Icon class icon_class far fa-sticky-note icon_class_computed far fa-sticky-note Note kind POLICY TIP Policy level STRONG UML keywords Classifier::isAbstract Generalization Keywords Webel Best Practice Relates to More block Generalization examples: Home entertainment system Related notes Related notes (backlinks) [DISPLAY, MODELLING, NAMING, NAVIGATION, POLICY, SETTINGS, STYLE, TIP, TOOL]{INFORMATIVE} Webel: SysMLv1: Overview of annotated Diagram Slides and Note pages related to general high level SysML modelling principles (some specific to MagicDraw/Cameo). Recommended reading for all Webel SysML/MBSE course attendees. [ASSERTION, DISPLAY, FEATURE, MODELLING, SETTINGS, TIP, TOOL]{STRONG} Cameo/MagicDraw: The Classifier specification setting 'isAbstract' is (for reasons that beggar belief or engineering reason) not by default visible in the Element specification dialog. Enable expertise level 'All' (and for always everwhere). [ASSERTION, DISPLAY, FEATURE, MODELLING, SETTINGS, TIP, TOOL]{STRONG} Webel: MagicDraw/Cameo: Set EVERY element properties & symbol properties filter to 'All' (yes, not just 'Expert', to 'All', even if you are a "novice" on your first project) in EVERY dialog and every project option setting. Use the search filters! [CONVENTION, DISPLAY, MODELLING, STYLE, TIP]{STRONG} Webel: SysMLv1: Highly recommend creating a "focus" Block Definition Diagram (BDD) for each main Block with expanded feature details and relationships to at least nearest neighbours Related snippets (extracts) Visit also Visit also (backlinks) Flags Book traversal links for Webel: SysML: Always consider including an abstract (sometimes intermediate) base Block in your domain modelling Generalization hierarchy. Previous Up Next