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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Prevent metaclass's shape when dropping an instance of a stereotype

« on: October 13, 2024, 12:46:14 am »

to drop the classifier on the diagram...

Do you mean : Dropping a class onto diagram then selecting the element it's an instance of through Advanced/Instance Classifier ?

Eric

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Prevent metaclass's shape when dropping an instance of a stereotype

« on: October 12, 2024, 11:53:53 pm »

Hi Geert and (once again...) thx !

"Yes, I have added to  my toolbox an element named 'committee instance', which is a stereotype of Object metaclass. This metaclass is connected (I logically used an 'instantiates' relationship) to the Committee stereotype of the Actor metaclass."

This approach seems to work. But then, I don't know how to retrieve the list of already defined committee names in order to specify which committee this newly created instance is of. 

Hope to be clear...  ( I don't know how to show my metamodel fragment...


Eric

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Prevent metaclass's shape when dropping an instance of a stereotype

« on: October 12, 2024, 10:31:09 am »

Hello all,

I created an MDG profile with several stereotyped elements.

One is 'Committee' : a stereotype of Actor metaclass with a dedicated shape (set with ShapeScript)
Once one is created in Browser, I can drag it drop as an Instance (Ctrl-DnD) in my diagram but then, visual aspect becomes again the Actor's stickman and not the shape I set up
 
Ideally, I'd like to do as UML Profile: same shape with a different color and a underlined name.

Thank's for your recipe !


Eric

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Instanciate Stereotyped Class as object

« on: September 24, 2024, 09:51:52 pm »

Thank you Eve !
and no problem, qwerty.  I suspected the mix-up, but the thread I referred, made it as well..


Eric

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Instanciate Stereotyped Class as object

« on: September 23, 2024, 02:33:48 am »

Hi qwerty,

In my case, D'nD and Ctrl+D'nD from Toolbox do exactly the same   It places an exemplary  (instance ?) of the element I chose, with an incremented serial number.

https://sparxsystems.com/forums/smf/index.php?topic=37874.0

Maybe my answer could come from recovering this feature...
 

Eric

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Instanciate Stereotyped Class as object

« on: September 22, 2024, 09:29:49 am »

Hello and thank you two,

I experimented _instanceType property by setting its value to _metatype value defined for my stereotype  (I hope to be clear...). Drag'n Drop an element from the browser window let me opt an instance of my stereotyped class. But then:
1. I don't catch the difference (aspect and behavior) with creating many times stereotyped elements :

EventType1.Date=date1, EventType2.Date=date2, EventType3.Date=date3...
vs
date1:EventType1, date2:EventType1, date3.EventType1...
(not sure I'm still clear )

2. There is no visual difference unlike Standard UML profile that underlines name and sets to blue each instance's background.

What I was first expecting was to drag'n drop my stereotyped element directly from a Toolbox (maybe in a  specifically configured diagram's stereotype)  to instantly get a recolored instance of it, pre-fixed with <instance_name> and post-fixed with:<Element_name>

...Thx for reading 

Eric

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Starter MDG Example

« on: September 20, 2024, 05:02:59 am »

Hi Tim,

Have a look at Phil Chutley's videos for past EA Global Summits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=385d7bv7GUE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgKTAIymgeo

That greatly helped me to start with MDG.

HTH

Eric

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Instanciate Stereotyped Class as object

« on: September 19, 2024, 08:44:41 am »

Thank you two !

@Geert: Ctrl+Drag seems clean but I actually I get metaclass icon instead of stereotype one
@qwerty : I suppose that's a diagram property... I'll check it out but I'm afraid I'll then get the same glitch (default object icon)

So my work is not over if I want to get both class and object

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Instanciate Stereotyped Class as object

« on: September 17, 2024, 10:37:36 pm »

Hi Geert  and one more time thank you for you time !

You should probably create another stereotype for an eventType instance

Does it means that my toolbox would propose EventTime and EventTimeInstance icons ?

On the EventType stereotype you can indicate which stereotype is to be used for instances.

Unfortunately, I don't master more than that P.Chudley shows in its Getting the best out of an MDG video


Finally solution seems not linked to diagram's types or properties. But, when you drag a class onto a diagram,what makes it show or not a window to choose between a  link or instance ?

Eric

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Instanciate Stereotyped Class as object

« on: September 15, 2024, 10:08:22 am »

Hello all,

I'm setting a customized MDG techno for office management with classes based stereotypes.  For example, I created an Event element embedding a EventType Tagged Value (Meeting, Interview, Appointment, Seminary and so on)

As it works fine when I drag it from my Toolbox to an empty stereotyped diag (thx Phil Chudley) I wonder if that would be possible to  instanciate this Event stereotype not as classe but as an object (maybe onto another stereotyped object diagram ?) that would easily represent each occurence of event.

I feel that setting the TV would be an issue....
Will I need to step back and build each event type as a stereotype


Thank you for your help

Eric

 

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General Board / Re: Types of classes attributes

« on: September 07, 2024, 08:34:46 am »

Impressed by AI's kind of knowledge...
I'll think about it, in the future

Thank's Geert.

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General Board / Re: inherited tagged values in a profile

« on: July 30, 2024, 10:40:03 am »

I see. No need for inheritance, thus..
Thank you !

Eric

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General Board / Re: inherited tagged values in a profile

« on: July 28, 2024, 06:10:19 am »

Thx Eve,

So, does it means that propagating TVs through an inheritance chain is useless when we plan to set up a profile to easily instanciate  classes?

Eric

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General Board / inherited tagged values in a profile

« on: July 26, 2024, 05:40:15 am »

Hello All,

I set up a Generalization chain of classes (AuditDoc->Doc->Deliverable->Element). Some have tagged value definitions.
All these tagged values are downward propagated. Cool !

Moreover, attributes have been defined for AuditDoc

I then defined AuditDoc as a stereotype and extended it from Artifact metaclass in order to make a Profile Docs XML file.
The goal of course is to be able, later on,to instanciate several AuditDoc objects without having to recreate all these TV and attributes; just define their values.

I didn't forget to include all super classes to my profile file.

In a sample projet, I can see that attributes become TV in a dedicated panel  (why not ?) but no tagged values appears..

Does somebody has the full recipe ?

Thank you

Eric

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General Board / Re: Delete a a personal stereotype without profile

« on: June 16, 2024, 12:38:16 am »

Yes !! I reopened my model with an unsecured standalone version and the Delete button is active.
  Thank you!"