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SImulink Viewer

Yogananda Jeppu — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:06:09 -0500

Is there an utility to view mdl files without having
matlab?

If not it could be useful to have one in case you are
dicussing simulink files with another person and he/she
does not have matlab installed on the machine. If one
could browse through the blocks, zoom in/out, add comments
and notes like the PDF reader it would be useful.

Re: SImulink Viewer

Amanda Galtman — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:53:59 -0500

"Yogananda Jeppu" <yvj_2000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:fkct81$j9s$1@fred.mathworks.com...
> Is there an utility to view mdl files without having
> matlab?
>
> If not it could be useful to have one in case you are
> dicussing simulink files with another person and he/she
> does not have matlab installed on the machine. If one
> could browse through the blocks, zoom in/out, add comments
> and notes like the PDF reader it would be useful.

If the person who has Simulink installed also has the Simulink Report Generator,
then they can create a "Web view" of the model to show someone else. Here's
some information about Web views:

Documentation
http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/rptgenext/ug/bqmz372.html

Demo (long URL should be one piece, despite possible line breaks that appear)
http://www.mathworks.com/products/SL_reportgenerator/demos.html?file=/products/demos/SL_reportgenerator/webviews_demo/html/webviewdemo.html

HTH,
Amanda

Re: SImulink Viewer

Idin Motedayen-Aval — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:54:10 -0500

Yogananda Jeppu wrote:
> Is there an utility to view mdl files without having
> matlab?
>
> If not it could be useful to have one in case you are
> dicussing simulink files with another person and he/she
> does not have matlab installed on the machine. If one
> could browse through the blocks, zoom in/out, add comments
> and notes like the PDF reader it would be useful.

Yogananda,
I'm not aware of a "Simulink Viewer", but the Simulink Report Generator
can create an HTML version of the Simulink model that is viewable and
navigable on any web browser:
http://www.mathworks.com/products/SL_reportgenerator/
If you have the SL Report Generator, it's really simple. You go to
"File Menu -> Export to Web"
and it will give you the HTML version that you can share with anyone.
Here is an example of an HTML file:
http://www.mathworks.com/products/demos/SL_reportgenerator/sldemo_auto_climatecontrol_reportgen_slwebview.html
It needs SVG support in the browser; you can download a plug-in for IE at:
http://www.adobe.com/svg/viewer/install/main.html

HTH,
Idin

--
Idin Motedayen-Aval
The MathWorks, Inc.
zq=[4 2 5 -15 -1 -3 24 -57 45 -12 19 -12 15 -8 3 -7 8 -69 53 12 -2];
char(filter(1,[1,-1],[105 zq])), clear zq

Re: SImulink Viewer

Andrzej — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:00:19 -0500

Idin Motedayen-Aval <run.signature@MATLAB.for.email> wrote
in message <fke372$2r9$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Yogananda Jeppu wrote:
> > Is there an utility to view mdl files without having
> > matlab?
> >
> > If not it could be useful to have one in case you are
> > dicussing simulink files with another person and he/she
> > does not have matlab installed on the machine. If one
> > could browse through the blocks, zoom in/out, add comments
> > and notes like the PDF reader it would be useful.
>
> Yogananda,
> I'm not aware of a "Simulink Viewer", but the Simulink
Report Generator
> can create an HTML version of the Simulink model that is
viewable and
> navigable on any web browser:
> http://www.mathworks.com/products/SL_reportgenerator/
> If you have the SL Report Generator, it's really simple.
You go to
> "File Menu -> Export to Web"
> and it will give you the HTML version that you can share
with anyone.
> Here is an example of an HTML file:
>
http://www.mathworks.com/products/demos/SL_reportgenerator/sldemo_auto_climatecontrol_reportgen_slwebview.html
> It needs SVG support in the browser; you can download a
plug-in for IE at:
> http://www.adobe.com/svg/viewer/install/main.html
>
> HTH,
> Idin
>
> --
> Idin Motedayen-Aval
> The MathWorks, Inc.
> zq=[4 2 5 -15 -1 -3 24 -57 45 -12 19 -12 15 -8 3 -7 8 -69
53 12 -2];
> char(filter(1,[1,-1],[105 zq])), clear zq

The example given is quite small, with very few pages, and
only a few signals and blocks on each page. When used with
medium / large models Simulink Report Generator is
inefficient as it produces one large .svg file, that takes
both a long time to open (1 ~ 30 minutes), and takes up 10MB
~ 1+ GB of RAM (dependent on the size of the model.)

It would be useful if either a Simulink Viewer was made
available (to navigate the .mdl files, which are after all
only text files), or the Report Generator modified so that
it produces many and smaller .svg files so that large models
can be navigated quicker.

Re: SImulink Viewer

Idin Motedayen-Aval — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:00:05 -0500

Andrzej wrote:
> Idin Motedayen-Aval <run.signature@MATLAB.for.email> wrote

< snip... >

> The example given is quite small, with very few pages, and
> only a few signals and blocks on each page. When used with
> medium / large models Simulink Report Generator is
> inefficient as it produces one large .svg file, that takes
> both a long time to open (1 ~ 30 minutes), and takes up 10MB
> ~ 1+ GB of RAM (dependent on the size of the model.)
>
> It would be useful if either a Simulink Viewer was made
> available (to navigate the .mdl files, which are after all
> only text files), or the Report Generator modified so that
> it produces many and smaller .svg files so that large models
> can be navigated quicker.

Thanks, Andrzej. I'll pass this on.

Idin

--
Idin Motedayen-Aval
The MathWorks, Inc.
zq=[4 2 5 -15 -1 -3 24 -57 45 -12 19 -12 15 -8 3 -7 8 -69 53 12 -2];
char(filter(1,[1,-1],[105 zq])), clear zq

Re: SImulink Viewer

Arkadiy Turevskiy — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:50:19 -0500

Simulink Report Generator has been enhanced in R2008a.
Starting with this release Web views are generated as many
small svg files instead of one large file. This results in
almost instantaneous loading of Web views, even for large
models.

Here is a link to a Web view of HL-20 model:
http://www.mathworks.com/products/demos/aeroblks/hl20/hl20_s
lwebview.html

from this Aerospace Blockset demo:
http://www.mathworks.com/products/aeroblks/demos.html?
file=/products/demos/aeroblks/hl20/hl20_demo.html

In addition to this new feature, Web views in R2008a now
support Doc blocks and Embedded MATLAB blocks.

For the full list of new features, here is a link:
http://www.mathworks.com/products/SL_reportgenerator/whatsne
w.html

New capabilities should address the concerns brought up in
the post.

"Andrzej "
<removerubbish.qpwo.eirutyandrzejqpwo.eiruty@denso-
sales.co.uk> wrote in message <fm2gh3
$lqk$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Idin Motedayen-Aval <run.signature@MATLAB.for.email> wrote
> in message <fke372$2r9$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> > Yogananda Jeppu wrote:
> > > Is there an utility to view mdl files without having
> > > matlab?
> > >
> > > If not it could be useful to have one in case you are
> > > dicussing simulink files with another person and
he/she
> > > does not have matlab installed on the machine. If one
> > > could browse through the blocks, zoom in/out, add
comments
> > > and notes like the PDF reader it would be useful.
> >
> > Yogananda,
> > I'm not aware of a "Simulink Viewer", but the Simulink
> Report Generator
> > can create an HTML version of the Simulink model that is
> viewable and
> > navigable on any web browser:
> > http://www.mathworks.com/products/SL_reportgenerator/
> > If you have the SL Report Generator, it's really
simple.
> You go to
> > "File Menu -> Export to Web"
> > and it will give you the HTML version that you can share
> with anyone.
> > Here is an example of an HTML file:
> >
>
http://www.mathworks.com/products/demos/SL_reportgenerator/s
ldemo_auto_climatecontrol_reportgen_slwebview.html
> > It needs SVG support in the browser; you can download a
> plug-in for IE at:
> > http://www.adobe.com/svg/viewer/install/main.html
> >
> > HTH,
> > Idin
> >
> > --
> > Idin Motedayen-Aval
> > The MathWorks, Inc.
> > zq=[4 2 5 -15 -1 -3 24 -57 45 -12 19 -12 15 -8 3 -7 8 -
69
> 53 12 -2];
> > char(filter(1,[1,-1],[105 zq])), clear zq
>
>
> The example given is quite small, with very few pages, and
> only a few signals and blocks on each page. When used with
> medium / large models Simulink Report Generator is
> inefficient as it produces one large .svg file, that takes
> both a long time to open (1 ~ 30 minutes), and takes up
10MB
> ~ 1+ GB of RAM (dependent on the size of the model.)
>
> It would be useful if either a Simulink Viewer was made
> available (to navigate the .mdl files, which are after all
> only text files), or the Report Generator modified so that
> it produces many and smaller .svg files so that large
models
> can be navigated quicker.