| PIVMat Installation |
The PIVMat Toolbox works with MATLAB 7 or higher, on every operating system. PIVMat supports files from:
DaVis (LaVision) - needs additional package
Some functions require the Image Processing Toolbox.
1. Download the PIVMat Toolbox and extract the ZIP file in a folder, for example Documents/Matlab/toolbox/pivmat (make sure the subdirectories html, sample and private are correctly unzipped as well). Do NOT install in the Matlab application folder (typically /Program Files/Matlab/...). If you upgrade from an older version, first delete the previous pivmat directory.
2. If you want to use PIVMat with DaVis files, download also the ReadIMX package available from the LaVision web site (with user registration).
3. In the 'Home' tab, select 'Set Path', click on 'Add Folder' (NOT 'Add with Subfolders') and select the directory pivmat. (Select also the directory readimx if necessary). Click on 'Save' and 'Close'.
4. To get started, type docpivmat.
If you upgrade Matlab, you don't need to reinstall PivMat (and ReadIMX). Just follow steps 3 and 4.
Quit Matlab, replace your old pivmat folder with the new one, and re-launch Matlab. Type docpivmat in the command window to check if the new version is correctly recognized.