What's New in Simulink
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Hear directly from our development team about what's new in Simulink:
Smart Editing
Simulink Onramp: Learn the basics of how to create, edit, and simulate Simulink models through an interactive tutorial
Automatic Port Creation: Create a port by clicking or dragging the block outline
Predictive Quick Insert: Connect a recommended block to an existing block in your model, sorted by frequency of use
Edit on Block Icon: Modify block parameters without opening a dialog box
Port Connection Cues: Highlight compatible ports as you draw a signal line
Hidden Block Names: Improve model appearance by hiding default block names
Reduced Bus Wiring: Quickly group signals as buses and automatically create bus element ports for fewer signal lines between and within subsystems
Run-Time Software Modeling
Schedule Editor: Explicitly schedule the execution of your model components
Row-Major Array Layout: Simplify integration with external C/C++ functions, tools, and libraries by specifying the array layout for Lookup Table and other blocks as row-major
Schedulable Components: Explicitly schedule models for simulation and adaptation to your software environment
Scoped Simulink Functions: Create Simulink Functions that can now cross model boundaries for reusable software components
Simulation Analysis
Signal Editor: Graphically create and insert signals by mouse or by touch
Simulation Data Inspector: Replay test and simulation data across multiple subplots with synchronized cursors
Timing Legend: Identify and trace model execution specification
Custom Gauge Block: Create a gauge with a fully customizable appearance
Maps in the Simulation Data Inspector: View map data that is synchronized with signal data in the Simulation Data Inspector
Simulation Pacing: Run simulations at wall clock speed or other specified pace for improved visualization
Simulation Data Inspector in the Live Editor: Add, view, and edit Simulation Data Inspector plots directly in the Live Editor
Diagnostic Handling: Directly fix errors and warnings from diagnostic messages, such as algebraic loops, as well as manage suppressed diagnostics
Hit Crossing Messages: Create Messages for debugging and send them to Stateflow and SimEvents to indicate events in Simulink for hybrid system modeling
Hardware Support
External Mode: Use Dashboard blocks and Simulation Data Inspector to run models interactively on Arduino and Raspberry Pi
Simulink Support Package for PARROT Minidrones: Deploy flight control algorithms on PARROT minidrones
Support for Android and iOS Mobile Devices: Create mobile apps directly from Simulink models
Wireless Connectivity: Use UDP and TCP/IP blocks to let Simulink hardware targets communicate with each other
Project Management
Model Comparison: Get more accurate Simulink block matches when comparing models
Project References: Explore the full project reference hierarchy and associated files directly from your Simulink Project
Project-Wide Bus Renaming: Automatically update all bus references across Simulink Project when you rename a bus or bus element
Model Comparison: Use custom filters to simplify and focus model comparisons
Impact Analysis: Easily identify dependencies and impacts of block or requirement changes in your Simulink project
Automatic Project Creation: Easily turn a folder into a project and manage your files, data, and environment in one place
Data Management
Model Arguments: Easily configure instance-specific parameters in a nested model reference hierarchy for value specification at the top level
Data Dictionary: Define global data for referenced models in separate dictionaries and Simulink will check consistency during integration
Block Parameter Autocomplete: Improve the speed and accuracy of block parameter editing by selecting from suggested variable or function names as you type
Undefined Variable Detection: Get instant notifications about missing variables while editing your model
Model Design Data: Use multiple sources for your design data by allowing Data Dictionary to access the base workspace
Strings: Design embedded systems with native support of strings
Signal Editor: Create and edit input signals that can be organized for multiple simulations
Model Data Editor: Easily view, filter, group, and edit more data used by a model including signals, states, and referenced variables
Component-Based Modeling
Model Reference: Open referenced models in the context of their parent model to reduce window clutter and enable easier signal tracing through Model blocks
MATLAB System Block: Call Simulink functions from a MATLAB System block
C Caller Block: Call external C functions directly from the model
Buses: Create buses from Simscape physical connection lines and retain arrays of buses and nonvirtual buses within virtual buses
Variant Signals in Buses: Use variant conditions to dynamically add and remove bus elements
Simulink Variants: Create more customizable variant models by using improved Variant Subsystem and variant condition propagation capabilities
Performance Improvements
Execution Domain Specification: Improve your solver performance and code by specifying the domains of subsystems within your model
Simulink Cache: Get simulation results faster by using shared model artifacts
Parallel Simulations
Batch Simulations: Offload execution of simulations to run in the background by using batchsim
Simulation Manager: Monitor, inspect, and visualize simulation progress and results
Parallel Simulations: Directly run multiple parallel simulations from the parsim command
Upgrade Capabilities
Simulink Project Upgrade: Streamline upgrade to a new release by checking compatibilities of MATLAB code files in your project
Simulink Project Upgrade: Easily update all the models in your Simulink Project to the latest release
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