Common Module

Directory List

CommonData	ComponentModels	Control
Database	GUIs	General
Graphics	MassProperties	Materials
Plugins	Quaternion	Time
Transform

CommonData

ComponentModels

Box	Generate a box centered at the origin.
Cone	Compute the vertices for a cone.
Frustrum	Generate a frustrum of a cone.
GeomPatch	Get vertices for surfaces of revolution, ellipsoids and cylinders
Triangle	Generate a solid triangle.

Control

C2DZOH	Create a discrete time system using a zero order hold.
C2DelZOH	Create a discrete time systems using the delta operator.
FResp	Compute the frequency response of the system given a, b, c and d.
GND	Compute the frequency response given a numerator/denominator pair.
GSS	Compute the multivariable frequency response of the system.
ND2SS	Creates state-space model from numerator and denominator polynomials.
P3Axis	A 3-axis proportional controller
PIDMIMO	Produces a state space n degree of freedom PID controller.
S2Damp	Eigenvalues to damping and natural frequency.
SS2ND	Converts from state space to numerator denominator form.
SizeABCD	Checks the dimensions of the set a,b,c,d for consistency.
TrnsZero	Computes the transmission zeros of a plant
WPZ	Frequency vector with complex poles and zeros.
WReson	Creates a frequency vector with points around resonances.
ZFresp	Generates the frequency response for a digital filter.

Database

Constant

Outputs the value of a constant or opens a GUI for searching.

GUIs

Figui	User-interface to manage figure windows.
LegendFig	Produce a new figure with just a legend of colors and names.
MessageQueue	Creates a message queue GUI. Once opened, it stays open.
ODETimeDisplay	Displays an estimate of time to go, compatible with ode113.
TimeDisplay	Displays an estimate of time to go.

General

CellToMat	Converts a cell array to a matrix.
CloseFigure	Close a figure
ColumnSizeCellArray	Outputs the size of each column of a cell array.
CreateTable	Creates a table from x for displaying to the command line.
DeBlankAll	Delete all blanks
DeBlankLT	Delete leading and trailing blanks.
DeleteCell	Delete a cell element of a one dimensional cell array.
DispWithTitle	Display a variable with a title.
EditScroll	Implement a scrollable edit window
FSWClock	This routine implements the flight software clock.
GetCurrentGUIObject	Gets the last uicontrol that was hit.
GetListString	Get an element from a list uicontrol.
GetNewTag	Get a new tag to uniquely identify a figure.
HasOptimizationToolbox	Returns 1 if a licensed optimization toolbox is in your path
IsValidField	Determine if a field exists and is not empty.
IsVersionAfter	Checks to see if the version of MATLAB is after n
LatexScientificNotation	Converts a number into a string using latex notation.
ListCases	List the switch cases that are included in a given file.
MatToCell	Converts a string matrix to a cell array.
ProcessTag	Code used to process tags for sensors and actuators.
SaveMovie	Save a MATLAB movie.
SaveStructure	Save a structure in a file. You will be able to read it in by typing
StrMtch	In a matrix with each row a string finds the first matching string.
StringMatch	Finds which elements of sA match s
StringToTokens	Converts a string to a list of tokens.
StructToText	Write data structure to a text file or command line display.
Watermark	Add a watermark to a figure.

Graphics

AddFillToPlots	Find mode changes in data and draw as filled sections on existing plots.
AddView	Add view accelerators to a figure.
AddZoom	Add zoom-in (CTRL+I) and zoom-out (CTRL+O) accelerators to a figure.
Arrow3D	Draws a 3D arrow into an existing figure
AxesCart	Draw axes on the current plot with X, Y, Z, text labels.
Axis3D	Adjust 3D axes properties.
CameraControls	This function creates a GUI for manipulating the camera view.
ColorSpread	Produce a set of 3-element RGB colors that spread across the colormap.
Coordinates	Creates a figure with x,y,z coordinates at the origin.
DrawVertices	Draw an object from vertices with in a figure using patch, using lighting.
Ellipsd	Generates an ellipsoid using the equation
LabelLine	Labels a line.
LogLimit	Given a frequency vector, find the logarithm of the frequency
Map	Draws a 2 or 3 dimensional map of a planet.
Mesh2	Draws mesh plots with axis labels.
NPlot	NPlot generates a plot on which the ylabels are character strings.
NewFig	Creates a new figure.
Plot2D	Easily build a versatile 2D plot page consisting of any number of plots.
Plot3D	Create a 3-dimensional plot.
PltStyle	Edit this to globally change the plot styles for the plot labels
SliderBar	Create a slider in a new figure with continuous calls to callback.
SortFigs	Sort figure windows by cascading them.
TextS	Prints labels on a graph using text with toolbox style settings.
TimeHistory	Time history plots
TimeLabl	Generates a time label given the maximum value of t and rescales t.
TitleS	Creates a title using the toolbox style settings.
XLabelS	Creates an xlabel using the toolbox style settings
YLabelS	Creates a ylabel using the toolbox style settings
ZLabelS	Creates a zlabel using the toolbox style settings

MassProperties

AddMass	Add mass properties.
IC623X3	Convert an inertia matrix from a 1x6 to a 3x3 format.
Inertias	Computes inertias of common objects about their c.m.
MassStructure	Create a mass data structure.
Volumes	Computes volumes of common objects about their c.m.

Materials

GasProperties

Returns gas properties.

Plugins

HierarchicalListPlugIn

Create and manages a hierarchical list. Each element of the list is

Quaternion

AU2Q	Convert an angle and a unit vector to a quaternion.
AnimQ	Animate the evolution of a quaternion over time.
Mat2Q	Converts a transformation matrix to a quaternion.
Q2AU	Convert a quaternion to an angle and a unit vector.
Q2Eul	Converts a quaternion to 3-2-1 Euler angles.
Q2Mat	Converts a quaternion to a transformation matrix.
QForm	Transforms a vector in the direction of the quaternion.
QMult	Multiply two quaternions.
QPose	Transpose of a quaternion.
QRand	Generates random quaternions.
QTForm	Transforms a vector opposite the direction of the quaternion.
QUnit	Unitizes a quaternion.
QZero	Outputs the zero quaternion, [1;0;0;0]
U2Q	Finds the quaternion that aligns a unit vector with a second vector.

Time

DTAToDTS	Converts the date time array to the date time structure
DTSToDTA	Converts the date time structure to the date time array
Date2DN	Compute the day number from the date. Uses the format from clock.
Date2JD	Compute the Julian Date from the date.
JD2000	Returns the Julian Date for J2000.0 0d 0h UT
JD2Array	Compute an array of Julian dates from an epoch.
JD2DN	Compute the day number from Julian date.
JD2Date	Compute the calendar date from the Julian date.
JD2T	Converts Julian days to centuries from J2000.0
JDToDateString	Convert Julian Date to the form '04/20/2000 00:00:00'
JDToMidnight	Converts a Julian date to the nearest midnight.
T2JD	Converts Julian centuries from J2000.0 to days

Transform

Altitude	Computes the altitude above an ellipsoidal planet.
Eul2Mat	Converts 3-2-1 Euler angles into an orthonormal transformation matrix.
Eul2Q	Converts 3-2-1 Euler angles to a quaternion
Mat2Eul	Converts an orthonormal transformation matrix into 3-2-1 Euler angles.
RPhiTheta2Cart	Computes the transformation matrix from an r, phi, theta frame
RotMat	Generates a rotation matrix that transforms in the opposite direction

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