real time animation of a 3d CAD drawing

[jags_kum]

An object is moved and its three dimensional movements are recorded using a program in LabView 6i. I wish to extend this program to show the movement of the object with the help of a CAD drawing , which is a representation of the object ( the animation of the existing CAD drawing, using the data from the moving object). I would like to know if this is possible, and if any CAD drawing can be imported in LabView to show the animation. The movement of the object and the animation with the CAD drawing should be simultaneously done, i mean real time.
Please help me in this matter.

[Randy_H]

Jags,

We talked by e-mail yesterday. DIAdem is a possibility, but it was not designed to do what you want to do. I instead searched google.com to see if I could find any ActiveX components to do as you suggest. There are a few, but most of the packages are costly. You may want to see if you can design something using the Robotic Arm example as a base.

Randy Hoskin
Applications Engineer
National Instruments
http://www.ni.com/ask