Customizing the metamodel : Keywords for USRPROPS : DEPICT LIKE
  
DEPICT LIKE
The DEPICT LIKE keyword combination is used to specify how a symbol is depicted on a diagram. You may use this keyword combination when creating a new symbol, and specifying what it should look like on a diagram. You may specify that it looks like a symbol on another diagram.
You may 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.
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.