Simulink.findTemplates

Find model or project templates with specified properties

Syntax

filename = Simulink.findTemplates(templatename)

filename = Simulink.findTemplates(templatename,Name,Value)

[filename,info] = Simulink.findTemplates(templatename)

Description

filename = Simulink.findTemplates(templatename) returns the names and TemplateInfo objects for all matching templates that include templatename.

filename = Simulink.findTemplates(templatename,Name,Value) also specifies additional template properties as one or more Name, Value pair arguments.

[filename,info] = Simulink.findTemplates(templatename) returns the names and TemplateInfo objects for all matching templates.

Examples

Find a Particular Template

Get the full path to the default model template.

filename = Simulink.findTemplates('factory_default_model');

Find All Templates With Specified Folders or Authors

Get all templates inside folders called work.

filename = Simulink.findTemplates('work/')

Get all templates for which the Author property includes the character vector Smith.

filename = Simulink.findTemplates('*','Author','Smith')

Find All DSP Templates and Get TemplateInfo Objects

Get the paths to all DSP model templates, and sltemplate.TemplateInfo objects for each of them.

[filename,info] = Simulink.findTemplates('dsp*','Type','Model');

Input Arguments

templatename — Template name

character vector

Template name, specified as a character vector containing a portion of a file name, which can contain the wildcard asterisk character “*”.

Example:

Data Types: char

Name-Value Arguments

Specify optional pairs of arguments as Name1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN, where Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name-value arguments must appear after other arguments, but the order of the pairs does not matter.

Before R2021a, use commas to separate each name and value, and enclose Name in quotes.

Example: 'Author','*son'

You can specify regular expressions for any of the Value character vectors, e.g., including the wildcard asterisk character “*”.

Type — Model, library, or project

'Model' | 'Library' | 'Project'

Model, library, or project template type, specified as a character vector for model, library, or project.

Example: 'Simscape'

Data Types: char

Title — Title of template

character vector

Title of template, specified as a character vector.

Example: 'Simscape'

Data Types: char

Group — Group of template

character vector

Group of template, specified as a character vector. On the Start Page, templates are shown under group headings.

Example: 'Simscape'

Data Types: char

Author — Author of template

character vector

Author of template, specified as a character vector.

Data Types: char

Description — Description of template

character vector

Description of template, specified as a character vector.

Data Types: char

Output Arguments

filename — Template name

character vector | cell array of character vectors

Template names of matching templates, returned as character vectors.

info — Template information

template info objects | array of template info objects

Template information of matching templates, returned as sltemplate.TemplateInfo objects.

Version History

Introduced in R2016a