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Automatically generating node tree diagrams
You can automatically generate a node tree for a selected Function or Activity.
1 Creating node tree diagrams.
2 Associating node tree diagrams to IDEF0 models.
3 Open the Node Tree diagram.
4 From the Draw menu, select Decomposition to open the Select for Node Tree Generation dialog.
5 In the box containing the list of diagrams, find the starting diagram for the tree (generally the Context diagram) and click the + symbol to the left of the diagram name.
6 Select the Function/Activity symbol that you want to decompose and click Build. System Architect will draw the Node Tree Diagram.
See also
Node tree diagrams