Autoconnecting Interfaces or Ports

If they are not connected, you can automatically connect interfaces, subflows, subtypes or ports.

Important: This functionality can be applied on interfaces, flow associations and logical ports.

To be connected, those elements must have identical flows or types and compatible directions.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
About Interfaces, Ports and Flow Associations

Autoconnecting a Single Functional or Logical Interface/Port

You can automatically connect interfaces, subflows, subtypes or ports.

Before you begin:
  • In Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Systems Architecture > Functional & Logical Design > General > Connection Creation Default Mode, select Interfaces. For more information, see Native Apps Preferences Guide: General.
  • In Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Systems Architecture > Functional & Logical Design > General > Autoconnect, select the Process sub flow connection option. For more information, see Native Apps Preferences Guide: General.
  • Create a logical component (L1) with 3 ports In.
  • Create a logical component (L2) with 3 ports Out.


  1. From the Edition section of the action bar, click Autoconnect.
  2. From the tree or from the 2D graph, select L1.

    Tip: You can select:
    • A function or a logical component to autoconnect all of its ports
    • One port to automatically connect this port only
    • Several functions or logical components and ports to automatically connect ports within the multiselection
    • Subflows and subtypes

    This command connects only objects under the same parent.

    Connections are created and displayed in the 2D graph and in the tree.

    A message appears to indicate how many connections have been created, and how many ports have been ignored due to:

    • Existing connections
    • Multiple connection possibilities
    • No connection possibility (types and/or directions are not compatible)

    Notes: If multiple subflow connections are available, the command uses the first unconnected subflow.

    If flow expositions are already connected, the command does not connect subflows.

Autoconnecting a Group of Functional or Logical Interfaces/Ports

If they are not connected, you can automatically connect a group of functional or logical interfaces or ports.

  1. From the tree, select the group of functional or logical interfaces you want to connect.
  2. From the Edition section of the action bar, click Autoconnect.

The compatible connections are created on the selected interfaces.