Download SeamCAD 1.x: User's Guide - Infoscience

Table of Contents
1
2
Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 3
SEAM Overview ................................................................................................................ 3
2.1
Method Overview....................................................................................................... 3
2.2
Tool Overview............................................................................................................ 6
2.3
Example...................................................................................................................... 7
2.4
Legal Considerations................................................................................................ 11
3
Installing and starting SeamCAD..................................................................................... 12
3.1
Downloading the Client ........................................................................................... 12
3.2
Login ........................................................................................................................ 12
3.3
Using the Main Window .......................................................................................... 13
3.4
Filling User Information........................................................................................... 13
3.5
Submitting a Problem............................................................................................... 14
3.6
Getting Info with the Output Window ..................................................................... 14
3.7
Quick Meta-model.................................................................................................... 15
3.8
User’s Guide and Tips of the Day............................................................................ 15
4
Navigating an Existing Model.......................................................................................... 16
4.1
Opening an Existing Model...................................................................................... 16
4.2
Working with Modeling Windows........................................................................... 16
4.3
Simplifying Model Representation .......................................................................... 18
5
Building a New Model ..................................................................................................... 18
5.1
Creating a New Model ............................................................................................. 19
5.2
Inserting a Holon...................................................................................................... 19
5.3
Inserting a Joint Action ............................................................................................ 20
5.4
Inserting an Information Object ............................................................................... 20
5.5
Inserting a Localized Action .................................................................................... 20
5.6
Relating Model Elements ......................................................................................... 20
5.7
Inserting a Note ........................................................................................................ 22
5.8
Modify an Existing Model Element ......................................................................... 22
5.9
Delete an Existing Model Element........................................................................... 23
5.10 Saving the Model ..................................................................................................... 23
6
Miscellaneous Functionalities .......................................................................................... 24
6.1
Export the Working Model to an XML Document .................................................. 24
6.2
Export the Modeling Diagram to a GIF Picture....................................................... 24
6.3
Picture for Holon...................................................................................................... 25
7
Tool Architecture ............................................................................................................. 25
Appendix A: Web Prototypes .................................................................................................. 26
Prototype 1 ........................................................................................................................... 26
Prototype 2 ........................................................................................................................... 27
Appendix B: References........................................................................................................... 29
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