Let's take a look at the ACME Text Description so far. Select Morale->View ACME to activate the text description dialog.
Here you can see that all our components, connectors and attachments have been added correctly to the description. Click Quit to close this window.
Use the Morale->Save ACME.. to enter a local filename to save the new description under. This is the ONLY way to make the description persistent. The server does not automatically save the state of any descriptions. Once you have saved the description, you may then use the procedures in the first lesson to open it and manipulate it in a later VisEd session. You may also edit the ACME Description off-line in a text editor and those changes will be reflected in the diagram when you reload it into VisEd.
Let's suppose one of our components has an underlying representation. To create a new representation, move the mouse pointer over the desired component and then use the context menu to select Expand in New View. For the tutorial, lets expand C1.
You should get two windows activated after making this selection. One is the new editor window where you can enter the sub-components and their connectors and bindings, the other is the Create New System dialog. First complete the dialog by entering a name for the subsystem (for the tutorial use C1_SubSys) and selecting the Type (None) and pressing OK.
Now lets add some subcomponents. The procedure is basically identical to creating components in the top level view. Create two components C4 and C5 with ports dp76 and dp89 respectively. Look back here if you need help.
Now add a connector in the same manner as in the top level system also. Call it conn2. Make the attachment giving it roles get and put.
Unlike the top level system, however we do not yet have a complete representation. We have to bind the ports of the subsystem back up to the top level component's ports. To do this, move the mouse pointer over the component whose port needs to be bound to the top-level system's port and use the right mouse button to bring up the context menu. Select ACME Bindings which will activate the Port Binding Dialog. Here you simply click on the Inner Port (the subsystem component port) and the outer port (the top-level system port).
In the second lesson, we built on our first lesson by learning how to: