Simulink block diagram to figure

Hello,

I would like to take a snapshot of a simulink block diagram and display it as a figure. Is this possible?

Answer 1

[Benjamin Thompson]

If you go to the Simulink Format tab, there is a screen shot option. That will send the current Simulink view into the clipboard as a bitmap or windows metafile. Copy that into a graphics tool like Paint, save it as an image file. Then use imshow to display it in a MATLAB figure window.

[Prestonr]

Hey @Benjamin Thompson, I am currently able to do that using the following method:

function create_model_figure(model_name)
    temp_pic_filename = strcat('tmp_', model_name);
    print(strcat('-s', model_name), '-dpng', temp_pic_filename)
    temp_pic = imread(strcat(temp_pic_filename,'.png'));
    imshow(temp_pic)
    delete(strcat(temp_pic_filename,'.png'))
end

However, I'd like to go directly to a model figure without having to make an temporary image file to accomplish this.