Patent ID: 7739655

Claim:
In an electronic device that provides modeling environments, a method for displaying versions or configurations of an executable block diagram model, the method comprising: displaying a graphical element on a display of the electronic device, the graphical element representing an executable block of a first executable block diagram model, the executable block referencing a second executable block diagram model for receiving an input from or sending an output to the second executable block diagram model, the first executable block diagram model and the second executable block diagram model forming a hierarchical structure of executable block diagram models, the first executable block diagram model including a plurality of executable blocks and the second executable block diagram model including a plurality of executable blocks; providing the first executable block diagram model with version information of the second executable block diagram model referenced by the executable block of the first executable block diagram model, the version information including one or more of a model version designation or an interface version designation; and displaying the version information of the second executable block diagram model in a location associated with the graphical element.