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Each object except for the root has one or several parents. To ensure that this is indeed the case, arKItect allows you to create objects only from a chosen parent. The possible types of child objects are defined in the meta-model by an arKItect Designer. It is possible that no children are allowed for a given object in the current projection.

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Just because an object S of type System has a child C of type Component in the current projection, this does not mean that the System type accepts a direct child of type Component. See how projections are computed for more details.

To add a new object, you have two possibilities:

  • You can use the Palette. To display the Palette window use the Palette panel of the Home Category. If you drag and drop a type from the Palette to the Internal Block Diagram, a new object instance of this type is added. If you drop the type on a blank space, the new object will be added as a direct child of the focus object. If you drop the type on an object, this object will be the parent of the new object. Note that all the allowed child types are available in the Palette; however, this does not mean that the shown types can be added freely anywhere in the diagram.
  • You can right-click on an object in the treeview, on the blank space in the diagram or on an object in the diagram, select Add New Object and choose an object type from the context menu. This will create a new item of the chosen type.

 

 

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