Article on Creating Locked and Protected Model Blocks in Simulink

This paper discusses the steps required to make a protected version of a Simulink Block Diagram

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This Article contains description on the following:
* What is Simulink and how it is used to model systems
* Creating a sub-system of the model to hide its implementation temporarily
* The purpose of protecting your intellectual property from other users
* Steps that are employed in creating a permanently locked, protected version of the model
* How to use a protected model block in another Simulink model

This file also contains Simulink model files that are used in this process of protection and referenced in the Article using snapshots

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sofia yousuf (2026). Article on Creating Locked and Protected Model Blocks in Simulink (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/45144-article-on-creating-locked-and-protected-model-blocks-in-simulink), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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1.0.0.0