Open Surface

Open surface 3D environment

Description

The Open Surface scene contains a 3D environment of an open, black road surface. The scene is rendered using RoadRunner.

Setup

To simulate a driving maneuver in this scene:

Add a Simulation 3D Scene Configuration block to your Simulink^® model.
In this block, set the Scene source parameter to Default Scenes.
Set the enabled Scene name parameter to Open surface.

Layout

The scene contains line patterns that you can use for vehicle testing. The scene uses the world coordinate system to locate objects.

Top down view of Open Surface scene with origin and dimensions marked

Scene Dimensions

This table provides the scene corner locations in the world coordinate system. Dimensions are in m.

Location	X	Y	Z
Scene — Bottom left	`-1010.00`	`1010.00`	`0`
Scene — Top right	`1010.00`	`-1010.00`	`0`

Recommended Starting Location

This table provides the recommended starting location for the vehicle in the world coordinate system. Dimensions are in m and deg.

Recommended Starting Location
`0`	`0`	`0`	`0`	`0`	`0`

Recommended Starting Location

(m)

Roll

(deg)

Pitch

(deg)

Yaw

(deg)

0

World Coordinate System

The 3D visualization environment uses a world coordinate system with axes that are fixed in the inertial reference frame.

Axis	Description
X	Forward direction of the vehicle Roll — Right-handed rotation about X-axis
Y	Extends to the right of the vehicle, parallel to the ground plane Pitch — Right-handed rotation about Y-axis
Z	Extends upwards Yaw — Left-handed rotation about Z-axis

Axis

Description

Forward direction of the vehicle

Roll — Right-handed rotation about X-axis

Extends to the right of the vehicle, parallel to the ground plane

Pitch — Right-handed rotation about Y-axis

Extends upwards

Yaw — Left-handed rotation about Z-axis

Tips

If you have the Vehicle Dynamics Blockset™ Interface for Unreal Engine^® Projects support package, then you can modify this scene. In the Unreal Engine project file that comes with the support package, this scene is named BlackLake.
For more details on customizing scenes, see Customize 3D Scenes for Vehicle Dynamics Simulations.

Version History

Introduced in R2018b

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R2022b: Scene rendered using RoadRunner

Starting from R2022b, the Open Surface scene in the Unreal Engine 3D environment is rendered using RoadRunner. As a result, the locations of scene objects, including cones and parked vehicles, are moved from their pre-R2022b locations.

Open Surface

Description

Setup

Layout

Scene Dimensions

Recommended Starting Location

World Coordinate System

Tips

Version History

R2022b: Scene rendered using RoadRunner

See Also

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