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Beginning a Project

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Creating a Simulink Control Design Project Creating an Operating Points Task Creating a Linearization Task Creating a Simulink Compensator Design Task

Creating a Simulink Control Design Project

With Simulink Control Design software you can create operating points, linearize, and design compensators for Simulink models. You perform all these tasks in a graphical environment called the Control and Estimation Tools Manager. The tasks are contained within a Control and Estimation Tools Manager project. Each project is associated with a single Simulink model and in addition to Simulink Control Design tasks, it can include tasks from other products such as the Simulink^® Design Optimization™ product, the Control System Toolbox™ product, and the Model Predictive Control Toolbox™ product.

To open a new Simulink Control Design project:

1. Select Start > Simulink > Simulink Control Design > Linearization Task or select Start > Simulink > Simulink Control Design > Simulink Compensator Design Task.

2. Enter a project name, select a model to analyze, and choose the tasks you want to perform. Click OK to close the dialog box and open the new project.

Alternatively, you can create a new project from a Simulink model window. Within the model window select Tools > Control Design > Linear Analysis to open a project containing a linearization task, or select Tools > Control Design > Control Design to open a project containing a compensator design task.

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Creating an Operating Points Task

An Operating Points node in the Control and Estimation Tools Manager is automatically created when you begin a Linearization Task or a Simulink Compensator Design Task. You can use the Operating Points node to create operating points for a Simulink model.

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Creating a Linearization Task

To create a linearization task in the Control and Estimation Tools Manager, use one of the methods in Creating a Simulink Control Design Project to open a new project for your model, and choose a linearization task for this project. To add a linearization task to an existing project, select File > New > Task in the Control and Estimation Tools Manager window to open the New Task dialog box. Select Linearization Task and the project that you want to open the task within, and then click OK.

To open a new project within the Control and Estimation Tools Manager for linearization of the magball model, select Tools > Control Design > Linear Analysis from the magball window. The Control and Estimation Tools Manager opens and creates a new linearization task, as shown in the following figure.

The left pane of the Control and Estimation Tools Manager shows the project tree, which contains all your current projects. At this stage you should have just one project, Project - magball. Select a node within the tree to display its contents in the pane on the right.

• For information on the Operating Points node or the Operating Points pane within the Linearization Task node, refer to Creating Operating Points.

• For information on the Analysis I/Os pane within the Linearization Task node, refer to Selecting Inputs and Outputs for the Linearized Model.

• For information on the Linearization Results pane within the Linearization Task node and inspecting linearization results, refer to Viewing Linearization Results.

• For information on Custom Views, refer to Viewing Linearization Results.

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Creating a Simulink Compensator Design Task

To create a Simulink Compensator Design Task in the Control and Estimation Tools Manager, use one of the methods in Beginning a Project to open a new project for your model, and choose a compensator design task for this project. To add a compensator design task to an existing project, select File > New > Task in the Control and Estimation Tools Manager window to open the New Task dialog box. Select Simulink Compensator Design Task and the project that you want to open the task within, and then click OK.

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Creating or Opening a Simulink Model

Saving Projects

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