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Add a View To Your Model

A View is a top level package, within a model. It can be categorized by purpose using different icon types, such as Use Case View, Component View  or Deployment View. Views are used to contain packages, diagrams and elements - the building blocks of your model.

Use To:

  • Create a new View in your project

How To:

Step

Action

See also

1

Select a model root node in the Project Browser, then either:

  • Click the Add a Package button on the Project Browser toolbar.
  • Select Project | New Package
  • Right-click the model root node, from the context menu select New View
  • Press ( Ctrl + W )

The Create New View dialog displays

Views

2

Enter an appropriate name for the new View

 

3

Click the appropriate radio button to select an icon for the View

 

4

Click on the OK button

The Create New View dialog closes

The new View is created as a child of the selected model root node

 

Learn More:

Notes:

  • There are six types of View, which represent conventional ways of categorizing the purpose of a Model View; these Views represent different structural or behavioral aspects of the same model