Model view

The Model view organizes your Galaxy by Area object assignment. It shows objects in terms of their physical or containment relationships, which can be organized through a folder structure. This Model view most accurately represents an application perspective of the processes that users are emulating: for instance, specific process areas, tanks, valves, pumps and their relationships based on containment. For more information about containment, see Create contained templates.

Note: You must undeploy an object before reassigning it to another object.

The tree structure acts like a standard Microsoft Windows Explorer tree. Initially, it shows only the Galaxy name and the Unassigned Area folder.

In the Model view, all objects are grouped by areas and by containment relationship. The Model view shows these relationships in the following ways:

• The top of the tree is the Galaxy.

• Top-level Areas are shown under the Galaxy.

• Within each Area, contained Areas are listed. Areas support hierarchical composition; that is, they support sub-Area construction. Areas can be nested only 10 levels (after the sub-area is 10-levels deep, you cannot add another sub-level).

• Objects that belong to an Area are listed under the Area.

• Objects contained by other objects are listed under their respective containers. Multiple levels are allowed. For more information about containment, see Create contained templates.

  Note: Contained objects belong to the same Area as the object that contains them.

  Some objects’ hierarchical, or contained, names are truncated if you have multiple levels shown. To view the entire hierarchical name, select the object and select Properties on the Home ribbon. The entire hierarchical name is shown in the Properties dialog box. For more information about hierarchical names, see Use contained names.

• Objects that currently do not belong to an Area are listed under Unassigned Area. Containment relationships between parent and child objects are shown there.

• In each branch of the tree, objects are listed in alphabetical order. Default objects are shown in bold.

  To assign an object to another, drag it onto the host object. If the object is an inappropriate assignment match, the international Not symbol appears. To unassign an object, drag it to the Unassigned Host folder.

Model view shows either the tagname or the alias name for each object. To change which is shown, right-click any object in the view and select Alias from the context menu.