Assigning a Picture to a 2D Representation

You can assign a picture to a functional/logical reference. This picture is displayed in the body of its 2D representation.

Important:
  • The file extension must be written with minuscule (lower case) letters only.
  • The following graphic formats are supported: .bmp, .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .svg, .tif, .tiff.

This task shows you how to:

Insert New Picture

You can insert a new picture representation.

  1. From the tree or from the 2D graph, select a function/logical component.

    Note: From the tree, you can select a function/logical component that is not displayed in 2D graph. The assigned picture will be displayed the next time the 2D representation appears.

  2. From the Edition section of the action bar, click Insert New Picture Representation .
  3. From the Select document dialog box, select an image to represent the selected function and click Open.
    The Logical Picture dialog box appears.
  4. Enter a name and a description for the picture representation then click OK.
    The picture representation is displayed in the 2D representation and also appears in the tree.

  5. Select Share > Save > Save with Options to save the picture representation in database.

Insert Existing Picture Representation

You can insert an existing picture representation.

  1. From the tree or from the 2D graph, select a function/logical component.

    Note: From the tree, you can select a function/logical component that is not displayed in 2D graph. The assigned picture will be displayed the next time the 2D representation appears.

  2. From the Edition section of the action bar, click Insert Existing Picture Representation .
  3. Search for the existing picture representation.
  4. Select the picture representation from the search list and click OK.
    The picture representation is assigned to the function/logical component and is displayed in 2D representation and in the tree.

  5. Select Share > Save > Save with Options to save the picture representation in database.

Define a Picture Margin Size

You can specify the minimum margin between the border of a function/logical component representation and the border of the image that is displayed within.

The margin can be set from 0 to 10. By default, the margin is 5.

  1. Right-click the picture and select Properties from the context menu or from the context toolbar.
    The Properties dialog box appears.
  2. Open the 2D Graphic tab.
    This tab displays the values for the Body Area and Title Area.

    The Default values option is selected by default.

    These values are those defined in Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Systems Architecture > Functional & Logical Design >, in the Functional 2D tab and in the Logical 2D tab.

  3. Select Customized values.
    The options are now editable.

    • In the Body Area section, you can customize the background Fill color and Transparency, the Line color, linetype and thickness and the Picture margin.
    • In the Title Area section, you can customize the display, the Position, the background Fill color and Transparency, the Text color of a title.

  4. In the Body Area section, define a value in the Picture margin box.
  5. Click OK.
    The Properties dialog box disappears and the margin is applied.

    In this example, the Picture margin value is 0.