EA as a SysML Learning Tool

[Patrick Hagerty]

I purchased EA with the SysML add-on to use as an aid in learning SysML modeling.  I'm taking an online course and want to use EA to develop diagrams to follow along with the training.

One thing I learned early in the course is that, in SysML, a diagram frame is always required.  However, in EA, when I start out to develop a diagram, I cannot find anything in the Toolbox that will let me include a diagram frame.

I suppose I could be overlooking something obvious, but I'm finding this very frustrating.  I would gratefully appreciate any assistance.

Yours,

Patrick L. Hagerty
Systems Quality Assurance Engineer
Astronautics Corporation of America

[qwerty]

The window is the frame. Use Ctrl-C and paste the image somewhere. It will have a frame.

q.

[Patrick Hagerty]

This just doesn't look right. Every text or online example I've seen has the frame drawn graphically surrounding its contents.  No example I've seen has suggested that the window within which the diagram is being drawn suffices as the diagram frame.

It doesn't work logically either.  The window is part of the tool, not the diagram  The frame is always represented as part of the diagram.

[Eve]

There are options in EA to force the parent element to be displayed as a frame on the diagram. Unless I want elements embedded onto the frame I prefer omitting it for simplicity. (A saved image will automatically include the frame by default)