Change of the Allocate Activity Partition Type via Drag and Drop

[DS_10069093]

Hi all!

I have a suggestion for Allocate Activity Partitions. It would be nice to be able to change the type of an allocate activity partition via drag and drop of a block on the partition's head after the initial creation. 

When trying to drop a block on the partition's head, the mouse icon changes, but after dropping the element, the following message is displayed: "You cannot change the represented item of an Allocate Activity Partition".

Thanks, 

David

[olivierlp]

Thank you for publishing your idea. However, we need more information as specified in the form you saw in the submission process. (questions below). The more details and context you give to document your idea, the better. Think about ways to educate and convince other Community members to support your idea and present your case to the product management team for consideration.

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1. Describe your environment: What is your industry? What is your role in your organization? Describe your stakeholders.
2. What product & version are you currently running?
3. Describe the problem you are trying to solve. Please include detailed documentation such as screenshots, images or video.
4. What is the use case for your organization?
5. What business value would your suggestion represent for your organization?

Additionally, I invite you to check out this topic where PTC executives explain product managers' approach to customer ideas and input for product roadmaps.

[DS_10069093]

Hi,

thanks for your response and the link. I added the information below: 

1. Describe your environment: What is your industry? What is your role in your organization? Describe your stakeholders.

As a solution architect in the medical device industry I support users of the MBSE tool PTC Modeler.

2. What product & version are you currently running?

PTC Modeler 9.3 / PTC Modeler 9.5
3. Describe the problem you are trying to solve. Please include detailed documentation such as screenshots, images or video.

When creating SysML activity diagrams with Allocate Activity Partitions, it often happens that the type of the Allocate Activity Partition needs to be changed afterwards. Currently it is necessary to create a new Allocate Activity Partition, assign the new type, delete the old one and replace it with the new one which is very time consuming. 

When trying to drop a block on the partition's head, the mouse icon changes, but after dropping the element, the following message is displayed: "You cannot change the represented item of an Allocate Activity Partition".

4. What is the use case for your organization?

When creating SysML activity diagrams with Allocate Activity Partitions, it often happens that the type of the Allocate Activity Partition needs to be changed afterwards.

5. What business value would your suggestion represent for your organization?

This suggestion would lead to time savings as the product architects could change the type of an Allocate Activity Partition by only drag&drop a new logical element on the head of the Partition.

Thanks, 

David

[olivierlp]

Great! Thank you @DS_10069093 .