Model cannot be loaded because its name is the same as another model that is already loaded and has different full path

Hi,

I am writing two programs. In the middle of each program, I need to get the output from a simulink model. I did this by adding this code:

sim('dir1/modelA.mdl')

to both programs and save them as 'dir2/file1.m' and 'dir3/file2.m'. The 1st program works fine. However, when I tried to run the 2nd program, I got this error:

Model 'modelA' with full path '*dir3*\modelA.mdl' cannot be loaded because its name is the same as another model that is already loaded and has different full path '*dir2*\modelA.mdl'. Please rename one of the models and try again.

I need to close and reopen Matlab before I can run the second file ('clear all' did not work). I don't want to create a duplicate of modelA and give it a different name. Is there any better way to solve this problem?

Thank you.

Answer 1

[Fareed]

Found the solution. Need to add

close_system('modelA')

before running the second program.

http://www.kxcad.net/cae_MATLAB/toolbox/simulink/ug/bra55xr.html