After you create a UPIA modeling project, you can open,
close, save, and delete UPIA projects and the files that belong to
a project, including models.
Before you begin
Before you can create a UPIA modeling project using UPIA project
templates, you must enable the UPIA modeling capabilities.
About this task
To create a new UPIA modeling project:
Procedure
- Click .
- In the New Project wizard, on the Select
a wizard page, expand Modeling,
click Model Project, and click Next.
- On the Model Project page, type a
project name, specify a workspace directory, and ensure that the Standard
template option is selected for creating a new model in
the project; then click Next.
- On the Create Model page, from the Categories list,
select UML Integrated Architecture (UPIA)
Modeling.
- From the Templates list, select
a template.
- In the File name field, type a name
for the model and click Next.
- On the Model Capabilities page, expand UPIA
Modeling Capabilities to review the capabilities that
are associated with the new model. By default, all capabilities
are enabled. You can disable capabilities so that corresponding UI
elements are not visible when you edit the model. However, you can
re-enable capabilities by selecting the root model in the Project
Explorer view and selecting the capabilities to enable in the Properties view,
on the Capabilities page.
- Click Next.
- On the Referenced Projects page, select
referenced projects, if any exist.
- Click Finish.
- If you are prompted to switch perspectives, click Yes.
Results
In the
Modeling perspective, the
Project
Explorer view displays a new project and a UPIA Enterprise
Model file, which has .emx as a file name extension, or a blank model.