Creating an SCA assembly diagram

There are two ways to create a SCA assembly diagram:

Creating from scratch

To create an SCA assembly diagram from scratch:

  1. Right-click the project and select New > Other.

  2. In the New wizard, select SCA Composite Diagram in the SCA folder and click Next.

  3. Type a unique name for the diagram in the File name field and click Finish.

The newly created file opens automatically in the SCA Composite Designer. To open the Properties view, right-click the diagram and select Show Properties View.

Creating from an existing SCA Composite file

To create an SCA assembly diagram from an existing SCA Composite file:

  1. Right-click an existing SCA Composite Model and select SCA > Initialize SCA Composite Diagram file....

  2. In the Initialize new Sca diagram file wizard, select your output directory. Type a unique name for the diagram in the File name field and click Finish.

    Note 1: In accordance with the SCA specification, the default name is the composite name.

    Note 2: As a good practice, the diagram file name should be the same than the composite file name (only the file extension should differ). In particular, it ensures that error markers will be displayed on your diagram when the composite file is validated by the SCA tools.

The diagram opens in the SCA Composite Designer. To open the Properties view, right-click the diagram and select Show Properties View.