open

Open the Unreal Editor

Since R2025a

Syntax

[status,result] = open(sim3dEditorObj)

Description

[status,result] = open(sim3dEditorObj) opens the Unreal Engine^® project in the Unreal^® Editor.

To develop scenes with the Unreal Editor and co-simulate with Simulink^®, you need the Simulink 3D Animation™ Interface for Unreal Engine Projects support package. The support package contains an Unreal Engine project that allows you to customize the Simulink 3D Animation scenes. For information about the support package, see Customize Scenes in Unreal Engine for 3D Simulations.

Input Arguments

sim3dEditorObj — sim3d.Editor object

sim3d.Editor object

sim3d.Editor object for the Unreal Engine project.

Output Arguments

status — Command exit status

0 | nonzero integer

Command exit status, returned as either 0 or a nonzero integer. When the command is successful, status is 0. Otherwise, status is a nonzero integer.

• If command includes the ampersand character (&), then status is the exit status when command starts

• If command does not include the ampersand character (&), then status is the exit status upon command completion.

result — Output of operating system command

character vector

Output of the operating system command, returned as a character vector. The system shell might not properly represent non-Unicode^® characters.

Version History

Introduced in R2025a