Creating 2D Snapshot Representation

You can create a 2D snapshot representation of a functional or logical 2D representation. This command is useful when documenting the progress of your product. If you have a license for the Report Generation app, you can also generate a report including 2D snapshots.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Creating Snapshots for Report Generation

Create Snapshot

You can create a snapshot. The scenario is identical for functions and logical components.

Tips:
  • You can select a function/logical component from the tree to apply the command on a function/logical component that is not displayed in the 2D graph.
  • You can multiselect functions/logical components to generate one overall snapshot representation.
  • You can create several images/snapshots for a given reference.

  1. In the tree or 2D graph, select a function you want to create the snapshot for.
  2. From the Edition section of the action bar, click Insert New 2D Snapshot Representation .
    A message indicates that the 2D graph snapshot (image reference) is created for the selected function.

    The snapshot of the selected function is displayed under its selected function in the Functional tree.

    Note: The image format is .PNG.


  3. Select Share > Save > Save with Options to save the snapshot representation in RFLP structure and database.
    The snapshots is stored into the database and is available for use.

Rename Inserted Snapshot

You can rename a snapshot.

  1. In the tree, right-click the snapshot and click Properties in the context menu.
    The Properties dialog box appears.
  2. Select the Representation Instance tab (if not already selected), and enter a name and description for the instance.
  3. Select the Representation Reference tab, and enter a name and description for the reference.
  4. Click OK to validate the changes and close the dialog box.
    The snapshot name is changed in the tree.

View the Content of a Snapshot

You can view the content of a snapshot.

Tip: The snapshot is created with a white background. If the color of the 2D representation is white, the image is useless when using the View Content command. You can change the color in 2D graph for functional and logical objects using Me > Preferences > General > Display > Visualization tab.

  1. To view the content of a snapshot, right-click the snapshot reference in the tree.
  2. Select View Content in the context menu.

    Note: The command is also available from the Edition section of the action bar.

    The content of the snapshot image is displayed in the appropriate editor.

Delete Snapshot

You can delete a snapshot from the structure or from the database.

To delete the snapshot:

  • From the structure only, right-click the snapshot and click Delete. The snapshot itself is not removed from the database.
  • From the database, use the Delete command in the context menu from the Search Results panel.