# Copyright (c) 2022-2026, The Isaac Lab Project Developers (https://github.com/isaac-sim/IsaacLab/blob/main/CONTRIBUTORS.md). # All rights reserved. # # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause """ This script demonstrates how to generate log outputs while the simulation plays. It accompanies the tutorial on docker usage. .. code-block:: bash # Usage ./isaaclab.sh -p scripts/tutorials/00_sim/log_time.py """ """Launch Isaac Sim Simulator first.""" import argparse import os from isaaclab.app import AppLauncher # create argparser parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Tutorial on creating logs from within the docker container.") # append AppLauncher cli args AppLauncher.add_app_launcher_args(parser) # parse the arguments args_cli = parser.parse_args() # launch omniverse app app_launcher = AppLauncher(args_cli) simulation_app = app_launcher.app """Rest everything follows.""" from isaaclab.sim import SimulationCfg, SimulationContext def main(): """Main function.""" # Specify that the logs must be in logs/docker_tutorial log_dir_path = os.path.join("logs") if not os.path.isdir(log_dir_path): os.mkdir(log_dir_path) # In the container, the absolute path will be # /workspace/isaaclab/logs/docker_tutorial, because # all python execution is done through /workspace/isaaclab/isaaclab.sh # and the calling process' path will be /workspace/isaaclab log_dir_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(log_dir_path, "docker_tutorial")) if not os.path.isdir(log_dir_path): os.mkdir(log_dir_path) print(f"[INFO] Logging experiment to directory: {log_dir_path}") # Initialize the simulation context sim_cfg = SimulationCfg(dt=0.01) sim = SimulationContext(sim_cfg) # Set main camera sim.set_camera_view([2.5, 2.5, 2.5], [0.0, 0.0, 0.0]) # Play the simulator sim.reset() # Now we are ready! print("[INFO]: Setup complete...") # Prepare to count sim_time sim_dt = sim.get_physics_dt() sim_time = 0.0 # Open logging file with open(os.path.join(log_dir_path, "log.txt"), "w") as log_file: # Simulate physics while simulation_app.is_running(): log_file.write(f"{sim_time}" + "\n") # perform step sim.step() sim_time += sim_dt if __name__ == "__main__": # run the main function main() # close sim app simulation_app.close()