NAV-4 Environmental model (UPDM - NAF aliases)
Creation
To create an NAV-4 Environmental Model:
Right-click the Architectural Description or Service Description that is to own the NAV-4 Environmental Model, point to New, point to Diagram, point to NAF, and then click NAV-4 Environmental Model.
Purpose
On an NAV-4 Environmental Model:
Create Condition Property elements for Condition elements.
Create Environment Property elements for Climate, Condition, Environment and Light Condition elements.
Diagram Elements
For information about showing compartments on diagram symbols, setting up default view options and adding existing elements to the diagram, see UPDM components and adding elements.
For information about the creation and appearance of elements that can be shown on all Product diagrams (Alias, Definition, Information, Metadata, Overlap and Same As elements), see Creation and appearance of elements that appear on all product diagrams (UPDM - NAF aliases).
To create an Architectural Description: click the Architectural Description button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
To populate elements from an Architectural Description: add the Architectural Description to the diagram, and then populate those elements from the Architectural Description.
To create an Architectural Reference: click the Architectural Reference button, click the source Architectural Description, and then click the destination Architectural Description.
To create an Architecture Metadata: click the Architecture Metadata button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
Define the text of the Architecture Metadata through its Full Text property.
To apply an Architecture Metadata to an Architectural Description: click the Note Link button, click the Architecture Metadata, and then click the Architectural Description to which the Architecture Metadata applies.
To create a Climate: click the Climate button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
To create a Condition: click the Condition button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
To create a Condition Property: click the Condition Property button, and then click the owning Condition.
From the Select Type dialog, create or select the element that is the type of the Condition Property, that is, a Climate, Condition, Environment, Geo Political Extent Type, Light Condition, Location Type or Physical Location element.
To create an Environment: click the Environment button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
To create an Environment Property: click the Environment Property button, and then click the owning Climate, Condition, Environment or Light Condition.
From the Select Type dialog, create or select the element that is the type of the Environment Property, that is, a Climate, Condition, Environment, Geo Political Extent Type, Light Condition, Location Type or Physical Location element.
To create a Geo Political Extent Type: click the Geo Political Extent Type button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
To create a Light Condition: click the Light Condition button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
To create a Location Type: click the Location Type button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
The following sections provide information about how an NAV-4 Environmental Model is used in the model.
Create an NAV-4 Environmental Model from
Creates or shows these UPDM elements
In addition to the common UPDM elements that can be shown on all Product diagrams (Alias, Definition, Information, Metadata, Overlap and Same As elements):
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