General view

The following Definition elements can be displayed in the General view diagram:

Definition elements are represented by a rectangular node style. The keyword with the "Def" specification is defined in the node label.

The following Usage elements can be displayed in the General view diagram:

Usage elements are represented by a rectangular node style with rounded corners.

The following elements in Definition compartments can be displayed in the General view diagram:

Each element in a Definition node is represented in a dedicated compartment. A Definition node can have several compartments if the Definition element can contain multiple kinds of elements. Each compartment is distinguished by a specific identifier.

The following elements in Usage compartments can be displayed in the General view diagram:

Each element in a Usage node is represented in a dedicated compartment. A Usage node can have several compartments if the Usage element can contain multiple kinds of elements. Each compartment is distinguished by a specific identifier.

Package elements can be represented in a General view diagram. It is represented by a folder and its label has the keyword package.

Annotating elements, such as Documentation and Comment elements, can be represented in a General view diagram. It is represented by a note node and its label contains the body of the Annotating element in addition to its declared name. The label of Documentation node also includes the keyword doc whereas the label of Comment node includes the keyword comment.

The following relationships can be displayed in the General view diagram:

Users can create elements from the diagram background by right-clicking to display the palette. In this palette, element creation tool are grouped by type in tool sections according to their type. Users can click a tool section and then select the desired creation tool.

Inside a tool section (for example the Structure tool section):

The palette has a search field allowing to search in all tool sections.

Users can also create elements inside other elements. User just right-clicks on the element to display the palette and then click on the desired creation tool.

All created elements are collapsed by default. This means that when a node with compartments is created, its compartments are hidden.

If a node contains compartments, users can add an element to the desired compartment by right-clicking the compartment to display the palette.

Another way is to right-click the parent node header of the compartment. The palette is displayed, and users can select the desired creation tool from a tool section. The new element is created in the appropriate compartment.

Users can delete a graphical element from the diagram without removing it from the model. Click the Delete from diagram button in the palette.

Users can also remove an element from the model (and therefore from the diagram) by clicking the Delete from model button in the palette.

A confirmation dialog appears when an element is deleted via the Delete from model tool in the palette or via the Model Explorer. This behavior can be disabled by checking the "Disable this confirmation dialog" checkbox in the dialog.

Users can duplicate an Element and its representation node by clicking the Duplicate Element button in the palette.

Relationship edges can be created between nodes whose types match the edge’s source and target types.

If no edge creation is authorized with a given target, the target node appears faded.

To create an edge, first click the source element to display its arrow border.

Then click and hold one of these arrows, and drag it to the target. Users can see a preview of the edge, and the target node is highlighted.

After releasing the click, a pop-up appears and displays all possible kind of edge to create. If only one kind of edge is possible, the edge is created directly without opening the pop-up.

It is not possible for now to create a graphical edge between two graphical edges or between a graphical edge and a graphical node.

For edges representing a structural element such as ConnectionUsage, the created semantic element is owned by the most specific common context of both the source and the target.

Users can reconnect edges by dragging the source or target end of an edge to a new element.

If the new source or target is not valid for reconnection, it is faded.

For edges representing a structural element such as ConnectionUsage, reconnecting the source or target may move the semantic element to a new owner, following the rule described in the previous chapter.

To delete a relationship from the model, click the edge and then the delete button.

Relationship edges are always synchronized. You cannot delete a relationship edge only from a diagram.

Containment relationships cannot be deleted from the diagram. Other relationships can be deleted from the diagram.

Keywords on nodes and edges are displayed on the first line of the label. For example, Definition nodes are prefixed with "part def" and Usage nodes with "part".

After the keyword, the label can be the simple name of the element or more complex in specific cases. For example, a subset of the SysML v2 textual syntax is supported to describe some elements. For a simple Definition element, the label displays the keyword "part def" and its declared name. For elements using specialization, the label displays the kind of specialization. For example, if a Batmobile is a subclassification of Vehicle, its label displays the keyword "part def" followed by "Batmobile :> Vehicle" to show its specialization of Vehicle.

If a Usage element is defined by a relationship with multiplicity, the multiplicity value (upper and lower bounds) is specified in brackets in the label, just before the specialization. For example, if a Batmobile contains four Wheel elements through the Usage wheels, the label is composed of the keyword "part" followed by wheels[4] : Wheel, which describes the Usage wheels with a multiplicity of four defined by the Definition Wheel.

For an element with a compartment node using a list layout, the compartment node label is displayed in italic and contains only a simple name.

No label is defined on edges except in two cases:

Element labels can be edited in the following ways:

With direct editing, users cannot change the keyword but can change the name. For a simple label, users can rename the element. If users modify the multiplicity defined in the label, the multiplicity of the relationship changes in the model. Users can also set or change the specialization of a given element.

Explore further by referring to the following how-tos for direct edit action

Labels of edges and compartment nodes cannot be edited.

When a Package is created in a diagram, it is exposed in the ViewUsage corresponding to the diagram, as any other element created from the diagram.

By default, the expose element (a MembershipExpose) corresponding to the Package is not set to recursive. It means that every element created inside the Package will be automatically exposed in the ViewUsage, in its own expose element (a MembershipExpose).

To expose all elements contained by a Package, set the Expose element corresponding to the Package to recursive. In the Details view of the expose element corresponding to the Package, just check the is Recursive property. Then you will see a "::**" at the end of the expose element label in the Explorer view.

When the is Recursive property is set, all elements contained by the Package are automatically visible inside the Package graphical node in the diagram. No new Expose element is created in the ViewUsage when a new element is created inside the Package graphical node. In this case, this also means that the Delete from Diagram action will have no effect on those elements.

After users select elements, a simplified toolbar is displayed.

Users can still use basic tools such as:

A layout tool section appears in this toolbar. Many tools acting on selected elements layout can be found in this tool section :

In addition to toolbar actions, some actions can be execute with shortcuts.

After selecting elements, users can press the Del key to remove them all.

Users can also move all selected elements on the diagram without changing their graphical or semantic parents.