Actor connector (SysML item)

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An Actor Connector links an Actor to a Block Property, Flow Port, Full Port, Proxy Port or Standard Port.

Create an Actor Connector between Actor and a Block Property, Flow Port, Full Port, Proxy Port or Standard Port: on an Internal Block Diagram, click the

Shallow Actor Connector or

Shallow Uni-Directional Actor Connector button, click the start item, and then click the end item (one item must be an Actor).

All Actor Connectors are shown in the

Dictionary pane - expand the SysML folder, and then the Actor Connector folder.

When shown on an Internal Block Diagram, an Actor Connector's notation is as follows:

Shallow Actor Connector

Shallow Uni-Directional Actor Connector

After creating an Actor Connector, you can create Item Flows that are realized by that Actor Connector: on the diagram's tab, click the

Item Flow button, and then click the Actor Connector.

To add a missing Actor Connector: on the diagram's tab, click the

Shallow Actor Connector or

Shallow Uni-Directional Actor Connector button, click the start item, and then click the end item. The context menu that appears lists Actor Connectors that exist between the two items you clicked.

To populate all missing Actor Connectors: right-click the diagram background (not within the Block if shown), point to Populate, point to Links, and then click Actor Connectors. To populate missing Actor Connectors associated with an Actor, Block Property or port, right-click the item, point to Populate, point to Links, and then click Actor Connectors.

The view options of an Actor Connector are set through the Association entry on the View Options dialog.

The following sections provide information about how an Actor Connector is used in the model. For more information about a SysML diagram or item - click it.

Owned by

Actor (UML item)

Block Property

Flow Port

Full Port

Proxy Port

Standard Port (UML item)

An Actor Connector is owned jointly by the two items it links, that is, if either item is deleted the Actor Connector is deleted as well. The access permissions you have to an Actor Connector are determined by the access permissions you have to the item at the start end of the Actor Connector.

Owns

Allocate - the Allocate is owned jointly by the Actor Connector and the associated item. The access permissions you have to an Allocate are determined by the access permissions you have to the item that is allocated from - you require write access to both items to create or delete an Allocate.

Problem

Rationale

Refine (UML Standard profile) - the Refine relationship is owned jointly by the Actor Connector and the associated item. The access permissions you have to a Refine relationship are determined by the access permissions you have to the refined item.

Satisfy - the Satisfy relationship is owned jointly by the Actor Connector and the associated Requirement. The access permissions you have to a Satisfy relationship are determined by the access permissions you have to the Actor Connector.

Trace (UML Standard profile) - the Trace relationship is owned jointly by the Actor Connector and the associated item. The access permissions you have to a Trace relationship are determined by the access permissions you have to the item that is traced from.

Verify - the Verify relationship is owned jointly by the Actor Connector and the associated Requirement. The access permissions you have to a Verify relationship are determined by the access permissions you have to the Binding Connector.

Shown on these diagrams

Internal Block Diagram

SysML Properties

None.