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Papyrus Import/Export [message #1731506]

Fri, 06 May 2016 10:33

arun babu

Messages: 3
Registered: May 2016

Junior Member

Hi all,

I wish to import a SysML model not made in Papyrus.

Apart from the XMI format of Papyrus, is it currently possible to import using any other format to Papyrus ?

Or are there any plans to add some compatibility features in future.

Thanks,
Arun

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Re: Papyrus Import/Export [message #1732245 is a reply to message #1731506]

Fri, 13 May 2016 19:12

Charles Rivet

Messages: 219
Registered: May 2014
Location: Canada

Senior Member

Hi Arun,

First, it is possible to import an XMI file into Papyrus. However...

Import of models from different tools has been a problem since, well, the second modeling tool was created.

XMI was supposed to solve this problem but, commercial proprietary tools being what they are, really saw the need to export their models in a way that competitors could make use of that. A look at the OMG and INCOSE efforts in that direction shows the general lack of interest from most tool vendors.

This has typically resulted, with some notable exceptions, in partially importable models and the loss of any graphical information.

The most common problem when trying to import these models, in my experience, is the difference in namespace definition in the XMI file, where many tools use their own implementation instead of using OMG's. This is then compounded by extensions that tool vendors add to their implementation of UML. So if you feel comfortable hacking XMI, you might get to the point where you have an XMI file that will import in Papyrus.

That being said, there are high-level plans to address this some time in the future. However, and because of what I stated above, this will most likely be "specific tool to Papyrus" translations, most probably targeting at first the most used SysML tools.

/Charles Rivet

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Re: Papyrus Import/Export [message #1732336 is a reply to message #1732245]

Mon, 16 May 2016 08:29

arun babu

Messages: 3
Registered: May 2016

Junior Member

Hi Charles,

Thank you for your inputs.

I have tried to do something with XMI, but with very little success.

I find it difficult to test the export and see what went wrong. Because eclipse takes quite some time to end up saying "Model is not valid"; also the log messages are not so helpful.

I did find some open-source tools which have SysML export to Papyrus. webgme has one such plugin:

https://github.com/webgme/sysml/tree/master/src/plugins/SysMLExporter

It has templates for each element of SysML.

Regards,
Arun

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Re: Papyrus Import/Export [message #1734507 is a reply to message #1732336]

Thu, 09 June 2016 04:30

Saurabh Bansal

Messages: 10
Registered: June 2016

Junior Member

I have succesfully imported SySML model in papyrus. Export the model from source in XMI. Then create PAPYRUS model and and replay the uml file of the model with exported xmi file.

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