User`s guide

7 Viewing Virtual Worlds
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Record Offline Animations
In this section...
“Animation Recording” on page 7-38
“Recording Formats” on page 7-38
“File Names” on page 7-39
“Start and Stop Animation Recording” on page 7-40
“Play Animation Files” on page 7-40
“Record Files in the VRML Format” on page 7-40
“Record Files in the Audio Video Interleave (AVI) Format” on page 7-42
“Schedule Files for Recording” on page 7-44
Animation Recording
The Simulink 3D Animation software enables you to record animations of virtual
scenes that are controlled by the Simulink or MATLAB product. You can record
simulations using the Simulink 3D Animation Viewer. You can then play back these
animations offline, in other words, independent of the MATLAB, Simulink, or Simulink
3D Animation products. You might want to generate such files for presentations, to
distribute simulation results, or to generate archives.
Note Optimally, use the Simulink 3D Animation Viewer to record animations of virtual
worlds associated with Simulink models. This method ensures that all necessary virtual
world and vrfigure properties are properly set to record simulations. If you are working
with virtual scenes controlled from MATLAB, you can record virtual scenes through the
MATLAB interface. For details, see “Animation Recording”.
You can save a frame snapshot (capture) of the current Simulink 3D Animation viewer
scene. You can save this frame as either a TIF or PNG format file. For details, see
“Capture Frames” on page 7-49.
Recording Formats
You can save the virtual world offline animation data in the following formats: