'BlockImporter for Simulink' from MapleSoft

Last month Maplesoft introduced another useful product that'll go a long way in integrating tools in hands of those who use both Maple and Simulink in their daily work. The new product imports Simulink® diagrams into Maple and converts them to mathematical expressions for analysis and problem-solving and thus is appropriately named 'BlockImporter™ for Simulink®' .

On many occasions, engineers need to assimilate Simulink models developed by some other external group into their own system. The validation process is always tedious and may consume too much time before the benefits of such models can be realized. BlockImporter allows the import of Simulink system or subsystem model into Maple and convert it to a set of mathematical equations. One can then study the underlying mathematics in a meaningful, fully understandable form.

The feature that will attract many engineers to BlockImporter is the ease it offers in testing the behavior of such models by running simulations and parameter sweeps. Once these models are analyzed, optimized and simplified, they can be converted back to Simulink using BlockBuilder. This enables the user to validate the mathematical integrity of the model, perform further analysis, document the system, eliminate algebraic loops and increase Simulink execution speed.

Last year, Maplesoft introduced another great product: "Maple Toolbox for Matlab". The launching of 'BlockImporter for Simulink' is another praiseworthy step taken by this resourceful company in right direction to help users of both Maple and MATLAB or Simulink, who were trying for a long time to harness the benefit of both by combining all advantages of symbolic and numeric computation offered by these two softwares.

Kudos to Maplesoft for listening carefully to its users and then caring to come up with such useful products!

Link: BlockImporter Homepage