3D Picture Control Using Solid Works VRML File and Moving Individual Components

Question

Hi, i am new to these forums and am looking for help concerning 3d picture control, i am a undergraduate student doing a second year project to control a 4DoF UAV.
I'm trying to sort out the 3d simulation of it, i have made the solid works drawings and assembly then exported that to a single WRL file (in the correct format ie. ver. 97) however when trying to import that to Labview i am having difficulty setting the relationships so different parts rotate etc. in the assembly.
i'll attach the corresponding example vi from labview and my solid work files.
Any help is very much appreciated
Thanks
Tom
Attachments:
CDEx Draw Helicopter 3D Model.vi ‏21 KB
WRL and solid work files.zip ‏4235 KB

Answer 1

hi again,
i've tried your suggestion with the naming however, i am using seperate VRML files for the different components and using the main vrml file to control the prent-child relationship etc. however when trying to access that file through labview it can't open it. this is the code within the vrml file
#VRML V2.0 utf8
DEF assembly Transform {
Children [
Inline {
url [" Bottom Base.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Revolve Transform {
Children [
Inline {
url [" Top Base.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Elevation Transform {
Children [
Inline {
url [" Arm Pivot.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Connector Transform {
Children [
Inline {
url [" Rod-Base Connector.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Rod Transform {
Children [
Inline {
url [" Rod.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Roll Transform {
Children [
Inline {
url [" Mount Connector.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Pitch Transform {
Children [
Inline {
url [" Mount Pivot.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Mount Transform {
Inline {
url [" Arm Mount.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Chassis Transform {
Inline {
url [" Chassis.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Gearhead1 Transform {
Inline {
url [" i_gearhead.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Gearhead2 Transform {
Inline {
url [" i_gearhead-1.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Gearhead3 Transform {
Inline {
url [" i_gearhead-2.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Gearhead4 Transform {
Inline {
url [" i_gearhead-3.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Shaft1 Transform {
Inline {
url [" i_shaft.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Shaft2 Transform {
Inline {
url [" i_shaft-1.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Shaft2 Transform {
Inline {
url [" i_shaft-2.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Shaft3 Transform {
Inline {
url [" i_shaft-3.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Prop1 Transform {
Inline {
url [" Propeller.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Prop2 Transform {
Inline {
url [" Propeller-1.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Prop3 Transform {
Inline {
url [" Propeller-2.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Prop4 Transform {
Inline {
url [" Propeller-3.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Shell Transform {
Inline {
url [" Shell.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
DEF Dome Transform {
Inline {
url [" Dome.wrl "]
bboxSize -1.000000 -1.000000 -1.000000
bboxCenter 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000