Figure 13 Modified UAV SysML model
- Currently, Syndeia supports updating of names and part structures from the SysML model to the PLM repository (and in reverse). Additional capabilities will be added in the future. In this exercise, we will continue with the models from the last section, adding an additional block to the SysML model, Payload, and using it as a part of the UAV. The resulting SysML model BDD looks like Figure 13.
- Refresh the Syndeia dashboard by right-clicking the Tutorial_2_02 package on the left side and choosing Refresh. It will appear similar to Figure 14.
Figure 14 Syndeia dashboard, Connection Manager tab, after modifying SysML model, before updating PLM repository - The corresponding Connection Browser tab appears as in Figure 15. For this screenshot, we (1) right-clicked on the Tutorial_2_02 package (top row) and selected Expand All, and (2) filtered the Connection column by clicking on the downward arrow icon in the column header, selecting (Custom…), and choosing "is not empty" criterion. This reduces the number of empty rows displayed.
Figure 15 Syndeia dashboard, Connection Browser tab, after modifying SysML model, before updating PLM repository - Use the Comparison Manager to display the current differences between the two models. Right-click on the Tutorial_2_02 package and choose Compare SysML & Target, as shown in Figure 16.
Figure 16 Launching comparison - The Comparison Result tab will be displayed, as in Figure 17. Note that the row shown in red represents the new part property of UAV that has no corresponding element on the PLM side. Note that the new block, Payload, does not appear in the table, because it does not have an existing connection to a PLM object to compare against.
Figure 17 Syndeia dashboard, Comparison result tab, after modifying SysML model, before updating PLM repository. - To update the PLM model from the revised SysML model, right-click on the Tutorial_2_02 package and select Sync SysML → Target. The results of this operation are shown for the Connection Manager (Figure 18), Connection Browser (Figure 19), and Comparison Result (Figure 20) tabs after syncing. It may be necessary to refresh each display. For the Comparison Result, you will need to perform the Comparison again to check that everything is in-sync, as shown in Figure 20.
Note that the version of the UAV part in Windchill has changed from A.3 to A.4 (since a new part occurrence has been added), as shown in Figure 18. The connection between the UAV block in SysML and the UAV part in Windchill has been updated to point to this new revision (A.4), as shown in Figure 19.
The same updating result would have been achieved if we had synced the UAV block across connection C3 (Figure 15). By syncing across the Tutorial_2_02 package, we synced simultaneously across all 3 connections held by blocks in that package.
If we had updated in the opposite direction, PLM to SysML, the result would have been different. The part property pyld would have been deleted from the UAV block, although the Payload block would not have been affected.
Close the Syndeia dashboard when finished.
Figure 18 Connection Manager after syncing
Figure 19 Connection Browser after syncing
Figure 20 Comparison Result after syncing