Structural part (UPDM - MODAF aliases)
Creation
To create a Structural Part:
• From an Enterprise Phase or Whole Life Enterprise: right-click the element, point to New, point to MODAF, and then click Structural Part. On the Select Type dialog, create or select the Enterprise Phase or Whole Life Enterprise that is the type of the Structural Part, or create an untyped Structural Part.
• From an StV-1 Enterprise Vision:
◦ Click the 
Composite Association button, click the owning Enterprise Phase or Whole Life Enterprise, and then click the Enterprise Phase or Whole Life Enterprise that is the type of the Structural Part. From the dialog, select Structural Part.
Composite Association button, click the owning Enterprise Phase or Whole Life Enterprise, and then click the Enterprise Phase or Whole Life Enterprise that is the type of the Structural Part. From the dialog, select Structural Part.◦ Click the Structural Part button, click the owning Enterprise Phase or Whole Life Enterprise. On the Select Type dialog, create or select the Enterprise Phase or Whole Life Enterprise that is the type of the Structural Part, or create an untyped Structural Part.
Structural Part button, click the owning Enterprise Phase or Whole Life Enterprise. On the Select Type dialog, create or select the Enterprise Phase or Whole Life Enterprise that is the type of the Structural Part, or create an untyped Structural Part.You can convert a Structural Part to a Temporal Part: right click the Structural Part, point to Convert To, and then click Temporal Part.
Appearance
When shown on an StV-1 Enterprise Vision, a Structural Part appears as follows:
Relationships
There are no relationships that are of significant importance to a Structural Part.
The following sections provide information about how a Structural Part is used in the model.
Create a Structural Part from
Create from a Structural Part
Only the UPDM elements that can be created from all UPDM elements (Alias, Definition, Information and Metadata).
Shown on these diagrams, tables and matrices
In addition to the AV-2 Integrated Dictionaryand TV-1 Standards Profile, which can show all UPDM elements:
UPDM writeable properties
The following writeable properties are available on the Structural Part tab of a Structural Part element's Property Pages:
• URI