How do I include my simulink model in a live script

I have created a live script that calls a simulink model. The live script calls the simulink model just fine and it runs well, but I want to include the simulink model inside the live script. Is this possible? Thanks and have a great day!

[Prashant Arora]

Hi Christopher, Can you please explain what you mean by "including the Simulink model inside live script"?

If I assume that you would like to save the simulink model and the live script as one "packed" file, I don't believe that's possible.

Hope this helps!

[Christopher Smith]

Sorry for not being clear enough in the original question. I was hoping for a solution that was similar to the figures in a live script. When using the plot command the live script shows the results of the plot to the right, or in-line. I was hoping that the sim command (or some other command) would pull a screen-shot of the top-level simulink diagram and show it to the right, or in-line.

[Sean de Wolski]

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Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

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I went ahead and wrote a simple function that does this for you. It requires Simulink Report Generator and R2017b. I put in an enhancement request to make this easier as well.

function snapshotModel(model)
open_system(model)
import slreportgen.report.*
r = Report(tempname, 'html');
D = Diagram(model);
D.SnapshotFormat = 'png';
add(r, D);
imshow(imread(char(D.Snapshot.Image)));
close(r);
delete(r.OutputPath);

end

From the live script, call:

snapshotModel('vdp')

Original

I assume you'd like to automatically include a snapshot of the block diagram like you would do with the Simulink Report Generator right?

https://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2017b/rptgenext/ug/slreportgen.report.diagram-class.html

Since that can generate the image it should be possible to grab that image and imshow it. There may be a more elegant way though.

[Christopher Smith]

Thanks! I will try it when I upgrade to R2017b.

[Brian Kempa]

This thew an error under R2020b with the cast of D.Snapshot.Image to char. I fixed it by rewritting the imshow line as:

imshow(imread(D.Snapshot.Image.Content.Path));

[Xingze Dai]

I really appreciate your codes. They are handy and helpful for many times in my homework. Have you considered creating a separate function and publishing it to the Community? I believe it can help many others like me a lot.