Diagram aspects allows you to create the different views, e.g. electrical, mechanical, optical, for the same system structure.The aspects functionality is driven by stereotypes, which allows you to use predefined aspects (only included in SysML Plugin or other customizations) or custom aspects for diagrams. This enables you to:

• Set any number of aspects for one diagram.
• Drill down navigation from the Part shape to its internal structure.
• Create an Aspect diagram directly from the Part shape.
• Display parts and ports according to aspects.
• Use aspects with multiple layout templates.

The figure below demonstrates the usage of predefined diagram aspects. Three SysML Internal Block Diagrams of the same Climate Control Hardware system are of different aspects: electrical and communication. The Internal Block Diagram with the electrical aspect shows only the electrical structure of Climate Control Hardware system. Correspondingly, the IBD with the communication aspect shows only the communication structure.

The Climate Control Hardware views through different aspects. The illustration displays concepts from SysML Plugin.

You can represent different views of the same diagram by using different aspects. The procedures below describe how to: