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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