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Graphical Merge Tool
This section describes features and enhancements added to the Graphical Merge Tool since Simulink Performance Tools 1.0 (Release 12.0).
Name Change
The Graphical Merge Tool was known as the Model Differencing Tool in the previous version. The name was changed to reflect the tool's new model merging capability.
Merging Models
This version not only detects differences between two models but can also optionally merge the differences into either or both models. The merge capability simplifies collaborative development of models. For example, colleagues can each work on separate copies of a model and, when done, use the Graphical Merge Tool to combine the separate versions. See Merging Model Differences in Using Simulink for more information.
Additional Model Comparison Options
The Simulink Performance Tools 1.0 allowed you two compare two models that both reside in your file system. The Simulink Performance Tools 1.1 allows you to compare an in-memory version of a model to the version last saved on your file system or to a version stored in a source control system. This allows you to determine what modifications you have made to a model before saving it. You can also compare two versions of a model stored in a source control system to determine how they differ. See Comparing Models in Using Simulink for more information.
Show and Hide Parameters Panel
This version allows you to show or hide the tool's Parameters panel. Hiding the panel provides more room for the tool's color-coded differences display.
Single Scrollbar
The previous version provided separate scrollbars to scroll the difference panels for each model being compared. This version provides a single scrollbar that scrolls both panels simultaneously. This keeps the displays in the two panels aligned, making it easier to compare the two models.
Aligned Model Content Displays
This version aligns the display of the contents of the two models so that an item that appears in both models appears at the same relative position in the content pane for each model. If an item appears in only one of the two models, the corresponding position in the other model's content pane is empty. This visual alignment of the content panels makes it easy to spot differences between the two models. See Differences Panes in Using Simulink for more information.
Model History List
This release adds model history lists at the top of each model content pane in the Graphical Merge Tool. Each list displays the four models that have most recently appeared in the associated pane. To compare a model on the list to the model that appears in the other content pane, select the model in the history list and press Return.
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