Adding swimlanes

You can use swimlanes to provide an explanation of how the actions are organized in systems engineering activity diagrams.

About this task

SysML provides several mechanisms to relate behavior to structure. One of these mechanisms is the swimlane. The swimlane asserts that a given block, or part, is responsible for running a set of actions. The swimlanes organize action nodes on the systems engineering activity diagram, particularly call actions, into structural partitions.

Procedure

To draw swimlanes, create a swimlane frame and then a swimlane divide:

  1. Select the Swimlanes Frame buttonSwimlanes Frame button.
  2. Click to place one corner, then drag diagonally to draw the swimlane frame.
  3. Select the Swimlanes Divider button Swimlanes Divider button.
  4. Click the middle of the swimlane frame. Rational® Rhapsody® creates two swimlanes, named swimlane_n and swimlane_n+1, where n is an incremental integer starting at 0. Rename the swimlanes as wanted.

    If you drag the swimlane left or right, it also resizes the swimlane frame.


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