MagicDraw/Cameo v19SP3 vs SysML&SysPhS: GOTCHA: Will NOT correctly export a SysML-1.6 «~interfaceBlock» to Modelica (but does cope with a tilde ~ prefix in the name of a plain InterfaceBlock)

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Specification keywords

SysML-1.6

SysML-1.7

SysPhS-1.1

SysMLv1.x keywords

FlowProperty::direction

Modelica keywords

connect

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Get mangled connects like this:


    connect(humidifiedRoom.    connect(humidifier.  end HumidifierSystem;

Workaround is to just use a plain InterfaceBlock with a ~ tilde prefix in the name and FlowProperty reversal.

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Figure 65: Internal structure of the total humidifier system - black box vs details

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[SysML-1.6] The ~InterfaceBlock stereotype (shall be pronounced: "conjugated interface block") is a specialization of InterfaceBlock that has the same features as its original InterfaceBlock except that its DirectedFeatures and FlowProperties are reversed (conjugated

[SysML-1.6] Conjugation is specified by a constraint giving the features of ~InterfaceBlocks according to those of their original InterfaceBlocks ... It is expected that tools conforming to this specification automatically create features of ~InterfaceBlocks.

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