BuildCADModel GUI
Since version 9.
Contents
Interface
The GUI has three tab buttons, Component, Body and Vehicle for three different views of the CAD model. When you run a script the Component view is activated. The row above the tabs gives general information about the CAD model. The buttons at the bottom, outside of the tab views, are: Save, for saving the model to a mat-file; Table creates the subsystem table; Export, for exporting the model to a DSim/Satellite Simulator compatible format; Quit and Help for online help. The scroll bars allow you to scroll through data, which in this view, is individual component data. You cannot modify any data through the GUI. If you select a component from the popup menu, you will also get a 3D view of that component alone.
Body Tab
If you push the Body tab you get the body view with body level data. The list of components associated with the body is given in a popup menu on the left. In the Vehicle view, if you push the Show Vehicle button you get a 3D window with the spacecraft and a list of components organized by body.
Vehicle Tab
The radio buttons in the Vehicle tab select the mode. If All is selected all components are shown. If Add is selected, no components are shown and you add them by clicking on the component in the list. If Subtract is selected all components are shown and you remove components by clicking on the component in the list. Within the 3D view, you can highlight certain subsystems. The buttons on the left of the window toggle each subsystem?s, or the whole spacecraft?s, transparency. You can also adjust the Open Model slider to get an ?exploded? view of the spacecraft. The Show Spacecraft in Orbit button shows the spacecraft in orbit around the earth. You need to specify an orbit position and quaternion for this feature, The Show 2D Plan button shows a 2D picture with 2D views of all of the components. The components are scaled to fit inside the same size rectangle.
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