Coordinate Systems in Simulink 3D Animation

Simulink^® 3D Animation™ uses these coordinate systems for actor transformation in the 3D environment. Use the CoordinateSystem argument or property in the sim3d actor objects or the Coordinate system parameter in the Simulation 3D blocks to set the coordinate system of the actor.

Coordinate System	Object or Block Setting	Description
World coordinate system	Default	The world uses the Unreal Engine® coordinate system. The Unreal Engine coordinate system is a left-handed Cartesian coordinate system, in m and rad. Axes X-axis points away from the viewer. Y-axis points to the right. Z-axis points upward. Rotation Roll — Clockwise rotation about X-axis Pitch — Clockwise rotation about Y-axis Yaw — Counterclockwise rotation about Z-axis
MATLAB® coordinate system	MATLAB	The MATLAB coordinate system is a right-handed Cartesian coordinate system with Z-up orientation, in m and rad. Axes X-axis points away from the viewer. Y-axis points to the left. Z-axis points upward. Rotation Roll — Clockwise rotation about X-axis Pitch — Clockwise rotation about Y-axis Yaw — Clockwise rotation about Z-axis
ISO 8855 standard coordinate system	ISO8855	The ISO 8855 standard coordinate system is a right-handed Cartesian coordinate system with Z-up orientation, in m and deg. This coordinate system is defined in the ISO 8855[2] standard. Axes X-axis points away from the viewer. Y-axis points to the left. Z-axis points upward. Rotation Roll — Clockwise rotation about X-axis Pitch — Clockwise rotation about Y-axis Yaw — Clockwise rotation about Z-axis
X3D ISO standard coordinate system	VRML	The X3D ISO standard coordinate system is a right-handed Cartesian coordinate system with Y-up orientation, in m and rad. Axes X-axis points away from the viewer. Y-axis points upward. Z-axis points to the right. Rotation Roll — Clockwise rotation about X-axis Pitch — Counterclockwise rotation about Y-axis Yaw — Counterclockwise rotation about Z-axis
SAE coordinate system	SAE or AERO	The SAE J670 standard coordinate system is a right-handed Cartesian coordinate system with Z-down orientation, in m and rad. This is defined in the SAE J670[1] standard. This coordinate system is used for aerospace applications. For more information, see Body Coordinates (Aerospace Blockset). Axes X-axis points away from the viewer. Y-axis points to the right. Z-axis points downward. Rotation Roll — Clockwise rotation about X-axis Pitch — Clockwise rotation about Y-axis Yaw — Clockwise rotation about Z-axis

For an example on how the coordinate system specifies the actor transformations in the 3D environment, see View Actor Orientation in MATLAB Coordinate System.

References

[1] Vehicle Dynamics Standards Committee. Vehicle Dynamics Terminology. SAE J670. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers, 2008.

[2] Technical Committee. Road vehicles — Vehicle Dynamics and Road-Holding Ability — Vocabulary. ISO 8855:2011. Geneva, Switzerland: International Organization for Standardization, 2011.