Get Started with Simulink 3D Animation

Simulate and visualize dynamic systems in a 3D environment

Simulink^® 3D Animation™ connects Simulink models and MATLAB^® algorithms to Unreal Engine^®, allowing simulation and visualization of dynamic systems in a photorealistic 3D environment. You can use pre-built scenes of indoor and outdoor environments or import scenes built in RoadRunner. Simulink 3D Animation lets you import objects at run-time or edit-time with support for file formats such as MAT, STL, FBX, and URDF. You can control vehicles, people, objects, lighting, and weather effects to customize your 3D scenes and simulations.

Camera, lidar, and other sensor models let you feed sensor data from the 3D environment into your control algorithms or generate synthetic data to design and train AI algorithms. MATLAB and Simulink add-on products are available for additional domain-specific assets and advanced sensor models. You can interactively navigate in the 3D environment using the Simulation 3D Viewer and manually control your dynamic systems using hardware devices. Simulink 3D Animation enables lock-step co-simulation with the game engine environment, providing deterministic simulation results.

Tutorials

Create 3D Simulation Using MATLAB

Use MATLAB to create a 3D environment, simulate actors in the Unreal Engine simulation environment, and view the simulation in the Simulation 3D Viewer.

STEP 1: Create World and Actor Using MATLAB
STEP 2: Build Actor from 3D Graphic Primitives Using MATLAB
STEP 3: Simulate Actor with Gravity Property Using MATLAB

Create 3D Simulation Using Simulink

Use Simulink to create a 3D environment, simulate actors in the Unreal Engine simulation environment, and view the simulation in the Simulation 3D Viewer.

STEP 1: Create World and Actor Using Simulink
STEP 2: Build Actor from 3D Graphic Primitives Using Simulink
STEP 3: Simulate Actor with Gravity Property Using Simulink

About 3D Simulation

3D Simulation Key Concepts

Learn key concepts and common terms in 3D simulation.
How 3D Simulation in Unreal Engine Environment Works

Learn about co-simulation with Unreal Engine.
Create 3D Simulations in Unreal Engine Environment

Use MATLAB or Simulink to create, view, and interact with 3D simulations and access Unreal Engine features.
Interact with 3D Simulation Environment

Control actors using the Simulation 3D Viewer interface and programmatically control the simulation.
Navigate in 3D Environment

Control the view of the 3D environment in the Simulation 3D Viewer using keyboard shortcuts and mouse controls.