Loading an NCES model

Most features of NCES Analyzer require that a model of the system is loaded first. To load a model choose the menu option Load NCES from the File menu. A dialog window is opened where you can choose an xml file containing the representation of a Petri net model.

Opening an NCES

If the loading of the system is successfull the loaded net will be displayed in the center pane. You can select a certain submodule of the system to be displayed in the center pane by selecting it from the tree view that is displayed on the left pane of the main window.

NCES view

The NCES view has a popup menu associated with that can be opened by right-clicking on a module in the view. The menu contains the following options:

Hide/Show Content (Module name)
Select this to view only the interface of the module and hide its internal content or to bring the contents visible again.
Show/Hide condition and event arcs
Select this to hide the internal condition or event arcs of the module or make them visible again.
Go to module
Select this option to center to view to a submodule of your choice.

Selecting the Go to module option brings up the following dialog where you can select the submodule to be displayed if the clicked module contains internal modules. Once you click on the Go To button the scroll pane containing the NCES will be automatically scrolled so that the selected module becomes visible.

Selecting an internal module