Text and Views Stay in Step

The text and the views show one model. A change in either place changes the model, and the other place shows it at once.

From text to model

• Text that parses is applied when you pause typing, leave the editor or press ⌘S / Ctrl+S. The changes are one undo step and show in every view, table and rail page.
• A member that does not parse is not applied. The text stays a draft in this browser, marked in the gutter, and the model keeps its last good state. Fix the error and the draft is applied.
• A draft is kept when you leave the page. When you come back, a banner says the text has changes that are not applied; Discard Draft drops them and shows the model's text.
• Elements keep their identity when you edit, rename or move them in the text, so view layouts, comments, links and history stay attached.

From views and pages to text

• Drawing in a view, editing a cell in a table or a field in the inspector writes the matching SysML text, checked first: a change the language does not allow is refused with a message.
• The Editor prints the changed package again, in the standard layout. Your comments and notes in the text stay with their elements.
• If you were typing in the same package, your draft is merged with the change. When both changed the same member, a banner asks: Keep Mine applies your text, Take Theirs shows the model's text.

Working with others

• In a shared project the package list shows who else has a package open. Their applied changes reach your text and views the same way.
• Drafts are never shared: only text that parses reaches the model and the other people in the project.

See also SysML v2 Text Editor and Views in SysML v2 Projects.