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Simulation Target: General Tab Overview Enable debugging/animation Enable overflow detection (with debugging) Ensure memory integrity Echo expressions without semicolons Use BLAS library for faster simulation Ensure responsiveness Simulation target build mode

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Simulation Target: General Tab Overview

Enable debugging/animation

Enable overflow detection (with debugging)

Ensure memory integrity

Echo expressions without semicolons

Use BLAS library for faster simulation

Ensure responsiveness

Simulation target build mode

Simulation Target: General Tab Overview

Configure the simulation target for a model that contains Embedded MATLAB Function blocks, Stateflow charts, or Truth Table blocks.

Configuration

Set the parameters that appear.

Dependency

If you have a Stateflow license, the title becomes Embedded MATLAB and Stateflow. This title also appears if you do not have a Stateflow license, but load a model that contains Stateflow charts or Truth Table blocks. In either case, the parameters remain the same.

Enable debugging/animation

Enable debugging and animation during simulation of a model that contains Embedded MATLAB Function blocks, Stateflow charts, or Truth Table blocks.

Settings

Default: On

On: Enables debugging and animation of a model during simulation.
This action also enables the Stateflow Debugger.
Off: Disables debugging and animation of a model during simulation.
This action also disables the Stateflow Debugger.

Tip

If you disable debugging and animation, faster model simulation occurs.

Command-Line Information

Parameter: SFSimEnableDebug

Type: string

Value: 'on' | 'off'

Default: 'on'

Recommended Settings

Application	Setting
Debugging	On
Traceability	No impact
Efficiency	Off
Safety precaution	On

Enable overflow detection (with debugging)

Enable overflow detection of data during simulation of a model that contains Embedded MATLAB Function blocks, Stateflow charts, or Truth Table blocks. Overflow occurs for data when a value assigned to it exceeds the numeric capacity of the data type.

Settings

Default: On

On: Enables overflow detection of data during simulation.
You must also select the Data Range check box in the Stateflow Debugger window.
Off: Disables overflow detection of data during simulation.

Tips

If your model contains fixed-point data, enable overflow detection.
If you disable overflow detection, faster model simulation occurs.

Command-Line Information

Parameter: SFSimOverflowDetection

Type: string

Value: 'on' | 'off'

Default: 'on'

Recommended Settings

Application	Setting
Debugging	On
Traceability	No impact
Efficiency	Off
Safety precaution	On

Ensure memory integrity

Detects violations of memory integrity in code generated for Embedded MATLAB function blocks and stops execution with a diagnostic.

Settings

Default: On

On

Detect violations of memory integrity in code generated for Embedded MATLAB function blocks and stops execution with a diagnostic message.

Off

Does not detect violations of memory integrity in code generated for Embedded MATLAB function blocks.

Caution Without these checks, violations will result in unpredictable behavior.

Tips

The most likely cause of memory integrity issues is accessing an array out of bounds.
Only disable these checks if you are sure that your code is safe and that all array bounds and dimension checking is unnecessary.

Command-Line Information

Parameter: SimIntegrity

Type: string

Value: 'on' | 'off'

Default: 'on'

Recommended Settings

Application	Setting
Debugging	On
Traceability	On
Efficiency	Off
Safety precaution	On

Echo expressions without semicolons

Enable run-time output in the MATLAB Command Window, such as actions that do not terminate with a semicolon. This behavior applies to a model that contains Embedded MATLAB Function blocks, Stateflow charts, or Truth Table blocks.

Settings

Default: On

On: Enables run-time output to appear in the MATLAB Command Window during simulation.
Off: Disables run-time output from appearing in the MATLAB Command Window during simulation.

Tip

If you disable run-time output, faster model simulation occurs.

Command-Line Information

Parameter: SFSimEcho

Type: string

Value: 'on' | 'off'

Default: 'on'

Recommended Settings

Application	Setting
Debugging	On
Traceability	No impact
Efficiency	Off
Safety precaution	No impact

Use BLAS library for faster simulation

Enable Embedded MATLAB Function blocks in Simulink models and Embedded MATLAB functions in Stateflow charts to speed up low-level matrix operations during simulation.

Settings

Default: On

On: Embedded MATLAB Function blocks in Simulink models and Embedded MATLAB functions in Stateflow charts use Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms (BLAS) libraries for low-level matrix operations.
Off: Embedded MATLAB Function blocks in Simulink models and Embedded MATLAB functions in Stateflow charts do not use Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms (BLAS) libraries for low-level matrix operations.

Command-Line Information

Parameter: SimBlas

Type: string

Value: 'on' | 'off'

Default: 'on'

Recommended Settings

Application	Setting
Debugging	No impact
Traceability	No impact
Efficiency	On
Safety precaution	No impact

Ensure responsiveness

Enables responsiveness checks in code generated for Embedded MATLAB function blocks.

Settings

Default: On

On

Enables periodic checks for Ctrl+C breaks in code generated for Embedded MATLAB function blocks. Also allows graphics refreshing.

Off

Disables periodic checks for Ctrl+C breaks in code generated for Embedded MATLAB function blocks. Also disables graphics refreshing.

Caution Without these checks the only way to end a long-running execution may be to terminate MATLAB.

Command-Line Information

Parameter: SimCtrlC

Type: string

Value: 'on' | 'off'

Default: 'on'

Recommended Settings

Application	Setting
Debugging	On
Traceability	On
Efficiency	Off
Safety precaution	On

Simulation target build mode

Specifies how you build the simulation target for a model that contains Embedded MATLAB Function blocks, Stateflow charts, or Truth Table blocks.

Settings

Default: Incremental build

Incremental build: This option rebuilds only those portions of the target that you changed since the last build.
Rebuild all (including libraries): This option rebuilds the target, including libraries, from scratch.
Make without generating code: This option invokes the make process without generating code.
Clean all (delete generated code/executables): This option deletes both generated source code and executable files.
Clean objects (delete executables only): This option deletes only executable files.

Tips

The default Incremental build is a good choice for most models. This action takes place whenever you simulate your model.
Set Rebuild all (including libraries) if you have changed your compiler or updated your object files since the last simulation. For example, use this option to rebuild the simulation target to include custom code changes.
Set Make without generating code when you have custom source files that you must recompile in an incremental build mechanism that does not detect changes in custom code files.

Command-Line Information

Parameter: SimBuildMode

Type: string

Value: 'sf_incremental_build' | 'sf_nonincremental_build' | 'sf_make' | 'sf_make_clean' | 'sf_make_clean_objects'

Default: 'sf_incremental_build'

Recommended Settings

Application	Setting
Debugging	No impact
Traceability	No impact
Efficiency	No impact
Safety precaution	No impact

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