Feature Request: Simulink Dashboard Customization

Hi,

I found there were a few posts requesting the interface to customize the Simulink dashboard element. I hope to bring it up again. I am working on a project for a customer but I find the dashboard library is powerful yet limited. For example, I do not have a vertical indicator for intuitive level reading. Also, I would like to display the water tank sectional view to directly show the user how much water in the tank. However, the only thing I can use is MultiStateImage that I have to use by creating a lot of images representing different levels.

I have seen simulink adding the real time pacer as the built in module, Simulink is becoming increasingly suitable for real-time operation and off line simulation. Hopefully we can see the fully customizable dashboard library soon.

[Pranjal Priyadarshi]

Can you please provide some example of what you are trying to achieve, some kind of visualization would be really helpful.

[yuanyi wu]

For example, I have been using Simulink to communicate in real-time with a particle sizing device. It generates the size distribution, but I have no way to visuallize such a histogram-like data.

More example, I want to create a water tank level indicator. I know there is plenty of builtin gauges. People in my field somehow prefer the more realistic presentation like a cut view of a water tank with blue stuff in it to show the water level (see the picture below). In this case I have to use the multistate image block with a lot of prepared frames.

It will be very helpful if we can build our gauge and control by ourselves. I think the community can contribute to a more flexible and powerful dashboard library!