Hello!
I am quite new to SysML and Rhapsody and I am trying to figure out how to use the compact single black-diamond notation used in figure D. 18 of the SysML 1.4 standard:
When I create the corresponding diagram in Rhapsody there will be one black diamond per directed composition:
Also, I am reading in A Practical Guide to SysMLp121 that
A shorthand notation can be used to represent a block that has many composite associations by showing a single black diamond with a series of lines connecting to the part ends of each composite association
Do anyone know if this is possible to do in Rhapsody?
Many thanks in advance!
Okay thanks! It really bothered me that I didn't understand how to do this, now I know it's not me.
Can't do that in Rhapsody. Almost all relations are binary between elements (such as classes); there is an end1 and an end2. So while I can see some advantage to such syntactic sugaring, Rhapsody doesn't support it. Note that Rhapsody does support this with the tree notational style (Line Shape > Tree) for generalization (only). If you look closely, the example in the spec actually looks like it was drawn by carefully overlaying the lines rather than actually employing the notational shorthand of which you speak.