The Inheritance tab represents classifiers (e.g., packages, data types, and stereotypes) hierarchy within your project. Inheritance according to the UML Specification is shown using the generalization relationship.

If a model element has no generalization relationship, it will not be represented in the Inheritance tab.


To open a new Inheritance tree

  1. Open the Containment, Structure, or Inheritance tab.
  2. In the open tab toolbar, click and then select Open in New Inheritance Tree.

You can change some Inheritance tab properties in the Environment Options dialog the Browser options group.


The Inheritance tab consists of the following two components:

  • Inheritance tab toolbar
  • Inheritance tree

Inheritance tab toolbar


The Inheritance tab toolbar contains the following buttons

Button

Tooltip text

Description

Collapse All

Collapse all currently expanded elements in the Containment tree.

Collapse Selected Recursively

Collapses only selected node and all subnodes in that node.

Open in New Tree

Opens the contents of the selected element in a new tab of the Model Browser. The selected element becomes the root node of the new tree.

You can choose to open elements in:

  • New Containment Tree
  • New Structure Tree
  • New Inheritance Tree

Favorites

Opens the Favorites menu for choosing to do one of the following:

  • Add a selected element to favorites
  • Open the dialog for managing favorites 
  • Navigate to a desired favorite in the Containment tree

Quick Find

Opens the Quick Find dialog.

Options

Click to open the Options menu and then select:

  • Invert Tree - inverts the tree hierarchy - shows the child
    element at the top of the hierarchy.
  • Show Applied Stereotypes - shows or hides the applied
    stereotypes next to the element name in the Containment tree.

Working with model elements in the Inheritance tree


You can work with elements in the Inheritance tree using the commands available from the selected element's shortcut menu. The shortcut menu contains the following commands:

Command

Function

Select in Containment Tree

Opens the Containment tab and selects the
current element in the Containment tree.

Select in Structure Tree

Opens the Structure tab and the structured classifier is selected.

This command is available for structured classifiers (SysML).

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