{"id":6728,"date":"2017-09-05T15:32:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T20:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/?p=6728"},"modified":"2017-09-05T15:33:46","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T20:33:46","slug":"another-good-reason-to-use-simulink-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/simulink\/2017\/09\/05\/another-good-reason-to-use-simulink-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Good Reason to Use Simulink Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week I discovered a super useful a feature of Simulink Projects<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Renaming a Library<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are using Simulink Libraries<\/a> to componentize your models, you very likely ran into the following situation at some point.<\/p>\n

You create a library block, and use that block in a model:<\/p>\n

\"Using<\/p>\n

After some time, you decide that the library file needs to be renamed. The next time you open your model, here is what you get:<\/p>\n

\"Library<\/p>\n

Here are a few ways to deal with that, depending on how your library block is used.<\/p>\n

Option 1 - Manual Update<\/strong><\/p>\n

Let's begin with the obvious one. If your library subsystem is used only once in one model, the quickest solution is probably to simply double-click on the missing link block and type the new name of the library:<\/p>\n

\"Library<\/p>\n

Option 2 - Forwarding Table<\/strong><\/p>\n

If your library is used by hundreds or thousands of users, you should definitely be using a Forwarding Table<\/a>. I wrote a blog post on this topic<\/a> some time ago so I will not go into deep details here.<\/p>\n

For this post, let's just say that Forwarding Tables give you all the flexibility you need when re-organizing libraries, but requires some work to implement. I typically implement it only when I know many other users will be affected by the re-organization.<\/p>\n

\"Forwarding<\/p>\n

Option 3 - Simulink Project<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are working on a project where you have library blocks used multiple times in various project-related models, you will love this feature.<\/p>\n

When all your models and libraries are in a Simulink Project, if you rename a library file, the project will automatically run a dependency analysis and offer you to update all the instances of the blocks from the library.<\/p>\n

\"Rename<\/p>\n

\"Update<\/p>\n

Simply click Rename and Update<\/strong>, and magic happens, the models now all use the renamed library:<\/p>\n

\"Model<\/p>\n

Now it's your turn<\/strong><\/p>\n

Are you already taking advantage of this feature? What's is your preferred way to manage library reorganization? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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This week I discovered a super useful a feature of Simulink Projects.
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