| Version 1.1 (R14SP2+) Simulink® Verification and Validation™ Software Release Notes | |
This table summarizes what's new in Version 1.1 (R14SP2+):
| New Features and Changes | Version Compatibility Considerations | Fixed Bugs and Known Problems | Related Documentation at Web Site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes Details below | No | Bug
Reports at Web site | No |
New features and changes introduced in this version are
Navigation from Requirements Documents Using ActiveX and Persistent Identifiers
System Requirements Block for Displaying Requirements in a Diagram
In previous releases, each document type had a single way of identifying locations. In this release, you can choose from several ways of identifying a location based on the type of document. For example, you can specify a line number location or a unique string location for a text file. You select the location type using a drop-down menu in the Requirements dialog box. For backward compatibility, the default location type is the same as previous releases.
The following table lists the new location types.
| Document | Location Type | Format |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Word file | Bookmark | Bookmark label, for example, mybookmark |
| Page number | Page number, for example, 156 | |
| Microsoft Excel file | Named cell | Cell label, for example, totalSales |
| Explicit range | Spreadsheet range, for example, A5 or B1:C4 | |
| Text file | Line number | Line number, for example, 21538 |
| PDF file | Page number | Page number, for example, 156 |
| Named destination | Named destination label, for example, G5.1673 |
PDF requirement documents are supported in this release. You can specify either a page number location or a named destination location within a document.
Custom requirement documents let you extend the requirement interface to new document types by supplying the M-code that is invoked to navigate to the document. For more information, see Linking to Custom Types of Requirements Documents in the Simulink Verification and Validation User's Guide.
Selection-based linking lets you create links to the currently selected text in a Word document, active cell in an Excel® workbook, or last selected object in Telelogic® DOORS® software without using the Requirements dialog box. This is the recommended way to establish requirement links to these documents.
When you use selection-based linking, the active Word document or Excel workbook is modified to include a new bookmark or named cell that uniquely identifies the location in the document. You can optionally modify the document to provide an icon for navigating from the requirement to the Simulink object. For more information, see Selection-Based Linking in the Simulink Verification and Validation User's Guide.
The Simulink Verification and Validation software supplies an ActiveX® control to enable navigation from a requirements document to an object in a Simulink model. The ActiveX control is automatically inserted into Microsoft Word and Excel documents when you use selection-based linking.
You can use the ActiveX control in other applications to support custom interfaces between documents and Simulink models.
The Requirements Management Interface automatically creates unique identifiers for external navigation whenever you add a requirement link to a model object. The unique identifiers ensure that the correct item will be found after its name has been modified. The identifier is embedded in the property of the ActiveX control.
The System Requirements block in the new Simulink Verification and Validation block library lets you view the requirements for a subsystem or model directly on the block diagram for convenience, printing, and easy navigation.
When you place the System Requirements block in a diagram, it automatically updates the requirements list as you add, modify, or delete requirements for the model or subsystem. Double-clicking a requirement label in the System Requirements block navigates to the requirements document. For more information, see the System Requirements block reference page in the Simulink Verification and Validation User's Guide.
In this release, you can establish requirement links directly to items in a Telelogic DOORS formal module without using a surrogate module. You can combine DOORS® links with links to other document types and add them before or after the optional synchronization.
Telelogic DOORS software synchronization is now an optional process that is needed only if you want to enable further analysis within the DOORS software, use various tracking tools that are built on top of the DOORS software, or use the DOORS software as an alternative to storing requirements information in the model.
Several synchronization settings are available to control the way the surrogate module is created and managed. You can configure these settings by using the DOORS settings dialog box, which is automatically opened whenever you start synchronization. The synchronization settings are saved with the model.
You can control the objects that are inserted into the DOORS surrogate module. In prior releases, all the model objects were inserted into the surrogate, resulting in extremely large and detailed surrogate modules and long synchronization times. Now you can specify that only the items with DOORS requirement links are placed in the surrogate, or you can choose a desired detail level to make the surrogate better reflect the model.
By default, links between DOORS surrogate items and DOORS requirement items are imported into the Simulink software during synchronization. Similarly, links between model objects and DOORS requirement items are exported to the DOORS software during synchronization. You can disable these options by using the DOORS settings dialog box.
When both options are enabled, link information is merged between the Simulink model and the DOORS surrogate modules so that each representation has complete linking information.
You can choose the surrogate module arbitrarily by browsing the hierarchy in the DOORS software. It is identified uniquely with its creation number that is stored in the model. It is no longer necessary to ensure that the DOORS software is started in a particular project.
In this release, the Simulink Verification and Validation software provides some additional menu items to improve usability and simplify the workflow.
The Simulink Tools menu now contains a Requirements item that provides access to several commonly used utilities.
Link settings — Opens the Selection-based linking dialog box, which lets you open the external applications and specify preferences for selection-based linking.
Generate Report — Generates a report on all the requirements associated with the model and its blocks.
Highlight model — Highlights all the blocks in the Simulink diagram that have requirements associated with them.
Synchronize with DOORS — Synchronizes the Simulink model with a formal module in a Telelogic DOORS project.
When you right-click a Simulink or Stateflow object and select Requirements from the resulting pop-up menu, you see a list of requirement links for the selected object and some additional menu items.
Add link to Word selection — Makes a selection-based link to a Microsoft Word document.
Add link to active Excel cell — Makes a selection-based link to a Microsoft Excel document.
Add link to current DOORS object — Makes a selection-based link to a Telelogic DOORS object.
Edit/Add links — Opens the Requirements dialog box.
Link settings — Opens the Selection-based linking dialog box, which lets you open the external applications and specify preferences for selection-based linking.
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