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General configuration of system modeling

Before using system modeling, you must configure the following:

  • Verify that the Integration for System Modeling Workbench is installed when you run Deployment Center. This feature is located in MBSE Integrations -> Integration for System Modeling Workbench.

  • Verify that Systems Modeler is installed when you run Teamcenter Environment Manager (TEM):

    • The Systems Modeler feature is located under Base Install -> Active Workspace -> Client.
    • The Systems Modeling feature is located under Base Install -> Active Workspace -> Server Extensions.

  • Update the following constants using Business Modeler IDE:

    • Awb0SupportsStructure: Update this global constant with the value Fnd0SystemModelRevision. This ensures that the Content tab is visible.

      <TcGlobalConstantAttach constantName="Awb0SupportsStructure" value="">
  <ConstantValue value="Fnd0SystemModelRevision"/>
</TcGlobalConstantAttach>

    • Awb0AvailableFor: Update this type constant, e.g.:

      <... name="Ase0LogicalElement" value="Fnd0LogicalBlockRevision, Fnd0SystemModelRevision"/>

  • (Optional) Update the values of the following preferences using Teamcenter rich client:

    • Awb0Element.CellProperties: Displays the properties of the node in the diagram.
    • AWBBackgroundContextCleanupDays: Specifies the maximum age in days for a BackgroundContext element. After the specified period, the BackgroundContext element is deleted.
    • AWBBackgroundContextMaxCountPerUser: Specifies the maximum number of BackgroundContext elements that can be created by a user.
    • AWBBackgroundContextAutoSaveFrequency: Specifies the frequency in seconds for a BackgroundContext element to be saved. If the value is 0 or negative, it is not saved. Also, if you refresh the diagram before the save occurs, the diagram is not saved.
    • AWC_Relations_Panel_Tabs: Specifies the order in which the tabs are displayed in the Relations panel.
    • SE_connection_indicator_property: Enable the visual indicator for trace links and connections when the value is set to true.
    • AWV0HostAWInVisUponLaunch: Enables Active Workspace session in Vis when you open a model in Vis.

  • Use XML rendering template (XRT) files to configure the layout in Active Workspace based on the object type, user group, and role. You edit XRT files in the rich client. You can locate Active Workspace style sheet preferences in the rich client by choosing Edit -> Options -> Search and looking for preferences whose names follow the format AWC_<type-name>.*RENDERING. XRT files provide descriptions of their use.

  • Ensure that you create search prefilters for your System Modeling elements using either the Awp0BusinessObjectCategories Business Modeler IDE constant or the AW_FullTextSearch_TypeCategories preference. For example, you can group the following elements in a category called Systems that includes:

    • FunctionalityRevision
    • Fnd0SystemModelRevision
    • Fnd0LogicalBlockRevision
    • Fnd0LogicConnRevision
    • Requirement_0_revision_alt
    • Att0MeasurableAttribute
    • Att0TargetRevision
    • Awb0SavedBookmark

  • When you collapse a parent element and if the child elements have trace links with elements outside the parent, these trace links end with T-lines instead of straight lines. To configure if the T-lines appear, add the following parameter to the presentation styles XML document:

    <parameter name="hasRollUpStyle">
  <value>true</value>
</parameter>

Related Topics: Using XML rendering templates (XRT) with Active Workspace.