How can I save data in Simscape Multibody Mechanics Explorer?

After performing the calculations in Simscape Multibody, the selected results can be saved. This makes it possible to return later to analyse the results. This is particularly important for long-term simulations of complex systems (in my case, the average simulation time is several hours). How can I save the results shown in Mechanics Explorer? Is it possible to load previous simulation results when matlab is restarted (e.g. to create a movie from a different perspective), without running the simulation again?

Answer 1

[Raj]

Hi @Zdzislaw Hryciow

Using the MATLAB 'save' function, we can save variables from MATLAB's workspace to a .mat file. You can later reload data from the file to your workspace and reuse the data without having to re-run the simulation.

However, right now, you can't bring back a visualization in Simscape Multibody Mechanics Explorer after restarting MATLAB unless you rerun the simulation. You can save the visualization as a video and watch it outside of MATLAB, but you can't load this video back into Mechanics Explorer without running the simulation again.

I hope this solves your query!

[Zdzislaw Hryciow]

Hi Raj

Thank you for the explanation. Maybe in the future such functionality will be introduced in Matlab.