Using parallel workers to edit same Simulink model?

Is it possible to use a parfor loop to execute commands like 'add_block' to a single Simulink model? In which, all parallel workers are operating on the same model.

Answer 1

[Edric Ellis]

In short: no - you cannot make simultaneous changes to a single Simulink model file from multiple processes (i.e. the multiple MATLAB workers executing your parfor loop). What you might be able to do is have each worker operate on a separate Simulink library file, but it's not clear what you're trying to achieve.

[SB]

Understood, thank you Edric.

My goal is to automatically generate a simulink model based on signals listed within a large excel document. Recent tests, I've found the build times to be in excess of 10 minutes; while not bad for the scale and complexity of the models, I was curious if parallelizing would be an effective method to speed up this process.

If I need to work with even larger signal lists; I will try the method you suggested -- having multiple workers operate on multiple simulink libraries, then merging all of those multiple libraries into a single file.