Quickly deploy a single Simscape component file as a block in your model, without the extra steps of packaging the file and building a custom library. For example, you wrote a component prototype yourself, got it from a colleague, or found it on MATLAB^® Central. Save the file in your current working folder, or anywhere on the MATLAB path, and use it as a source file for a Simscape Component block in your model. For more information on valid locations of a source component file, see Component File Locations. For an example of this workflow, see Deploy a Component File in Block Diagram.

Try out different component implementations, to decide which implementation is most appropriate for your model. You can also use this workflow to test the differences between the old and new implementations of the same component. Instead of adding, deleting, and reconnecting different blocks in your model, you can use a single Simscape Component block and switch between the source component files. When you point a Simscape Component block to a different component file, the block properties change accordingly, to reflect the new source. For an example of this workflow, see Switch Between Different Source Components.

Quickly try out different ideas for a physical component and get instant feedback on the resulting block implementation. This workflow lets you interactively modify the component source and immediately see the changes by refreshing the resulting block. For an example of this workflow, see Prototype a Component and Get Instant Feedback.