The “TopCased Modeling” perspective
Modeling with Polychrony under Eclipse is easier by selecting the Topcased Modeling
perspective : a perspective is a particular configuration of Eclipse environment that consists
of customized views, shortcuts and popup menus.
To activate the Topcased Modeling perspective, select Window-> Open Perspective->
Other...
and select the Topcased Modeling perspective :
The Topcased Modeling perspective can be divided in 4 main part:
- The Navigator view lists all projects
located in the Eclipse workspace. It allows to create new projects
and new TopCased Diagrams.
- The Outline view lists all model objects
of the edited diagrams or of the edited model file. If there are
several diagrams in the edited diagram file, they are listed at the
end of the model object list.
- The Editor view displays the main window
for the edited Model File and edited TopCased Diagram. For an edited
TopCased Diagram, the left of this view is dedicated to the palette
of the graphical object that can be dragged/dropped into the Diagram
part. One can also drag an element from the Outline view to the
Diagram part, and if there is a graphical element which corresponds
to this model object for the displayed diagram, it will be added.
- The Property view displays the lists of
properties of the model object selected in the Outline view
and/or in the Diagram view. Some of the properties can be
modified and others are just read-only information.

Remark: when you delete a graphical element from a diagram, you have two different methods:
- Delete From Diagram (Del): delete only the graphical element from the diagram, not the model
object. This means that the object still appears in the Outline view.
- Delete From Model (Shift+Del): delete the graphical and the model object elements.