Extending external transitions to substates in capsule-based state machine diagrams

In capsule-based state machine diagrams, you can extend an external transition to an internal state to model direct transitions to substates.

About this task

You must have a state machine diagram open that has a parent state that contains a substate.

To extend an external transition to the substate:

Procedure

  1. Create an incoming or outgoing transition on the parent state.
  2. Right-click the parent state, then click Navigate > Go Inside.
  3. In the parent state, create a transition that connects the entry or exit point to the desired substate.

    The external transition now extends to the substate through the connection point of the parent state.

    Note: If you create a transition from a substate to an exit point, you are asked if you want to move the trigger events of the continuing transition; if you answer no, a broken transition is created and the triggers of the continuing transition are deleted since they are no longer valid.

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