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DEPICT LIKE
The DEPICT LIKE keyword combination specifies how a symbol is depicted on a diagram. You can use this keyword combination when creating a new symbol, and specifying what it should look like on a diagram. You can specify that it looks like a symbol on another diagram.
You can use the DEPICT LIKE keyword combination with node symbols and line symbols.
Example (Node Symbol)
SYMBOL "Communications Connection"
{
ASSIGN TO "OV-01 Highlevel Op. Concept"
...
DEPICT LIKE "Event Flow" IN "Data Flow Ward & Mellor"
Example (Line Symbol)
SYMBOL "Need Line"
{
PROPERTY "From Operational Node"
{ EDIT ONEOF "Operational Node" READONLY INVISIBLE}
PROPERTY "To Operational Node"
{ EDIT ONEOF "Operational Node" READONLY INVISIBLE}
DEPICT LIKE "Transition" IN "OMT State"
DEFINED BY "Need Line"
ASSIGN TO "OV-02 Op. Node Connectivity"
}
Other examples
Generic Line is a basic line symbol type. (See also Generic Line No Name.)
Generic Port is a node symbol type for which behavior has been specified to make it behave as a port attached to another node symbol.
Generic Node is a basic node symbol type.
RoadmapV2 has functionality for presenting a roadmap chart within a symbol.
See also
Depicting a symbol with an image
AND connector
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