Simulink align ports keyboard shortcut

I work on simulink for long periods of time. Having to "select some models" and then "right click / Arrange / Match Size " + "right click / Arrange / Align Left " + "right click / Arrange / Distribute Verticaly" is a time consuming task that should be automatizable.

I am already now how to add custom menus with custom functions which are binded to a keyboard shortcut that launches some scripts.

Is there any programatical way to "right click / Arrange / Align Left " without having to go block by block to read the properties an so on and compute the position (a way to launch matlab build it "Align Left" function ?

Answer 1

[Sandeep Disale]

Hi Ricard,

Maybe this can help,

Aligning the Inputs and Outputs through m script

Thanks

[ricard molins]

Even though this answer is usefull this is not exactly what I am looking for. My objective is to avoid having to handle inports\outports of blocks and work more based on a selection of items and align them.

Answer 2

[Mingli ZHU]

Hello,

%find current selected blocks

blocks=find_system(gcs,'selected','on');

L=length(blocks);

% create 3 arrays: blcoks top position/found numbers/new positions

top=zeros(L,1);

num=zeros(L,1);

pos=zeros(L,1);

for i=1:L

position=get_param(blocks{i},'Position');

top(i)=position(2);

num(i)=i;

end

new_top=sort(top);%sort top ascendantly

min=new_top(1);

max=new_top(L);

distance=(max-min)/(L-1);%calculate interval

for i=1:L

pos(i)= find(top(i)==new_top);%find block's new order

position=get_param(blocks{i},'Position');

position=position+[0 min+(pos(i)-1)*distance-position(2) 0 min+(pos(i)-1)*distance-position(2)];

set_param(blocks{i},'Position',position);% re placer

end