Simscape™
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R2015b
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Contents
Blocks — Alphabetical List
1
Functions — Alphabetical List
2
Configuration Parameters
3
Simscape Pane: General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Simscape Pane Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Editing Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Explicit solver used in model containing Physical Networks
blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Zero-crossing control is globally disabled in Simulink . . . . . . 3-7
Log simulation data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Log simulation statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Open viewer after simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Workspace variable name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Decimation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Limit data points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Data history (last N steps) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
