Chapter 6 Managing Models

Packages

When you are working with large models, you can split any model into smaller subdivisions, or packages, in order to avoid manipulating the entire set of data of the model. Packages can be used to represent different tasks or subject areas, or to distinguish between development teams.

You can create as many packages as you need in a model. The name of each package must be unique in the model. You can decompose a package into other packages, and there is no limitation to the decomposition depth.

Packages can contain the same kinds of items as models:

Model objects
Other packages
Diagrams, in order to have different views of the contents of the package. Each package has a default diagram