Using the Asset Diagram in Innoslate

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1 Using the Asset Diagram in Innoslate This document discusses how to use Innoslate s Asset Diagram, which is also known as a physical block diagram. Contents Introduction...2 Adding an Asset...2 Adding a New Asset...2 Adding an Existing Asset...2 Removing an Asset...3 Replacing an Asset Block with a Picture...3 Adding a Conduit (Connection line between Assets)...3 Adding a New Conduit...3 Setting Conduit Direction...3 Styling a Conduit...3 Removing a Conduit...4 Decomposing an Asset...4 Model Representation...4 Using the Asset Diagram in Innoslate 1

2 Introduction The asset diagram is designed for representing the physical model of a system in a block style format. The diagram conforms to the LML Specification 1.0 standard and displays connections (Conduits) between physical entities of a system (Assets). To create a new asset diagram: 1. From any view of Innoslate, click the Dashboard button in the top navigation bar. 2. Select the category Physical Modeling in the Getting Started Panel of your project s dashboard. 3. Click the Create New Asset Diagram (Physical) link. Adding an Asset An Asset entity is used to represent a physical object. Innoslate includes labels to type the Asset as a Personnel, System, Subsystem, Service, Facility, and/or custom label added in the Schema Editor. Adding a New Asset Drag the Asset icon from the left sidebar to the diagram canvas to position the Asset where desired. Once dropped the sidebar for the Asset will appear. The name field is auto-focused for convenience. Adding an Existing Asset As a model based tool Innoslate supports entity reuse. To use an existing Asset already defined from a different diagram or through database view click the existing tab. Click the search field to search for the desired asset. Once found drag the assets name to the diagram canvas. Using the Asset Diagram in Innoslate 2

3 Removing an Asset To remove an Asset from the diagram simply click the Remove button on the toolbar. To remove an Asset from the database and the diagram click the arrow and select remove from database. Replacing an Asset Block with a Picture A picture can be used to visually depict an Asset instead of the default block shape. To insert a picture: 1. Select the Asset. 2. Click the Metadata tab. 3. Click the change button or drag a picture from another program (ex. Windows Explorer) to the Asset icon. 4. The picture will be converted and the shape will automatically change to the picture uploaded. Adding a Conduit (Connection line between Assets) A conduit is used to represent the physical connection between Assets. Innoslate includes labels to type the Conduit as an interface, cable, roadway, uplink, pipe, and/or custom label added in the schema editor. Adding a New Conduit To connect two Assets with a conduit select an Asset. Click and drag the green circle icon to the Asset desired to connect to. Once connected the sidebar will appear with the name auto-focused. To display the label click the line and select "Line Label/Show Label" from the toolbar. Setting Conduit Direction Conduits by default have no implied direction. To set a directionality between Assets click "Undirectional" in the toolbar and select either "Directional" for one way connections or "Bidirectional" for two-way connections. Styling a Conduit A Conduit can be styled to a dashed line, lightning bolt, or binary by clicking "Line Style" in the toolbar. This is useful for OV-1 style diagrams to add enhanced visual representation. Using the Asset Diagram in Innoslate 3

4 Removing a Conduit To remove a Conduit from the diagram simply click the Remove button on the toolbar. To remove a Conduit from the database and the diagram click the arrow and select remove from database. Decomposing an Asset Click the open button and select "Open Decomposition Diagram" to decompose Assets. Model Representation The asset diagram automatically produces entities, adds the appropriate relationships, and sets needed schema attributes for you. Assets are decomposed by a parent Asset. Asset are connected by Conduits. Directional connections have the source Asset's connected by relationship Origin attribute set to true. Bidirectional connections have both Asset's connected by relationship Origin attribute to set to true. Asset diagrams can be created directly through the model in database view. To create an Asset diagram through database view: 1. Click Database 2. Click New Entity 3. Select Asset 4. Name the parent Asset (P) (Name of the diagram) The entire asset diagram model can be created from within entity view through the following process. The model can also be modified more rapidly through the Asset's Spider Diagram. Add new Assets onto the diagram manually: 1. Click the Arrow next to "Add" in the decomposed by (children) relationship 2. Select New Asset 3. Name the Asset of the diagram 4. Click Submit 5. Repeat for all Assets on the diagram Add new Conduits onto the diagram manually: 1. Click the name of the child Asset (A) to start the connection 2. Click the Arrow next to "Add" in the connected by relationship 3. Select "New Conduit" 5. Name the Conduit of the diagram 6. Click "Submit" 7. Click the name of the conduit 8. Click "Add" in the connected by relationship 9. Select the other Asset (B) 10. Click Asset (B) 11. Click the parent Asset (P) 12. Repeat for all desired Conduits Using the Asset Diagram in Innoslate 4

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