Creating Custom 3D Network Visualizations with OPNET Modeler®

1588 Creating Custom 3D Network Visualizations with OPNET Modeler®Lab 1: Review some basic OVIS APIsOverviewYou want to get a better feel for what is involved in using the Ovis API. To achieve this goal, youare going to write a sequence of small visualizations to build up a 3D scene made of an entity andseveral decorations. Then you will step through the simulation using the OPNET debugger (ODB)and the OPNET 3D Network Visualizer (3DNV) to review how each visualization affects the 3Dscene.Objectives• Review a subset of the Ovis API:o Creating an entityo Creating various decorations (cube, sphere, line, text) and modify their properties (color,pattern, transparency)o Positioning these decorations (absolute positioning, relative to entity, relative to decoration)• Use some of the OPNET 3D Network Visualizer’s functionality to move the viewpoint and lookat the entity’s information• Enjoy the resulting visualizationInstructionsSetting up the OPNET 3D Network Visualizer1. Launch the 3DNV Communications.a. Click on the Start button.b. Select All Programsc. Choose OPNET 3D Network Visualizer 3.0.0 > 3DNV Communications 3.0.0. Rti is launched as a service and a new process should appear in the taskbar:This process is necessary to communicate between an OPNET simulation and the OPNET 3DNetwork Visualizer.2. Launch the OPNET 3D Network Visualizer.a. Click on the Start button.b. Select All Programsc. Choose OPNET 3D Network Visualizer 3.0.0 > OPNET 3D Network Visualizer 3.0.0.Formatted: Bullets and NumberingFormatted: Bullets and NumberingCONFIDENTIAL – RESTRICTED ACCESS: This information may not be disclosed, copied, or transmitted in any format without the prior written consent of OPNET Technologies, Inc.© 2010 OPNET Technologies, Inc.Page 1