driving mechanism in real time w matlab

My superiors would like me to make a VRML version of my
the robotics device I designed in Pro/E so we can
simulate its use by driving the VRML model through
MAtlab/Simulink connected to hardware input devices
through pc i/o boards.

However, I was wondering if we could skip the duplication
of my CAD model in VRML, instead just directly driving
the Pro/E model itself through interfacing with
Matlab/Simulink somehow.

The VRML step just seems superfluous to me. It's not as
if Pro/E isn't conscious of things like joint angle
positions.

Is it really necessary to use VRML for something like
this? COuld someone give me basic idea or point me to
place to read about how to just directly drive mechanisms
in Pro/E with Matlab/Simulink in real time?

I'm guessing servo motor table drivers...tab file


format looks like this;


[Servo Motor Profile : x_motor]
axis 0Time
axis 1Magnitude
plot 0Position (in)
0.0000000.000000
0.1000000.100000
0.2000000.200000
0.3000000.300000
0.4000000.400000
0.5000000.500000
0.6000000.600000





thispart of aramp of 10 in 10 sec.

I have actually done the feeding servo motors tables of values and it's neat. However, for what I'm trying to do right now I need to be able to be sending the "command signal" in real time. Giving the motors a table of position at each point in time means everything is prescribed. Instead, I need to be able to have someone sit at computer holding a controller (like a joystick) connected to Matlab and have Matlab relaying information sending the joint angle values to Pro/E in real time.

Is there any way to "run" servo motors in Pro/E in real time rather than only with animation-style prescribed motion?

I think you are going to be forced to spoon feed it or take snapshots at least with ProE.