Simulink Project for the NASS

Simulink Project is used for the study of the NASS using Simscape.

From the Simulink project mathworks page:

Simulink® and Simulink Projects provide a collaborative, scalable environment that enables teams to manage their files and data in one place.

With Simulink Projects, you can:

• Collaborate: Enforce companywide standards such as company tools, libraries, and standard startup and shutdown scripts. Share your work with rich sharing options including MATLAB® toolboxes, email, and archives.
• Automate: Set up your project environment correctly every time by automating steps such as loading the data, managing the path, and opening the models.
• Integrate with source control: Enable easy integration with source control and configuration management tools.

The project can be opened using the simulinkproject function:

simulinkproject('./');

When the project opens, a startup script is ran. The startup script is defined below and is exported to the project_startup.m script.

project = simulinkproject;
projectRoot = project.RootFolder;

myCacheFolder = fullfile(projectRoot, '.SimulinkCache');
myCodeFolder = fullfile(projectRoot, '.SimulinkCode');

Simulink.fileGenControl('set',...
    'CacheFolder', myCacheFolder,...
    'CodeGenFolder', myCodeFolder,...
    'createDir', true);

%% Load the Simscape Configuration
load('mat/conf_simulink.mat');

When the project closes, it runs the project_shutdown.m script defined below.

Simulink.fileGenControl('reset');

The project also permits to automatically add defined folder to the path when the project is opened.