Bookmark Parts of Model

What Are Viewmarks?

Viewmarks are bookmarks to parts of a model. Use viewmarks to capture graphical views of a model so you can navigate directly to that view. You can capture viewmarks for specific levels in a model hierarchy. You can also pan and zoom to capture a point of interest.

Some examples of ways you can use viewmarks include:

  • Navigate to specific locations in complex models without opening multiple Simulink® Editor tabs or windows.

  • Review model designs.

  • Visually compare versions of a model.

  • Share views of a model by storing viewmarks within the model.

You manage viewmarks in the viewmarks gallery. By default, viewmarks are stored locally on your computer. If you want to include a viewmark to share with a model, see Save a Viewmark with the Model. The figure shows the viewmark gallery.

Create a Viewmark

  1. Navigate to the part of the model that you want to capture in a viewmark.

  2. Pan and zoom to the part of the system that you want to capture.

  3. Resize the Simulink Editor window so that it frames the part of the model you want to capture.

  4. In the palette, click the Viewmark This View button .

The viewmark displays briefly and becomes part of the viewmarks gallery.

Open and Navigate Viewmarks

The viewmarks gallery has two tabs. The Personal tab consists of viewmarks that you created in a model and are stored locally on your computer. The Model tab consists of viewmarks that are saved in the Simulink model file.

  1. In the Simulink Editor palette, click the Viewmarks button .

  2. Select the tab (Personal or Model) that contains your viewmark, and then click the viewmark.

    The Simulink Editor opens the model, if necessary, and displays the part of the model captured in the viewmark.

Manage Viewmarks

In the viewmarks gallery, you can rename viewmarks, add or edit a description for viewmark, and delete viewmarks. You also use the viewmarks gallery to save viewmarks with the model. You can manage viewmarks only in models saved in SLX format. In models saved in MDL format, the Manage button appears dimmed.

  • To rename a viewmark, click the name and edit it.

  • To add a description, click the viewmark Description button and enter a description.

  • To delete a viewmark, click the Delete button on the viewmark. To delete all the viewmarks for a model, hover over the model name and click Delete.

You can replace the generated viewmark name.

  1. Place the cursor in the viewmark name edit box.

  2. Enter the new name.

You can also add a viewmark description. For example, you can add a description of the part of the model in the viewmark or add review comments.

  1. Hover over the viewmark.

  2. Click the Description button .

  3. In the description edit box, enter the description.

Save a Viewmark with the Model

  1. In the Simulink Editor palette, click the Viewmarks button .

  2. In the viewmarks gallery, click Manage.

  3. Select the check box in the viewmarks you want to copy to the model.

  4. Click the Add viewmarks to model button .

These viewmarks become part of the model and are saved with the model.

Refresh a Viewmark

A viewmark is a static view of a part of a model. For currently loaded models, you can refresh a viewmark so that it reflects the current model. Open the viewmark gallery and click the Refresh button on the viewmark.

If the viewmark shows a subsystem that has been removed, then the viewmark appears dimmed.

See Also

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