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A Practical Guide to SysML
The Systems Modeling Language
Third edition
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2. CH07 - MODELING STRUCTURE WITH BLOCKS
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FIGURE 7.1
Example block definition diagram.
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FIGURE 7.2
Example internal block diagram.
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FIGURE 7.3
Blocks on a block definition diagram.
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FIGURE 7.4
An automobile with four wheels described as separate parts.
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FIGURE 7.5
Showing a block composition hierarchy on a block definition diagram.
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FIGURE 7.6
An internal block diagram for the Mount Assembly.
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FIGURE 7.7
Connecting parts on an internal block diagram.
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FIGURE 7.8
Showing deep-nested parts on an internal block diagram.
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FIGURE 7.9
Nested connectors on an internal block diagram.
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FIGURE 7.10
Reference associations on a block definition diagram.
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FIGURE 7.11
Reference properties and their interconnections on an internal block diagram.
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FIGURE 7.12
A reference association between two blocks.
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FIGURE 7.13
Connector typed by an association.
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FIGURE 7.14
Using association blocks to relate blocks.
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FIGURE 7.15
The internal structure of an association block.
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FIGURE 7.16
Example of an ACME surveillance network with two command centers.
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FIGURE 7.17
Definition of basic value types in a block definition diagram.
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FIGURE 7.18
Importing the SI definitions defined by SysML.
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FIGURE 7.19
Using units in the definition of value types.
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FIGURE 7.20
Use of a value type to type a value property on a block definition diagram.
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FIGURE 7.21
Example of derived property.
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FIGURE 7.22
Examples of property values and distributions.
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FIGURE 7.23
Items that flow in the Camera system.
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FIGURE 7.24
Flow properties on blocks.
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FIGURE 7.25
Connected parts with flow properties.
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FIGURE 7.26
Connected parts with incompatible flow properties.
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FIGURE 7.27
Item flows between parts.
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FIGURE 7.28
Item flows between reference properties.
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FIGURE 7.29
A signal classification hierarchy.
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FIGURE 7.30
Blocks with behavioral features.
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FIGURE 7.31
A block with full ports.
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FIGURE 7.32
A full port with nested ports.
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FIGURE 7.33
Interface blocks with proxy ports.
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FIGURE 7.34
A block with nested ports.
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FIGURE 7.35
Connecting ports internally to a block.
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FIGURE 7.36
Connecting parts and full ports.
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FIGURE 7.37
Connecting proxy ports with typed connectors.
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FIGURE 7.38
Connecting proxy ports in an association block.
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FIGURE 7.39
Defining a structural connection using an association block.
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FIGURE 7.40
Showing structural connections in an association block.
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FIGURE 7.41
Defining nested ports with conjugation.
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FIGURE 7.42
Connecting nested ports.
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FIGURE 7.43
Connectors with non-default multiplicity.
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FIGURE 7.44
Item flows between ports.
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FIGURE 7.45
A set of interfaces used to define provided or required services.
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FIGURE 7.46
Defining a service-based interface using proxy ports.
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FIGURE 7.47
Connecting service-based ports on an internal block diagram.
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FIGURE 7.48
Example of block specialization.
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FIGURE 7.49
Showing a classification hierarchy on a block definition diagram.
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FIGURE 7.50
Showing a generalization set on a block definition diagram.
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FIGURE 7.51
Modeling variant configurations on a block definition diagram.
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FIGURE 7.52
Two kinds of Imaging Assembly.
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FIGURE 7.53
Adding a bound reference to support variants.
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FIGURE 7.54
Using a bound reference to describe two variants of Camera.
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FIGURE 7.55
Using a bound reference to support port variation.
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FIGURE 7.56
Two variants of Camera with different Wall Mountings.
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FIGURE 7.57
Property-specific types.
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FIGURE 7.58
Modeling different configurations of a block on a block definition diagram.
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FIGURE 7.59
Showing the configuration of a block on an internal block diagram.
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FIGURE 7.60
Describing block configurations with instances.
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FIGURE 7.61
Describing links between instances.
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