SimMechanics

Ways to Get Help Online

There are a number of easy ways to get online help while you work with SimMechanics.

• Help Browser - There are several ways to open the Help browser:
• Select Full Product Family Help from the MATLAB Help menu.
• Select Help from the MATLAB View menu.
• Enter doc mech at the command line.

• Use the Contents pane on the left of the Help browser to find a section or chapter. Use the Search and Index features to find specific words.

• Block Library Browser - Click Help on the SimMechanics library menu bar to open online Help on Simulink, blocks, shortcuts, S-functions, and demos.
• Context-sensitive help - To access the help for a block, right-click the block or click Help on the block's dialog box.

  

• Command line - Enter doc('block name') at the command line to access the help for a block with the name block name. Spaces and capitalization in the block name are ignored.

• If the same block name appears in other blocksets, MATLAB returns an Overloaded methods warning in the command window to flag those instances.

• Complete SimMechanics block reference - Expand the SimMechanics entry in the Help Navigator, and select Blocks - By Category or Blocks - Alphabetical List.
• Help desk (via the Web) - Use a Web browser or the Help browser to connect to the MathWorks Web site at www.mathworks.com. Follow the Documentation link on the Support Web page for remote access to the documentation.

For Further Help and Feedback

The MathWorks hopes that you find SimMechanics powerful and easy to use. Your suggestions and comments are welcome.

• support@mathworks.com        Technical support
  suggest@mathworks.com        Product enhancement suggestions
  bugs@mathworks.com           Bug reports
  doc@mathworks.com            Documentation error reports
  

For more contact and program information, visit the MathWorks Web site at www.mathworks.com.

Opening SimMechanics Demos

The SimMechanics documentation makes extensive use of demo models, which you can directly access online. To open a SimMechanics demo from the Help browser, open the Demos library in the Help browser by clicking the Demos tab in the Help Navigator pane on the left. Locate the demo in the list and open it. You can also open demos by entering the model name at the command line.

About This Guide

Typographical Conventions