Coordinate Systems in Simulink 3D Animation

Simulink^® 3D Animation™ uses these coordinate systems to represent actor orientation in the 3D environment.

Coordinate System	Description
World coordinate system	The world coordinate system is a left-handed Cartesian coordinate system, in m and rad. Axes X-axis points away from the viewer. Y-axis points toward 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	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 toward 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	The ISO 8855 standard coordinate system is a right-handed Cartesian coordinate system with Z-up orientation, in m and deg. This is defined in the ISO 8855[2] standard. Axes X-axis points away from the viewer. Y-axis points toward 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	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 toward right. Rotation Roll — Clockwise rotation about X-axis Pitch — Counterclockwise rotation about Y-axis Yaw — Counterclockwise rotation about Z-axis
SAE coordinate system	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 toward right. Z-axis points downward. Rotation Roll — Clockwise rotation about X-axis Pitch — Clockwise rotation about Y-axis Yaw — Clockwise rotation about Z-axis

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.