Work with Basic Signal Data
Create Signals and Signal Data
In the Signal Editor tab, create signal data either from existing model data (scenarios) or start with an empty scenario. To a scenario, add signals and data by:
Adding signal data directly into a table (Work with Basic Signal Data).
Authoring signal data using signal notations and variables (Create Signals with MATLAB Expressions and Variables).
Drawing signal points and lines (Create Freehand Signal Data Using Mouse or Multi-Touch Gestures)
After inserting the signal, view, plot, and edit the data by clicking the Plot/Edit check box. The plot opens in the Edit tab.
If the data does not plot as expected, use the Fit to window button in the Zoom & Pan section. For multidimensional signals, also make sure that you have the right plot selected for the column data you are editing.
Explore the plots using the Measure and Zoom & Pan sections on the toolbar.
In the Measure section, use the Data Cursors button to display one or two cursors for the plot. These cursors display the T and Y values of a data point in the plot. To view a data point, click a point on the plot line.
In the Zoom & Pan section, select how you want to zoom and pan the signal plots. Zooming is only for the selected axis.
Work with Basic Signal Data with a Tabular Editor
To add and edit basic signal data, select a signal and click the associated Plot/Edit check box. The Edit tab opens with a plot of the signal. Each data point in the signal is demarcated with a circle (marker), which you can toggle off and on through the context menu Show > Toggle Markers option. Under the signal plot is a tabular editor.
To insert or delete a data row for a signal, use
or 
, respectively.To change the data type for signal data, select the type from the drop-down.
To change the time or data for each signal, edit the associated column of the data row, then click anywhere in the canvas to update the plot of the signal. You may need to click Fit to View in the toolstrip to adjust the plot axes.
Note
If the data is fixed-point data, hovering over the data in the table displays a summary of the data
Ideal Value — Requested value.
Fixed-Point Value — Value resulting from casting the ideal value as a fixed-point value.
Absolute Error — Absolute error of value.
Relative Error — Difference between cast value and the original value.
Additional error information, such as whether the error is an overflow or underflow.
To change the size of the plot or tabular area, move the separator up and down.
To create multidimensional signals, use one of these methods. For more information, see Add and Edit Multidimensional Signals.
In the Default Properties for Insertion dialog box, enter a dimension greater than
1in the Dimensions parameter.In the Author and Insert dialog box, enter a MATLAB® expression that creates multidimensional signals in the Data parameter
Instead of using the tabular editor to define signal data, you can use MATLAB expressions.