Open model diagrams

Using model diagrams in Active Workspace, you can navigate the hierarchy of requirements as well as functional, system, and physical models. You can also use the diagram to modify the models, including adding and removing content and modifying the relationships between content elements. You can open any element and display its location in the model. However, you must open a working context to view a model with multiple top levels, for example, requirements or functional, system, and physical models.

Procedure

1. Open the model or the working context of the model you want to navigate.

2. Click the Content tab, and then click the Architecture tab.

   Tip: Select the List with Summary display to see the Architecture tab.

   By default, the diagram is empty. In the content list on the left, the thumbnail that is unavailable (appears grayed out) indicates that the element is not displayed in a diagram.

   However, if you previously viewed the diagram or opened the diagram from the favorites, the previously displayed context, items, ports, connections, trace links, filters, zoom level, and focus appear.

3. Click the thumbnail to the left of the object's name to display the object in a diagram.

4. (Optional) Click Network view and Nesting view to switch between the two types of displays. The Nesting view shows parent and child relationships and is used for viewing models. The Network view displays general relations and is used for viewing related objects.

5. (Optional) Click to change the model display orientation you want to work with: Top-to-Bottom, Right-to-Left, Left-to-Right, Incremental, or Bottom-to-Top.

   Note: The balloon orientation is not available in the Network view.

6. (Optional) Click Relation Filters to filter elements in the graph such as connections and traceability. Options that appear in the filter are configured by the administrator.