Design

Table of Contents:

• 1 Matlab Graphical User Interface (GUI)
  • 1.1 Menu Options
    • 1.1.1 File
    • 1.1.2 View
    • 1.1.3 Edit
    • 1.1.4 Play
  • 1.2 GUI Layout
    • 1.2.1 West Panel
    • 1.2.2 East Panel
    • 1.2.3 South Panel
  • 1.3 Data Input/Output
    • 1.3.1 Data specifying Morphological Traits
    • 1.3.2 Data specifying Animations
• 2 OpenGL/Visual C++
  • 2.1 GLUT Framework
    • 2.1.1 Window Creation
    • 2.1.2 Window Management
    • 2.1.3 GLUT Callbacks
  • 2.2 Object Composition and Modeling
    • 2.2.1 The coordinate system
    • 2.2.2 Hierarchical Modeling
    • 2.2.3 Creating the Geometry: Quadrics
  • 2.3 Color, Lighting and Materials
    • 2.3.1 Color
    • 2.3.2 Lighting
    • 2.3.3 Materials
  • 2.4 Animation
• 3 MEX-files
  • 3.1 OpenGL/Visual C++ Specifics
  • 3.2 Matlab Specifics