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Creating a Model
Starting Simulink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Selecting Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Libraries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Working with Data Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Working with Complex Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
Summary of Mouse and Keyboard Actions . . . . . . 3-48
Creating Subsystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-51
Tips for Building Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57
Modeling Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-58
Saving a Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-61
Printing a Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-62
The Model Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-66
Tracking Model Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-70
Ending a Simulink Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-79