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Uml Process / Re: [sysML1.4] How to type a connector with EA

« on: January 24, 2018, 09:09:20 pm »

This issue is solved!

I got a response from EA support. Typed connectors are possible to create in EA. What I have made wrong: I have forgotten to name the connector of association in BDD. As I have only named the block but not the association itself, the option in "set connector type menu" in IBD was <anonymous>.

I have found this in step 3 the mail from EA ("Also name the Association Block relationship Plumbing"):

To follow up on your points - you can do this with the following steps:

1    Add a BDD.
2    Add 3 Blocks on it. Name them Water Delivery, SpigotBank and Faucet Inlet.
3    Add an Association Block relationship to connect from SpigotBank to Faucet Inlet. Name the block associated with it Plumbing. Also name the Association Block relationship Plumbing.
4    Add an IBD to the block "Water Delivery".
5    Add two Property to the IBD with their names suppliedByInLink and deliveriedToInLink.
6    Add two ports hot and cold on both properties respectively.
7    Add two Connectors to connect from hot to hot, cold to cold from suppliedByInLink to deliveriedToInLink.
8    Set source role and target role into from and to respectively on two connectors.
9    Name the hot connector p1 and the cold connector p2.
10    Set p1 connector type to select Plumbing. Same work for p2.

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Uml Process / Re: [sysML1.4] How to type a connector with EA

« on: January 17, 2018, 12:26:22 am »

I assume you want to type a connector between two properties in an IBD, right?
What you are doing, from my perspective is right but what EA does is wrong. You should rise a bug report.

That's correct.

In the IBD I can type a port
>with right click on it>Properties>Property>Type


But the "Properties>Property" menue seems to be not available for connectors.


I will raise a bug report! Thanks for help.

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Uml Process / [sysML1.4] How to type a connector with EA

« on: January 16, 2018, 09:14:21 pm »

According to http://www.pslm.gatech.edu/events/frontiers2011/1.3_Friedenthal.pdf page 24, interfaces can be described with association blocks in block definition diagram and with typed connectors in internal block diagrams.

I have tried to do that in enterprise architect, but typing a connector with a block seems to be not possible. I have clicked on "connector > context menu > Advanced > Set Connector Type...". But there is only the option between types "<anonymous>" or "none". If I put the connector in a boundary, surprisingly I can choose a block. But then my boundary gets a class assigned instead, even if I have chosen "set connector type...".

Here is my bdd
And here is my ibd

can you help?
Thanks!