Functionalities

Purpose

The Mass viewpoint enables to simply describe the non-functional aspect of mass in Capella.

Scope

Mass information can be added on a Physical Component or graphically in PAB diagrams.

Principles

On a Physical Component, a "Mass" annotation indicates the mass associated to a component. A "Maximal Mass" defines the upper mass accepted by a component.

When a component contains sub-components, recursively, the total mass is the sum of the mass of its sub-components and its mass.

Graphically, when:


Practice

The Basic Mass viewpoint enriches the Capella palette with a new section composed of one icon:

Use of Mass:

A Mass can be alone on the current diagram. That means that this Mass is applied on the Physical Component which contains the diagram (e.g., the Physical System).