ROTOR TOOLBOX

Rotor Toolbox for novel damping mechanism investigations

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HOW TO INSTALL RotorToolBox

1. Create a folder somewhere in your PC

   mkdir RotorToolBox
   

2. Clone the git repository to the folder you just created

   git clone https://github.com/alexal00/RotorToolBox.git
   

   or download a fresh copy of the source code of RotorToolBox at git page

   Once you have donwloaded the source code follow the next instructions.

3. Startup Matlab and add "path_to_rotortoolbox/RotorToolBox" directory to MATLAB search path. To achieve this, you should do either:

   • Look for the "Environment" then choose "Set Path" and Add Folder and select "path_to_rototoolbox/RotorToolBox" then Save and Close

   or

   • Add the following line to your startup.m file: path(path,'path_to_rotortoolbox/RotorToolBox'); [linux platforms] path(path,'path_to_rotortoolbox\RotorToolBox'); [Windows platforms]

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HOW TO STARTUP RotorToolBox

1. Once you have succesfully installed RotorToolBox the next step is to type at matlab command window

   setRotorToolBoxPath

   After this, the toolbox functions provided by RotorToolBox can be fond at MATLAB path.

2. Then follow the displayed instructions

   help RotorToolBox

3. Check demos of the RotorToolBox. Follow the next instructions a) click the help icon "?" b) look for "Supplemental Software" at the page c) Then click the link "RotorToolBoxBeta Toolbox". Please note that if the link does not appear it means that something went wrong at step 1. Try to setup the RotorToolBox path by typing at the matlab command window >> setRotorToolBoxPath d) Finally click the link "WT Toolbox Demos" and the list of demos of the RotorToolBox will appear.

Happy RotorToolBoxing!