capture

Class: vrfigure

Capture virtual reality figure image

Syntax

image_capture = capture(figure)


Description

image_capture = capture(figure) captures a virtual reality figure into a TrueColor RGB image. You can display this image using the image command. You can then print the figure.

Input Arguments

figure — Virtual reality figure

vrfigure object

Virtual reality figure, specified as a vrfigure object.

Output Arguments

image_capture — Virtual reality figure image

array

Virtual reality figure image, captured as an array. The array is an m-by-n-by-3 data array that defines red, green, and blue color components for each individual pixel.

Examples

Capture an RGB Image of a Figure

Create and open a vrworld object and associate it with the virtual world vrmount.x3d.

myworld = vrworld('vrmount');
open(myworld);

View the virtual world in the Simulink® 3D Animation™ Viewer.

f = vrfigure(myworld);

Create an RGB image of the figure.

image_capture = capture(f);

Display the RGB figure image in a MATLAB® figure window.

image(image_capture);

Version History

Introduced before R2006a