Viewing Modules

The righthand side pane in the Movida NCES Generator provides a view of the currently selected module and its inner modules and their connections. The view can be scrolled with the scroll bars if it is too large to fit in the pane.

View of a module

By right-clicking on the view you can bring up a popup menu with several options regarding the NCES:

Hide/Show Content (Module name)
Switches between the drawing modes where the internal elements of the modules are shown or hidden.
Convert to XMI
Generates XML file for the NCES.
Generate SESA Input files
Generates the PNT and TNT file that are needed in order to analyze the net with SESA.
Show/Hide CA and EA
Shows/Hides the signal arcs in the clicked module. If a module contains a large number of signal arcs then hiding them may speed up scrolling the view and also make the view more clear.
Show Module Connections (Module name)
Select this to view only those signal arcs which originate or end at the module.
Show Module Statistics (Module name)
By selecting this option you can view the statistics of the module.
Show All Connections
Shows signal arcs between all modules.
Go to the module
This option lets you choose a module from the list of all of the internal modules in the module. Then scrolls the view to show that module. This item appears only if the clicked module contains internal modules.
Add Stub for Condition Inputs
Select this option to add a stub module for sending constant input values to condition inputs.
Add Event Latch
Like the previous option this lets you add a stub module to the system. An Event Latch is useful for determining whether a change has occurred in the system. See the Basic Steps page for an example of using these features.
Upload a module
Select this to load an external module which can then be added to the current system. A file open dialog will appear to let you select the file that contains the external module's XML representation.
Rename Module name
Selecting this option lets you specify a new name for the clicked module.
Save as jpeg file
Saves the current module view to a file in JPG format.
Save as png file
Saves the module view to a file in PNG format.

Note that many of the above listed menu items appear only if the popup menu is opened when the mouse cursor is above a module. In some cases it is also required that the module contains internal modules.

Manipulating Modules

The displayed modules can be manipulated in several ways. In addition to creating new connections between the signal inputs and outputs of modules it is also possible to remove modules and arcs.

When deleting modules be careful because all of the internal modules will also be deleted. Whenever you are about to delete an arc or a module a warning is displayed so that the deletion can be cancelled. Deleted modules cannot be recovered.

Modules can be renamed either via the project tree popup menu or the popup menu that can be opened by right-clicking on a module in the NCES view.

Project tree popup menu Rename module dialog