Chapter 14 DBMS-Specific Features

Displaying inheritance links in a PDM

You can display inheritance links in a logical PDM. An inheritance link is a reference with a special symbol and with the IsInheritance extended attribute set to True. Inheritance links proceed from inheritance and generalization links in a source CDM or OOM.

Inheritance links support different model notations as shown in the following table:

Relational / Conceptual IDEF1X


Steps To display an inheritance link in a PDM:

  1. Double-click a reference link to display its property sheet, and then click the Detail tab.
  2. Select the Inheritance Link checkbox, and then click OK.

    The reference will now display an inheritance symbol.

 

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