Drawing arbitrary connections between blocks (no Simscape)

Hi,

• Normal Simulink prevents you from connecting more than one output to an input.
• Two-way connectors allow one pair to be connected.
• Simscape allows an arbitrary number of physical ports to be connected.

My question: Is it possible to draw arbitrary connections between blocks without Simscape?

Answer 1

[Nick Choi]

Is there a specific reason why the block that you want to connect all of the outputs to can't be replicated in the model? For example, if you have two output signals that you want to scale by 2, is there a reason that two 'Gain' blocks could not be used?

The 'Mux' block can create a virtual vector of signals that have the same data type and this may be helpful depending on the application. The following documentation page provides additional information on the block:

http://www.mathworks.com/help/simulink/slref/mux.html

You could also use a 'Bus Creator' block to create a bus signal from multiple signals as described in this documentation page:

http://www.mathworks.com/help/simulink/slref/buscreator.html

[Bardo]

I should have emphasized that its really about recreating the drawing in Simscape/Simpower.

The actual handling of the connectivity would be done by an S-function. Ideas?