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  1. Create an empty folder under Products in a Windchill repository to which you have access. In this example, it will be Sandbox/Akshay Sandbox/AV_Components in the repository Windchill 11.1 @ Intercax. (It is outside the scope of this tutorial to describe how to use the PLM tools, but in Windchill, one approach is to open a web interface to your Windchill repository, go to Navigator→Browse→Recent Products→View All and click on the New Folder icon on the Products page.)

  2. Open the Rhapsody model Syndeia Tutorial Testbed.rpy (Get it here - SysML Models, Profiles and Mappings.). Right-click on package Windchill_Tutorial Part 1, launch the Syndeia dashboard, select a Syndeia Cloud project if required, and click on the Connection Manager tab. Click on Repository at the top of the left panel and select SysML Repository. Click on Repository at the top of the right panel and select the Windchill 11.1 @ Intercax repository. The dashboard should appear as in Figure 1. The left panel shows the SysML model element selected. The right panel shows the contents of the Windchill repository.

    Figure 1 Syndeia Dashboard, Connection Manager tab

  3. To generate the UAV part structure in the empty folder AV_Components, choose Model Transform as Connection Type in the center of the dashboard, then drag-and-drop the UAV block from the left panel onto the AV_Components folder in the right panel. A window will appear as in Figure 2. Check the box next to "Set block as primary end item" and click Yes. (Primary end item identifies this as the top-level block in the PLM product, which may be important for updating the SysML model later.)

    Figure 2  Syndeia Dashboard, Connection Manager tab

  4. A series of messages will scroll in the bottom section of the dashboard. As shown in Figure 3, the AV_Components folder on the PLM side now reflects the product structure imported from the SysML model.

    Figure 3 Syndeia Dashboard, Connection Manager tab, after generation of part structure in the PLM repository

  5. To view the persistent connection that has been created between the UAV block in the SysML model and the UAV part under the AV_Components PLM product, click on the Connection Browser tab of the Syndeia Dashboard, click on the Repository button at the top and select the SysML Repository, and expand to view the UAV block on the left. Note the connection in Figure 4 below; the connection key (DZSB04-R92) assigned by Syndeia will be different in your case.

    Figure 4  Syndeia Dashboard, Connection Browser tab, showing the connection between UAV in the two domains

  6. To view all the connections to elements in the Syndeia DZSB04 project, click on the Connection Search tab (Figure 5) of the Syndeia Dashboard and click the Get All button on the upper right. Note that connections were created between all of the blocks that are used as parts of UAV, e.g. Body, and the corresponding parts created in the PLM product.

    Figure 5 Syndeia Dashboard, Connection Search tab, showing all the connections owned by the Syndeia DZSB04 project.

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