Icon class icon_class far fa-sticky-note icon_class_computed far fa-sticky-note Note kind CAVEAT DISPLAY STYLE WARNING UML keywords Association InformationFlow Keywords Webel Best Practice MagicDraw UML MagicDraw SysML Cameo Systems Modeler As an alternative to composition Association "trees" consider instead using symbol resize to visually "bracket" composed items (can however be a bit fiddly). Relates to Figure D.16 - Defining Structure of the Hybrid SUV System (Hybrid SUV Breakdown) Figure D.23 - Elaborating Definition of Fuel Flow (Power Subsystem Fuel Flow Definition) Figure D.26 - Defining Analyses for Hybrid SUV Engineering Development (Block Definition Diagram) Figure D.34 - Defining Straight-Line Vehicle Dynamics Mathematical Constraints (Definition of Dynamics) Figure 8-12 - Block diagram for the Wheel Package (WheelHubAssembly) Related notes [DISPLAY, STYLE, TIP] As an alternative to composition Association "trees" consider instead using symbol resize to visually "bracket" composed items (can however be a bit fiddly). Related notes (backlinks) [ANTI-PATTERN, MODELLING, STYLE]{STRONG} Webel Best Practice: SysML/SysPhS: DO NOT use overlapping Connector lines from/to one Port (can be misunderstood as "summed" flow and/or physical node/fork/junction). Related snippets (extracts) Visit also Visit also (backlinks) Flags Book traversal links for MagicDraw/Cameo tool support for Association composition "trees" is not good, and they end up being fiddly to maintain (and they can also cause issues for InformationFlows). Avoid them! Previous Up Next