Icon in Node

[kepNCI]

Some of the EA supplied stereotypes for a Node have a small icon in the upper right hand corner of the node rectancle.
Are these icons defined by UML (as in the case of the component icon)?
Is there a way to add your own icon to node and device stereotypes that are user created?
(if so, would hope that it also works for stereotypes defined within an MDG profile).

[RoyC]

Yes, your custom element would have a stereotype that applies a shape script to define the object's appearance. Part of this shape script would define the position and appearance of a decoration, which is what the 'in element' icons are.

There is a small example of adding a decoration in a shape script, towards the end of the Write Scripts Help topic.

So, your MDG Technology would contain a profile that defines Stereotypes, one of which would apply to your custom Node element, and that stereotype would contain a shape script that defines a decoration.

[kepNCI]

Thanks, Roy

Will play with that today. I have not done much with scripting, yet.

Will I run into the same issue with a shape script decoratation as f I do with using a shape script to assign an alternate image to a stereotype, that is, when I use the stereotype with a shape script image, the Feature Visibility option to display the tags and notes does not work.

Karl

[KP]

If you have a shape script containing a "decoration" shape only, the decoration will be super-imposed on the default rendering of the element, so all feature visibility options will work. It's only when the shape script includes a "shape main" shape that the feature visibility options are overridden.