Problems using EA with SysML plugin

[Marc2]

Hi,

I’m a newbie trying to model a system with Enterprise Architect version 6.5.803 and the SysML plugin (v1.0.2). While doing this, I ran into some problems.

1) EA UML2.1 supports signals and events, but the SysML plugin does not. Is this something that is going to be fixed soon, or should I model signals and events in another way?

2) When I create blocks (with ports and interfaces on these ports) and then use these blocks (‘simple link’ or ‘new child’), the placed blocks do have the ports and with ‘embedded elements’ I can show the interfaces. However, when I make instances of these blocks, these ports and interfaces disappear. I did not expect this. Is this normal according to UML/SysML, or is this a bug that will be fixed?

3) If I make in a Block Definition Diagram a block A that has some sub-blocks B and C attached via a part-association, the interfaces of these sub-blocks are not available as ‘owned interfaces’ of block A (e.g. the operations of the sub-blocks are not available as operators when using block A in a Sequence Diagram). Is this normal?


Thanks,

Marc