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Capella/Extensions/Installation Guide
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Document Overview
This document is intended for persons in charge of installing extensions for Capella such as addons and viewpoints. It describes the installation and configuration of thereof.
Installation Procedures
Prerequisites Needed for Install
- Capella : For Capella installation, please refer to this guide.
Note: In order to ensure the compatibility of an extension with a given version of Capella, please check the addons page.
Addons
Installation procedure is the same for all addons.
As Dropin
As Update Site
Verification
https://github.com/eclipse/capella/blob/master/doc/plugins/org.polarsys.capella.ui.doc/html/Installation Guide/How to install Capella and Addons.mediawiki
Viewpoints
Installation Procedure
- Once installed, you can reference your viewpoint in your model :
- Open the Viewpoint Manager view using Window menu then Show View and Other...
- Select Viewpoint Manager in Kitalpha directory and press OK
- The Viewpoint Manager view is displayed
The viewpoints available in the platform are listed in this view.
- Select any model element (diagram element, element in the project explorer) related to your project
- Right-click on the name of a viewpoint and select Reference in order to start the viewpoint
Basic Mass Viewpoint
Plugins Verification
- Open Help using the menu toolbar
- Select About Capella
- Select Installation Details
- Select Plugins tab
- Scroll down the list
Check that Mass viewpoint plugins are listed.
Usage Verification
- Open the Viewpoint Manager view
- Right-click on the mass label in the Name column and select Start in order to start the viewpoint
- Create a Capella project using File menu then New and Capella Project
- In the project overview, select the Physical Architecture
- Expand Allocate Physical Functions to Physical Components
- Create a Physical Architecture Blank [PAB] diagram
- Click on the Layer button in the toolbar of the diagram
- Select mass in the drop-down menu to activate the layer
Check that in the palette, a new set of entries named mass has appeared and contains one tool.
- Click on the mass tool in the palette and click anywhere in the diagram
Check that a mass orange box is displayed and named Current: 0 - Max: 0
- Click on the mass element in the diagram and open the Properties view
- Select Basic Mass field
- Change the value to 30 for example and press ENTER
Check that the mass element in the diagram has become red
- Change the max value to 30 and press ENTER
Check that the mass element in the diagram has become dark orange
- Change the max value to 50 and press ENTER
Check that the mass element in the diagram has retreived its initial color.
- Create a Physical Component in the diagram
- Create a mass element on this component
- Replay the previous test
Basic Price Viewpoint
Verification procedure is the same as for Mass viewpoint.
- Consider Price instead of Mass for plugins,
- Consider Price instead of Mass for the viewpoint name in the Viewpoints Manager view, in the Layer of the diagram, and in the palette Tools.
Price concept applies to the same model elements as for Mass.
Basic Performance Viewpoint
Verification procedure is the same as for Mass viewpoint.
- Consider Performance instead of Mass for plugins,
- Consider Performance instead of Mass for the viewpoint name in the Viewpoints Manager view, in the Layer of the diagram, and in the palette Tools.
Performance concept applies to the same model elements as for Mass.