Programmatically Flip/Rotate Simulink Block

Hi,

I'd like to programmatically rotate/flip a simulink block - arbitrarily. Unfortunately, the 'orientation' property

seems to support specific orientations, only. Thus, no combination of e.g. 'y-mirror' and 90° clockwise rotation

seems to be possible.

Certainly, Simulink supports that via the 'Format' menue but I did not find an accessible block property for this.

Is there a way to access the 'Format/Flip Block' menu of Simulink via Matlab? I did not find a matching property in the slx model, but maybe I overlooked a possibility. Also, I was not able to send key commands to Simulink.

Any suggestions?

Many thanks in advance!

Answer 1

[Timo Dietz]

I finally made it with the help of:

How do I send keystrokes from MATLAB to another application that was invoked using the bang(!) operator? - MATLAB Answers - MATLAB Central (mathworks.com)

I activate Simulink, select the block to be manipulated and then send kesytrokes for rotating and flipping it.

Not he most elegant approach but it works for me.

Have a nice day!

Answer 2

[Jean Matthieu]

Hi

set_param(gcb, 'Orientation', 'left')

--> Other keywords are up, right, down

Is that what you're looking for?

[Timo Dietz]

Thanks for your answer. Unfortunately, these orientation properties do not suffice since they do not cover all possible variations of rotating and mirroring.