UAV Animation

Animate UAV flight path using translations and rotations

Since R2018b

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Libraries:
UAV Toolbox / Utilities

Description

The UAV Animation block animates a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight path based on an input array of translations and rotations. A visual mesh is displayed for either a fixed-wing or multirotor at the given position and orientation. Click the Show animation button in the block mask to bring up the figure after simulating.

Ports

Input

Translation — xyz-positions

[x y z] vector

xyz-positions specified as an [x y z] vector.

Example: [1 1 1]

Rotation — Rotations of UAV body frames

[w x y z] quaternion vector

Rotations of UAV body frames relative to the inertial frame, specified as a [w x y z] quaternion vector.

Example: [1 0 0 0]

Parameters

UAV type — Type of UAV mesh to display

Multirotor (default) | FixedWing

Type of UAV mesh to display, specified as either FixedWing or Multirotor.

UAV size — Size of frame and attached mesh

1 (default) | positive numeric scalar

Size of frame and attached mesh, specified as positive numeric scalar.

Inertial frame z-axis direction — Direction of positive z-axis of inertial frame

Down (default) | Up

Direction of the positive z-axis of inertial frame, specified as either Up or Down. In the plot, the positive z-axis always points up. The parameter defines the rotation between the inertia frame and plot frame. Set this parameter to Down if the inertial frame is following 'North-East-Down' configuration.

Sample time — Interval between outputs

–1 (default) | scalar

Interval between outputs, specified as a scalar. In simulation, the sample time follows simulation time and not actual wall-clock time.

This default value indicates that the block sample time is inherited.

For more information about the inherited sample time type, see Specify Sample Time (Simulink).

Extended Capabilities

C/C++ Code Generation
Generate C and C++ code using Simulink® Coder™.

Version History

Introduced in R2018b