1997

Objects = Nodes Geometric primitives General shapes Transforms Lights Viewpoints Materials, textures, video, audio

Flexible and powerful language for describing 3D interactive scenes – ideal for technical applications

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Authoring Virtual Worlds: V-Realm Builder Features

Graphical user interface Native VRML97 editor Hierarchical tree-style viewer of elements

V-Realm Builder manual Online documentation:

www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/vr/

Virtual Worlds > VRML Editing Tools > Editors for Virtual Worlds: www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/data/1-1B906.html?product=VR&solution=1-1B906

www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/files/s35543/VRealm_Man.zip

V-Realm Builder library solution: www.mathworks.com/support/solutions/data/1-

3JX9R7.html?product=VR&solution=1-3JX9R7

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Authoring Virtual Worlds: Other Tools General 3-D authoring packages:

Flux StudioTM, 3ds Max®, Maya®, LightWave 3D®, World Construction Set®, Scene Express, AC3D, Blender, …

CAD Packages: SolidWorks, Catia, Pro/ENGINEER, …

3-D objects on the Web: www.turbosquid.com, www.the3dstudio.com, …

Conversion to VRML: V-Realm Builder, Blender, Flux StudioTM, Deep ExplorationTM

CAD, NuGraf®, ... Polygon reduction:

Blender, VIZup, Deep ExplorationTM CAD, NuGraf®

Standard text format. You can edit with any editor: Syntax-highlighting editors:

VrmlPad

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Virtual Scenes can Represent a Real Geographic Environment

Import terrains from DEM data Flight simulations and analysis

Image courtesy of Quadelta, Inc.

Image courtesy of George Mason University.

Image courtesy of Syracuse Research Corporation.

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3D Animation Toolbox Summary

Links MATLAB® and Simulink® with virtual reality graphics Provides insight into dynamic systems that you model Enables MATLAB and Simulink to control the position,

rotation, and other properties of objects in 3-D virtual scenes

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Further Information

Virtual Reality Toolbox product page www.mathworks.com/products/virtualreality/

MATLAB Digest article, “Creating Standalone Virtual Environments” www.mathworks.com/company/newsletters/digest/2007/mar/synthetic.html

VRML97 Reference www.web3d.org/x3d/specifications/vrml/

Webinars http://www.mathworks.com/company/events/webinars/index.html

Books Chris Marrin, Teach Yourself VRML2 in 21 Days