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Simulink.sdi.setCursorPositions

Specify active cursor positions in the Simulation Data Inspector

Since R2021a

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    Syntax

    Simulink.sdi.setCursorPositions(Name,Value)

    Description

    Simulink.sdi.setCursorPositions(Name,Value) configures the position for active cursors in the Simulation Data Inspector as specified by one or more name-value pair arguments.

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    Examples

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    You can use the Simulation Data Inspector programmatic interface to specify the position of cursors on time plots or sparklines and to access the time that corresponds to the current cursor position.

    Open the session file vdp_mu.mldatx to add plot data in the Simulation Data Inspector. The session file contains data for a 20-second simulation of a model of the Van der Pol equation, with signals x1 and x2 plotted on separate subplots in a 2-by-1 subplot layout. 

    openExample("simulink/InteractWithCursorsInTheSimulationDataInspectorExample", ...
    supportingFile="vdp_mu.mldatx")

    Use the Simulink.sdi.setNumCursors function to add one cursor to the plot.

    Simulink.sdi.setNumCursors(1);

    Suppose you want to know the signal values 5 seconds into the simulation. Use the Simulink.sdi.setCursorPositions function to move the cursor to t=5s and read the signal values off from the cursor on each subplot. The asterisk next to the value in the cursor label indicates that the value is interpolated because the simulation did not include a calculation for a simulation time of exactly 5s.

    Simulink.sdi.setCursorPositions('left',5);

    Subplots of x1 on the top and x2 on the bottom showing the data cursor at 5 seconds.

    Suppose you want to calculate the time between two peaks in the x2 signal. Add a second cursor using the Simulink.sdi.setNumCursors function or by using Show/hide data cursors in the Simulation Data Inspector. 

    numCursors = Simulink.sdi.getNumCursors;
if(numCursors < 2)
    Simulink.sdi.setNumCursors(2);
end

    Drag the cursors so the left cursor is positioned at the first peak in the x2 signal and the right cursor is positioned at the second peak. Alternatively, you can run this code that positions the cursors for you.

    Simulink.sdi.setCursorPositions('left',5.921998549931304,...
    'right',12.378442136906246);

    Subplots of x1 on the top and x2 on the bottom with two cursors.

    The Simulation Data Inspector displays the difference between the two cursors in seconds. However, the cursor position and difference values are both rounded. Use the Simulink.sdi.getCursorPositions function to programmatically retrieve the exact time values that correspond to the cursor positions. Then, compute the difference between the times.

    [t1,t2] = Simulink.sdi.getCursorPositions;
T = t2 - t1
    T = 6.4564

    Input Arguments

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    Name-Value Arguments

    Specify optional pairs of arguments as Name1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN, where Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name-value arguments must appear after other arguments, but the order of the pairs does not matter.

    Before R2021a, use commas to separate each name and value, and enclose Name in quotes.

    Example: Simulink.sdi.setCursorPositions('right',10,'view','compare') moves the right cursor on the Compare pane to 10s.

    Left cursor position, specified as a finite scalar using units of s. Use the 'left' name-value pair argument to specify the position for a single active cursor.

    Cursor identities are relative, not absolute. If you specify a value for the left cursor that moves it to the right of the right cursor, the left cursor becomes the right cursor and vice versa.

    Example: Simulink.sdi.setCursorPositions('left',0.5) moves the left cursor to 500ms.

    Data Types: double

    Right cursor position, specified as a finite scalar using units of s.

    Cursor identities are relative, not absolute. If you specify a value for the left cursor that moves it to the right of the right cursor, the left cursor becomes the right cursor and vice versa.

    Example: Simulink.sdi.setCursorPositions('right',10) moves the right cursor to 10s.

    Tips

    Use the 'left' name-value pair argument to specify the position for a single active cursor.

    Data Types: double

    Plot area on which to move cursors, specified as 'inspect' or 'compare'.

    Example: Simulink.sdi.setCursorPositions('right',10,'view','compare') moves the right cursor on the Compare pane to 10s.

    Data Types: char | string

    Version History

    Introduced in R2021a

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