Create Custom Views

Create custom viewpoints of an architecture model

System models tend to be large and complex. You can create a custom subset of components from architecture models by filtering model elements based on criteria such as stereotypes, properties, and requirement links in the Architecture Views Gallery. This custom subset is called an architecture view and is a simplified way of working with complex systems. You can use views to focus on certain parts of the architectural design and create operational, functional, or physical views for analysis.

Edit your System Composer™ model from the component diagram canvas.
Analyze component dependencies and hierarchy using spotlight views.
Use queries to define custom viewpoints on the architecture model.
Group ports in component diagram views to simplify complex networks of ports and connections.
Define architecture views and hierarchical views.

Classes

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Views

`systemcomposer.view.View`	Architecture view
`systemcomposer.view.ElementGroup`	Architecture view element group

Queries

systemcomposer.query.Constraint Query constraint

Functions

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Views

`openViews`	Open Architecture Views Gallery
`createView`	Create architecture view
`getView`	Find architecture view
`deleteView`	Delete architecture view
`modifyQuery`	Modify architecture view query and property groupings
`setPortQuery`	Set port query on view (Since R2026a)
`runQuery`	Re-run architecture view query on model
`removeQuery`	Remove architecture view query
`addElement`	Add component to element group of view
`removeElement`	Remove component from element group of view
`getQualifiedName`	Get model element qualified name
`createSubGroup`	Create subgroup in element group of view
`getSubGroup`	Get subgroup in element group of view
`deleteSubGroup`	Delete subgroup in element group of view

Queries

`find`	Find architecture model elements using query
`findElementsOfType`	Find all elements of specific type (Since R2023a)
`findElementsWithStereotype`	Find all elements with stereotype (Since R2023a)
`findElementsWithProperty`	Find all elements with property value (Since R2023a)
`findElementsWithInterface`	Find all elements with type set by interface (Since R2023a)
`AnyComponent`	Create query to select all components in model
`Property`	Create query to select non-evaluated values for object properties or stereotype properties for elements
`PropertyValue`	Create query to select property from object or stereotype property and then evaluate property value
`HasStereotype`	Create query to select architectural elements with stereotype based on specified subconstraint
`IsStereotypeDerivedFrom`	Create query to select stereotype derived from qualified name
`HasPort`	Create query to select architectural elements with port based on specified subconstraint
`HasConnector`	Create query to select architectural elements with connector based on specified subconstraint
`HasInterface`	Create query to select architectural elements with interface on port based on specified subconstraint
`HasInterfaceElement`	Create query to select architectural elements with interface element on interface based on specified subconstraint
`IsInRange`	Create query to select range of property values

Tools

Architecture Views Gallery	Create and manage views and sequence diagrams
Interface Editor	Create and author interfaces in local and shared data dictionaries

Topics

Create Custom Views Using Architecture Views Gallery
Create and modify views using the Architecture Views Gallery tool.
Author Architecture Models Through Component Diagram Views
Use component diagram views to author architecture models. (Since R2024b)
Create Architecture Views Interactively
View structural and functional model hierarchies interactively.
Create Architecture Views Programmatically
View structural and functional model hierarchies programmatically.
Display Component Hierarchy and Architecture Hierarchy Using Views
Use hierarchy diagrams to view different aspects of architecture models.
Create Spotlight Views
View components in the context of the entire architecture.