PIVMat Installation |
The PIVMat Toolbox works with MATLAB 7 or higher (tested up to R2010a, Matlab 7.10), on every operating system (Windows, UNIX, Mac). However, the import of DaVis files works only on Windows, and requires to install first the ReadIMX package provided by LaVision (NB: For 64-bits, only under Windows Vista and 7; for 32-bits, under Windows XP, Vista and 7). See the page Importing data into PIVMat to learn how to use DaVis data on non-Windows systems.
The PIVMat Toolbox reads all the files from DaVis 6 and 7 (VEC, VC7, IMG, IMX, IM7, SET and EXP files, tested up to Davis 7.2.2) and files from MatPIV (MAT).
1. Download the PIVMat Toolbox and extract the ZIP file in a folder, for example /My documents/Matlab/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.
2. If you wish to import DaVis files (Windows only), download also the ReadIMX package from the 'Download' area of the LaVision web site www.lavision.de (menu Software, submenu DaVis Add-Ons), and extract the ZIP file in another folder, for example /My documents/Matlab/toolbox/readimx. Note that you need to sign up first and login to access to the LaVision download area.
3. From the menu 'File > Set Path', click on 'Add Folder' (not Add with Subfolders) and select the directories pivmat and readimx. Click on 'Save' and 'Close'.
4. Restart MATLAB. To get started, type docpivmat, or select Toolboxes > PIVMat from the Start button.
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.
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