Tool and Viewer Reference

File

Note    Click on any of the items listed in the File menu pictured below to get help contents.

You can use the File menu to do the following:

• Open a new LTI Viewer
• Import and export models
• Set plot preferences for all the plots generated by the Control System Toolbox
• Print response plots
• Close the LTI Viewer

New Viewer

Select this option to open a new LTI Viewer.

Import Using the Import System Data Window

Import in the File menu opens the Import System Data window.

You can use the LTI Browser to import LTI models into the LTI Viewer.

To import a model

• Click on the desired model in the LTI Browser List. To perform multiple selections:
1. Hold the Control key and click on the names of nonadjacent models.
2. Hold the Shift key while clicking, to select a set of adjacent models.
• Click the OK or Apply Button

Note that models must have identical numbers of inputs and outputs to be imported into a single LTI Viewer.

For importing, the LTI Browser lists only the LTI models in the main MATLAB workspace.

Export Using the LTI Viewer Export Window

Export in the File menu opens the LTI Viewer Export window.

The LTI Viewer Export window lists all the models with responses currently displayed in your LTI Viewer. You can export models back to the MATLAB workspace or to disk. In the latter case, the Control System Toolbox saves the files as MAT-files.

If you select Export to Disk, this window appears.

Choose a name for your model(s) and click Save. Your models are stored in a MAT-file.

Toolbox Preferences

Select Toolbox Preferences to open the Toolbox Preferences editor, which sets preferences for all response objects in the Control System Toolbox, including the viewer.

Page Setup and Print

Page Setup opens a GUI with selections for page layout, etc. Print sends the entire LTI Viewer window to your printer.

Print to Figure

Print to Figure sends a picture of the selected system to a new figure window. Note that this new figure is a MATLAB figure window and not an LTI Viewer.

Close

Close closes the LTI Viewer.

LTI Viewer Menu Bar

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