1 CONFIDENTIAL | © 2012 The MathWorks, Inc. CONFIDENTIAL 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

22  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

33 Open Philosophy – VRML97  VRML = Virtual Reality Modeling Language  International Standard ISO/IEC :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

44 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:  Virtual Worlds > VRML Editing Tools > Editors for Virtual Worlds: 1B906.html?product=VR&solution=1-1B B906.html?product=VR&solution=1-1B906  3/VRealm_Man.zip 3/VRealm_Man.zip  V-Realm Builder library solution:  3JX9R7.html?product=VR&solution=1-3JX9R7 3JX9R7.html?product=VR&solution=1-3JX9R7

55 Authoring Virtual Worlds: Other Tools  General 3-D authoring packages:  Flux Studio TM, 3ds Max ®, Maya ®, LightWave 3D ®, World Construction Set ®, Scene Express, AC3D, Blender, …  CAD Packages:  SolidWorks, Catia, Pro/ENGINEER, …  3-D objects on the Web:  …  Conversion to VRML:  V-Realm Builder, Blender, Flux Studio TM, Deep Exploration TM CAD, NuGraf ®,...  Polygon reduction:  Blender, VIZup, Deep Exploration TM CAD, NuGraf ®  Standard text format. You can edit with any editor:  Syntax-highlighting editors:  VrmlPad

66 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.

77 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

88 Further Information  Virtual Reality Toolbox product page   MATLAB Digest article, “Creating Standalone Virtual Environments”   VRML97 Reference   Webinars   Books  Chris Marrin, Teach Yourself VRML2 in 21 Days