Hide assignment

You can automatically assign an object a model that contains the objects to which the object is linked via connections. Assigned objects and relationships you specify in the Hide assignment dialog are hidden in the source model. While the structurally relevant objects remain in the model, all objects that can be hidden and have unique connections will be hidden.

Procedure

  1. Select one or more objects in the open model and click Hide/Show > Hide assignment in the Hide and show View tab bar. The system methodically checks the affected connections and objects as to whether an assignment is possible. If an assignment is not possible, a message is displayed. If a model is already assigned to an object assignable connections and objects are added to it.

  2. If assignments are possible, the system determines the model types allowed by the method for the assignments. If there is only one methodically possible model type, the dialog for selecting the object and connection types opens directly. If multiple model types are possible, the Hide assignment dialog opens for selection of the model type.

  3. Select the model type you want for the assignments from the list. When assigning, the models of the selected type re-created, assigned to the relevant objects, and the assigned objects and connections from the source model are hidden. The Hide assignment dialog for selecting the object and connection types to be hidden is displayed. All connections of the selected objects which are methodically possible and can be hidden are listed. Existing connections of the selected objects to target objects are placed at the top of the list.

  4. Leave the check boxes of the object types to be hidden enabled. Clear those which should not be hidden.

  5. Click OK.

The selected object types are hidden and created in an assigned model. The selected object is added an assignment icon if you enabled the display of assignment icons (model properties, Format > Representation, Hide assignment icons check box disabled).

Example

If you right-click the Processing function in the sample model and click Hide/Show and Hide assignment in the pop-up menu, the Hide assignment dialog opens. You can specify your settings and create the assignment. Thus, an occurrence of the source function and possible objects including connections are stored in a new model of the Function allocation diagram type and assigned to the source function. The hidden objects are no longer displayed in the source model. The assigned model is given the name of the source function, that is, Processing.

See also

Show assignment

Show relationships