PIVMat Installation |
The PIVMat Toolbox works with MATLAB 7 or higher, 32-bits version only. To process Davis files, it is necessary to install first the MATLABIMX package (version 1.4 or higher) provided by LaVision -- except the March 2006 release, which does not work.
The PIVMat Toolbox reads all the files from DaVis 6 and 7 (VEC, VC7, IMG, IMX, IM7, SET and EXP) and files from MatPIV (MAT).
Note that the MATLABIMX package works only on the 32-bits version of Matlab (default version). If you have a 64-bits Windows XP edition, you will need to install the 32-bits version of Matlab to run the PIVMat toolbox.
1. Download the latest version of MATLABIMX ('ReadIMX Loader package for MATLAB') from the 'Download' area of the LaVision web site www.lavision.de (you need to sign up first and login to access to the Download area). Extract the ZIP file in an installation folder on your computer (eg, /toolbox/readimx).
2. Download the PIVMat Toolbox and extract the ZIP file in another installation folder (eg, /toolbox/pivmat) (make sure the subdirectories html, sample and private are correctly unzipped as well). If you upgrade from an older version, first empty the previous directory.
3. From the menu 'File > Set Path', click on 'Add Folder' and select the two directories readimx and pivmat. Click on 'Save' and 'Close'.
4. Restart MATLAB. To get started, type docpivmat, or select Toolboxes > PIVMat from the Start button.
5. If you upgrade from an earlier version, type rehash toolbox to make sure that MATLAB refreshes the function cache.
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