The Validate relationship is a PTC proprietary relationship that is available only when the MBRE Profile has been added to a model.
You can create Validate relationships on an MBRE Traceability Diagram or through a Modeler pane:
• On an MBRE Traceability Diagram you can create a Validate relationship only from an Activity, Actor, Block, Class or Use Case to a Use Case.
• Through a Modeler pane you can create Validate relationships from any item to a Use Case.
When you add a Validate relationship to an item, Modeler applies the «UseCaseRelated» stereotype to that item. On the UseCaseRelated tab of the item's Property Pages, the validatedBy and validates tag definitions show how that item is linked to other items through Validate relationships.
To create a validate relationship on an MBRE traceability diagram
1. If you have not done so already, add the items you want to link to the MBRE Traceability Diagram.
How?
2. On the diagram's toolbar, click the Validate button.
3. Click the Activity, Actor, Block, Class or Use Case that validates the Use Case, and then click the Use Case that is validated.
4. Type the name of the Validate relationship, and then press the Enter key.
To create a validate relationship through a Modeler pane
1. Right-click the item that validates the Use Case, point to Links, point to Traceability, and then click
Validates.
2. For each Use Case that is validated by the item you right-clicked:
a. In the Link Items browser, select the Use Case.
b. Click the Link button.
3. Click OK.
Alternatively,
1. Right-click the item that validates the Use Case, and then click Links > Start Link.
2. For each Use Case that is validated by the item you right-clicked:
a. Right-click the Use Case, and then click Links > End Link.
b. From the Relationship list, select Validates, and then click OK.
Validate button.