What This Demo Illustrates
This demo illustrates several tasks commonly used when building models:
• Running the simulation involves specifying parameters and starting the
simulation with the Start command, described in detail in Chapter 4.
• You can encapsulate complex groups of related blocks in a single block, called
a subsystem. Creating subsystems is described in detail in Chapter 3.
• You can create a customized icon and design a dialog box for a block by using
the masking feature, described in detail in Chapter 6. In the thermo model,
all Subsystem blocks have customized icons created using the masking
feature.
• Scope blocks display graphic output much as an actual oscilloscope does.
Scope blocks are described in detail in Chapter 8.
Other Useful Demos
Other demos illustrate useful modeling concepts. You can access these demos
from the Simulink block library window:
1 Type simulink3 in the MATLAB command window. The Simulink block
library window appears.
The Demos icon
2 Double-click on the Demos icon. The MATLAB Demos window appears. This
window contains several interesting sample models that illustrate useful
Simulink features.
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