Specifications

3 Designing Controllers Using the Design Tool GUI
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Design Controller Using the Design Tool
In this section...
“Start the Design Tool” on page 3-2
“Load a Plant Model” on page 3-3
“Navigate Using the Tree View” on page 3-6
“Perform Linear Simulations” on page 3-10
“Customize Response Plots” on page 3-17
“Change Controller Settings” on page 3-23
“Define Soft Output Constraints” on page 3-40
“Save Your Work” on page 3-44
“Load Your Saved Work” on page 3-46
The Model Predictive Control Toolbox design tool is a graphical user interface for
controller design. This GUI is part of the Control and Estimation Tools Manager GUI.
Start the Design Tool
Start the design tool by typing the MATLAB command
mpctool
The Control and Estimation Tools Manager window appears, as shown below. By default,
it contains a Model Predictive Control Toolbox task called MPC Design Task (listed in
the tree view on the left side of the window), which is selected, causing the view shown on
the right to appear.