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Introducing the Simscape Block Libraries

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Library Structure Overview Using the Simulink Library Browser to Access the Block Libraries Using the Command Prompt to Access the Block Libraries

Library Structure Overview

Simscape block library contains two libraries that belong to the Simscape product:

• Foundation library — Contains basic hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, electrical, thermal, and physical signal blocks, organized into sublibraries according to technical discipline and function performed

• Utilities library — Contains essential environment blocks for creating Physical Networks models

In addition, if you have installed any of the vertical products of the Physical Modeling family, you will see the corresponding libraries under the main Simscape library.

You can combine all these blocks in your Simscape diagrams to model physical systems. You can also use the basic Simulink blocks in your diagrams, such as sources or scopes. See Connecting Simscape Diagrams to Simulink Sources and Scopes for more information on how to do this.

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Using the Simulink Library Browser to Access the Block Libraries

You can access the blocks through the Simulink Library Browser. To display the Library Browser, click the Library Browser button in the toolbar of the MATLAB^® desktop or Simulink model window:

Alternatively, you can type simulink in the MATLAB Command Window. Then expand the Simscape entry in the contents tree.

For more information on using the Library Browser, see Library Browser in the Simulink Graphical User Interface documentation.

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Using the Command Prompt to Access the Block Libraries

To access individual block libraries by using the command prompt:

• To open the Simscape library, type simscape in the MATLAB Command Window.

• To open the main Simulink library (to access generic Simulink blocks), type simulink in the MATLAB Command Window.

The Simscape library consists of two top-level libraries, Foundation and Utilities. In addition, if you have installed any of the vertical products of the Physical Modeling family, you will see the corresponding libraries under Simscape library, as shown in the following illustration. Some of these libraries contain second-level and third-level sublibraries. You can expand each library by double-clicking its icon. For more details on library hierarchy and descriptions of block categories, see Block Reference.

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Basic Principles of Modeling Physical Networks

Essential Steps to Building a Physical Model

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