How to animate a mechanism?

in this attached code i want to vary theta1 and theta2 from 0 to 360 deg at same rate and want to plot updated positions of ain,bin,cin while o2,o4 are fixed on axes input_axis and output_axes respectively.

it is a 3d mechanism,ain is rotating about input_axis and bin is rotating about output_axis and cin is also updating which joins to updated positions of ain and bin.

Please someone tell ,how to animate this mechanism properly!!

Thanks

Answer 1

[Abhinaya Kennedy]

1. Define a function for animation:

Create a function that takes "theta1" and "theta2" as arguments and updates the positions of "ain", "bin", and "cin". This function will be called repeatedly to generate each frame of the animation.

2. Loop and animate:

Use a loop to iterate through different values of "theta1" and "theta2". Inside the loop, call the function for animation to update the plot.

% Define animation range
theta1_range = linspace(0, 360, 100); % 100 frames for 0 to 360 degrees
theta2_range = theta1_range;  % Vary both angles at the same rate

for i = 1:length(theta1_range)
  theta1 = deg2rad(theta1_range(i));
  theta2 = deg2rad(theta2_range(i));
  animate_mechanism(theta1, theta2); % Enter your function name here
  pause(0.01);  % Adjust pause time for animation speed
end

Additionally, you can take a look at these links for more information.

• pause: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/pause.html
• for loop: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/for.html
• Animating Plots: https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/animation-1.html