Master shapes in Teamcenter stencils

Note Microsoft Visio Professional must be installed on your computer. Visio Standard is not supported. Siemens Digital Industries Software assumes that you are familiar with Visio.

A diagram's member shapes represent elements of a structure in the Function view or the Logical Block view. Teamcenter stencils define the master shapes that represent object types in Systems Engineering. Two default stencils are provided with the Teamcenter installation:

• FM_Diagram_Stencil (.vsx or .vssx) is used by diagram templates for the FunctionalModeling application domain (Function view).
• LM_Diagram_Stencil (.vsx or .vssx) is used by diagram templates for the LogicalModeling application domain (Logical Block view).

Each default stencil contains a block master shape, named Function or LogicalBlock, according to the application domain. The stencils also contain the following master shapes:

Master shape	Description
TraceLink	Using trace link shapes in a diagram, you can manage defining and complying relationships among objects in the Function and Logical Block views. With In-Context mode enabled, you can select occurrences and item revisions as defining and complying objects; otherwise, you can select only item revisions.
Connection	Connection shapes between other shapes join the corresponding objects in a relationship, such as a functional or logical association, a data flow, or a control flow. Connections can show the names of defining and complying objects for trace links, and a connection shape can show an arrow pointing to the defining object. When the Hide Interface Shapes option is set for a diagram template, its diagrams do not show interfaces for connection shapes.
ItemRevision and InternalPort	You cannot create objects by dragging these master shapes to the drawing pane. They are reserved for mapping when you copy a function or a logical block to a diagram with the Paste as Object option — that option inserts a shape for the copied object without adding an occurrence in the structure.
Bi-Directional Port, Input Port, and Output Port	Interfaces, or ports, identify points of output and input on functions and logical blocks. You can attach connections to each type of interface shape.
Container	Containers hold other shapes inside visual boundaries for better diagram organization. Teamcenter containers show additional structure detail for a diagram owner.

Note Teamcenter containers are available only in diagrams for owners that are selected in the Function and Logical Block views.

You can open multiple Teamcenter stencils in the same diagram. In the Shapes pane, click the More Shapes bar and choose Open Stencil, then browse to and select the stencil that you want to open.

Note You can also use unmapped stencils such as those provided with Visio. Native Visio shapes do not affect the corresponding structure in Systems Engineering, although they are saved in the diagram.

Related Topics: Selecting defining and complying objects, Create a trace link from a diagram shape to a Systems Engineering object, Hiding interfaces in diagrams, Copy a function or a logical block to a diagram, Adding structure detail with containers