General

Context Toolbar

Display commands in context toolbar

Select this option to display the context toolbar when selecting an object. This toolbar provides the most commonly used commands for the object that is selected.

By default, this check box is cleared.

Insert Existing Object Commands

Use immersive chooser

Select this option to use the Immersive Chooser.

By default, this check box is cleared.

Display Name Organization

Functional

Select the information to be displayed.

• Flow as ...
  • Connector only
  • Flow only
  • Connector - Flow

    By default, this check box is selected.

• Relation:
  • Connection only
  • Flow only
  • Connection - Flow

    By default, this check box is selected.

Logical

Select the information to be displayed.

• Type as ...
  • Port only
  • Type only
  • Port - Type

    By default, this check box is selected.

• Relation:
  • Connection only
  • Type only
  • Connection - Type

    By default, this check box is selected.

Text Display in 2D Graph

Wrap text (on two lines)

Select this option to enable or disable the wrapping (to be completed).

By default, this check box is cleared.

Agility of Functional and Logical Connections during Tree Restructuration

Activate agility mode

Select this option to enable or disable the agility mode during drag and drop on instances in main view.

By default, this check box is selected.

Delete ports and connections no longer used after restructuration

When the Activate agility mode is selected, you can select this option to clean up the connection network during the drag and drop, by removing the ports and connections that become unused.

By default, this check box is selected.

Port and Connection Customization at Creation

Use authoring customization of the active environment

Select this option to use the customization of the active environment when creating ports and connections.

By default, this check box is selected.

Use customization of the parent

Select this option to use the customization of the parent when creating ports and connections.

By default, this check box is cleared.

Delete Connection Network

Delete intermediate ports or interfaces no longer used after deleting connections

Select this option to delete all the ports or interfaces which are no longer used after deleting all the connections of a network.

Implement Relation Preferences

Advanced options for implement link creation

Select this option to specify advanced options when creating implement relations. When this option is selected, the Implement Relation Creation dialog box enables to:

• Create a reference-reference link (to define a context)
• Create an occurrence-occurrence link with a predefined type of context (see below)

By default, this check box is cleared.

Content identification logic

• First context found in the parent tree: Select this option to use as context the first reference-reference implement link found in the parent level.
• Root node context: Select this option to use as context the reference-reference implement link applied to the root node.

Port Creation Default Mode

Use port system type association

Clear this option to skip the system type association step during the creation of a port. The System Type Reference dialog box will not appear.

By default, this check box is selected.

Connection Creation Default Mode

Create Interfaces

Select this option to create interfaces when you connect functional or logical instances.

By default, this check box is selected.

Create Ports

Select this option to create ports when you connect functional or logical instances.

By default, this check box is cleared.

Flow and Type Identifiers

Auto generate identifier attribute

Select this option to generate a customized identifier when creating a flow or a type.

The identifier is provided through a CATRule script. By default, a script is provided.

By default, this check box is selected.

Auto Connect

Process sub flow/type

Select this option to automatically connect (if any):

• Subflows when connecting functions
• Subtypes when connecting logical components

By default, this check box is cleared.

Connection Creation Default Type

Select an option to define the mode of creation of connections:

• Orthogonal: create a connection with an orthogonal elbow
• Straight: create a connection with a straight line.

By default, Orthogonal is selected.

Center Tree

Select the Center tree on selection option to center the tree on the function or logical component based on the selected 2D representation in the main view.

By default, this check box is cleared.