The Generation Links Viewer allows you to view (but not edit) the generation links of a given model, which allow you to identify the origin of each generated or derived object of the model.
Links are created between models during model generation only if the Save Generation Dependencies option on the Detail tab of the generation dialog box is selected.
You can choose to view the:
- Links to the model(s) derived from the present model, by selecting - the current model is shown in the Source pane and the derived models in the Target pane.
- Links to the model(s) from which the present model was derived, by selecting - the current model is shown in the Target pane and the origin models in the Source pane.
The Generation Links Viewer dialog box is divided in three parts:
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The Source pane - which is on the left-hand side, and displays the structure of the source model
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The Target pane - which is on the right-hand side, and displays the structure of the target model(s)
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The Generation Links pane – shows you the sources or the targets of the selected object in the current model as a tree view. The root object is the source or target object from the current model, and the generation link name is composed of the object type and name (followed by, for link objects, the names of its extremities) followed by its parent model. You can double click a generation link in this pane to view the properties of the source or target object.
Source object icons have a small green arrow symbol and target object icons have a small red target symbol on their bottom right-hand corners.
Non-editable links are drawn from the origin object in the Source pane to the derived object in the Target pane. Double-click the link in either pane to open the appropriate object's property sheet, or in the area between the two panes to display its details in the Generation Links pane.
The following tools are available in the Generation Links Viewer:
