You can install the IBM® Rational® Rhapsody® Design Manager Client Extension so
that you can use it with Rational Rhapsody in
an Eclipse working environment on a Windows system.
Before you begin
Install the following products before you link
Rational Rhapsody to
the Eclipse client.
- Eclipse, version 3.5.2 or higher.
- The Rational Rhapsody Design Manager Client Extension and
the prerequisite products for it for the Rational Rhapsody,
version 8.0.
- Internet Explorer, version 8 or higher.
Procedure
- Open Eclipse and select .
- On the Available Software page, add the Rhapsody In Eclipse Update Site: Click Add and
browse to <Rational Rhapsody installation path>\Eclipse.
- Select the IBM Rational Rhapsody Platform
Integration check box, and then click Next.
- Continue and complete the linking of Rational Rhapsody to
Eclipse, and click Finish.
- Restart Eclipse and verify that you have installed the Rational Rhapsody in
Eclipse client: Be sure that you are able to switch to the Rhapsody Modeling perspective.
- To install the Rational Rhapsody Design Manager Client Extension for
the Rational Rhapsody in
Eclipse client, open Eclipse and select .
- On the Available Software page, add the RDM Eclipse Client
Extension Update Site. Click Add and browse
to <Rational Rhapsody installation path>\DesignManager\Eclipse. The DesignManager folder was installed during the Windows
installation.
- Select the IBM Rational Rhapsody in
Eclipse Design Manager Client Extension check box, and
then click Next.
- To continue with the installation, you must accept the
license agreement, and then click Next.
- Continue and complete the installation, and then click Finish.
- Verify that the Rational Rhapsody Design Manager Client Extension is
installed for your Rational Rhapsody in
Eclipse client:
- Open Eclipse and select .
- Verify that the Rhapsody group
has the following views:
- DM Collaboration View
- DM Reviews View
- DM Search View
- DM Links View
- DM Changeset View