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Derivation of model

Overview

Next Design can automatically record trace information by creating a post-process model with the pre-process model as input. The act of creating a model while associating it with the input model is called Derivation.

There are two ways to derive the model:

  • How to display derivable models side by side in the main editor and sub-editors and use one model to derive the other
  • How to derive a model using the model displayed on the Input tab of the toolbox

In the following, we will focus on the former method and explain the latter method as well.

Derive the model from the input model

To derive model components from the input model when editing the model, do the following:

Derived model from input model

Operation procedure
  1. Display the input models side by side according to Modeling across processes> Two-screen display of model.
  2. Point to the input model component and drag the + icon that appears in the upper right corner of the model to the model you want to edit.
  3. While dragging on the model to be edited, drop it at the position where the thick frame indicating the addition destination is displayed.
  4. If there are multiple possible entity candidates, the choices will pop up. In that case, select the entity to add from the choices.
  5. As new components are added to the model being edited, derivation relationships are recorded between those components and trace lines are displayed between the editors.

You can also derive model components by following the steps below.

Other operating procedures
  1. Display the model to be edited in the editor.
  2. Click the edit area of the editor to display a tree of possible input model components on the Input tab of the toolbox.
  3. Select the input model component from the tree and drag and drop it onto the editor.
note
  • If you do not see the + icon in the upper right corner when you point to a component of the model, click in the editor's edit area before pointing.
  • If you don't see trace lines between the editors, make sure the View> Editor> Trace Lines checkbox on the ribbon is checked.
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