Menu Bar

The design tool's menu bar appears whenever you've selected a Model Predictive Control Toolbox™ project or task in the tree (see Tree View). The menu bar's MPC option distinguishes it from other control and estimation tools. See the example below. The following sections describe each menu option.

File Menu

New Design

Creates a new (empty) Model Predictive Control Toolbox design project within the Control and Estimation Tools Manager and assigns it a default name. You can also create a new design using the toolbar (see Toolbar).

Load

Loads a saved design. A dialog box asks you to specify the MAT-file containing the saved design. If the MAT-file contains multiple projects, you must select the one(s) to be loaded (see example below).

You can also load a design using the toolbar (see Toolbar).

Save

Saves a design so you can use it later. The data are saved in a MAT-file. A dialog allows you to specify the file name (see below). If you are working on multiple projects, you can select those to be saved.

You can also select the Save option using the toolbar (see Toolbar).

Close

Closes the design tool. If you've modified the design, you'll be asked whether or not you want to save it before closing.

MPC Menu

Import

You have the following options:

• Plant model - Import a plant model using the model import dialog box (see Importing a Plant Model).
• Controller - Import a controller using the controller import dialog box (see Importing a Controller).

Export

Export a controller using the export dialog box (see Exporting a Controller). This option is disabled until your project includes at least one controller.

Simulate

Simulate the current scenario, i.e., the one most recently simulated or selected in the tree (see Tree View). You can select this option from the keyboard by pressing Ctrl+R, or using the toolbar icon (see Toolbar).

The Simulate option is disabled until your project includes at least one valid simulation scenario.

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