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Chapter 1
Getting Started
1.1
System Requirements
System requirements for running the LADAR Simulator are:
• MATLAB Version 7.0 or above with the LCC compiler
• Installed OpenGL libraries
• Operating System: Windows XP, Mac OS X1
There is no recommended requirement for RAM, CPU speed, or hard disk space, except
for what is required for MATLAB. Please keep in mind that rendering three-dimensional
graphics is a resource intensive process. The software has been tested on 2.0 GHz Pentium
4 system with 512MB of RAM, producing satisfactory results.
1.2
Installation
Follow these steps to set up the LADAR Simulator:
1. Extract the contents of the archive ladar simulator.zip.
2. Move the folder named ladar simulator to a desired location.
3. Start MATLAB and navigate to that same ladar simulator directory.
4. The MATLAB compiler needs to be set to LCC. Run the command mex -setup.
MATLAB will ask you if you want to locate installed compilers. Type y and press the
Enter key. One of the resulting choices should begin with Lcc C followed by a version
number and directory. Type in the number corresponding to that choice and press the
Enter key. MATLAB will ask you to verify your choice.
GUI layouts may not look right or be fully functional in MATLAB 7.0 for Mac. This issue was resolved
with version 7.3 R2006b.
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