I need serious help, please.

Hello there, i'm trying to write to code that involves animating a crank and rod mechanism but i really don't know what to do. could someone help and guide me and provide an example please.

Answer 1

[Sebastian Castro]

Do you have access to SimMechanics?

http://www.mathworks.com/videos/modeling-an-engine-68848.html

- Sebastian

[Vivie]

Thank you so much Sebastian, that helped me a lot. Do you have any ideas on how I an get my animation into my code, make it work with functions like increase or decrease the speed or length of the crank. I tried using gui but could not get it to work.

[Sebastian Castro]

Well, SimMechanics (the tool in the original video) already comes with animation.

If you're planning on using MATLAB to create an animation, there are plenty of online examples from other users. I like this one: http://engineer.john-whittington.co.uk/2013/04/modelling-a-double-pendulum-in-simulink/

[Vivie]

Thanks again