MATLAB: How to add multiple custom libraries to the Simulink library browser on top level

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I would like to add multiple custom libraries to the library browser at top level. How can I do that?

Best Answer

To add multiple custom libraries to the Simulink library browser at top level one needs to save the appropriate libraries to the same directory.

Now "slblocks.m" can be modified as follows to add multiple libraries from the same directory:

blkStruct.OpenFcn = {'Library1','Library2'};

Browser(1).Library = 'Library1';

Browser(1).Name = 'Library 1';

Browser(1).IsFlat = 0;% Is this library "flat" (i.e. no subsystems)?

Browser(2).Library = 'Library2';

Browser(2).Name = 'Library 2';

Browser(2).IsFlat = 0;% Is this library "flat" (i.e. no subsystems)?

blkStruct.Browser = Browser;

For example,

matlab\toolbox\simulink\blocks\slblocks.m

identifies both the Simulink and and Simulink Extras libraries.

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MATLAB: Is it possible to build a custom Simscape library that is compatible with all MATLAB releases

Unfortunately, this is a documented limitation with custom Simscape libraries, as can be seen in the documentation: When to Rebuild a Custom Library

This is because when executing 'ssc_build' on a package, some derived files are generated in a subfolder called 'sscprj', which are subsequently used to facilitate the generation of Simulink library files (i.e. the 'package_lib.slx' files). More specifically, the derived files are used for dialog infrastructures in Simulink. Because such technology could change from one release to another, we recommend to rebuild the custom library in any different release to ensure reliability.

A possible workaround is to provide a script to the user of these custom Simscape libraries. The script can compare the user's MATLAB/Simulink version with the version in which the provided library files are generated. If there is a mismatch, it can automatically clean and rebuild the library to make it compatible with the user's current version. Please find the code snippet below which illustrates the workflow on a custom package 'MyCapacitors':

pkg = 'MyCapacitors';
lib = [pkg '_lib.slx'];
v_matlab = ['R' version('-release')]; % version of current MATLAB
info = Simulink.MDLInfo(lib);
v_lib = info.ReleaseName; % version in which the library is saved
if ~strcmpi(v_matlab, v_lib)
    ssc_clean(pkg);
    ssc_build(pkg);
end

If multiple packages are provided to the users, you may also consider placing all the package names in a data structure (e.g. cell array), and use a for-loop to traverse through all the elements and perform the clean and rebuild.

MATLAB: Is it possible to add a library to the Simulink Library Browser in Matlab Simulink 7.6 (R2010b)

function blkStruct = slblocks

BlocksetName = 'YourLibrary';%mdl file name

Browser(1).Name = 'My Library';%How it appears in Simulink library

blkStruct.Name = sprintf('My Library');

blkStruct.OpenFcn = BlocksetName;

blkStruct.MaskDisplay = '';

Browser(1).Library = BlocksetName;