manage local resources (installed with a modeling tool or downloaded separately) and resources available on the web. With Resource Manager you can manage different types of resources, such as Profiles, Plugins, Templates, Language resources, Case studies/examples, Custom diagrams, and others. The Resource Manager functionality allows you to: - Install the resources
- Update the resources
- Distribute needed resources internally (including company's developed resources)
The Resource/Plugin Manager helps to your modeling tool from the following locations:
To open the Resource/Plugin Manager dialog
- From the Help menu, select Resource/Plugin Manager.
The Resource/Plugin manager dialog.To see the resource details
- In the Resource/Plugin Manager dialog, select the necessary plugin or other resource.
- Click Details. The dialog expands with the resource description at the bottom.
Distributing resourcesYou can bundle your resources into one .rdzip file and then distribute that file on a, network share, or web server. To build the resources file, you need the Development Tools plugin to be installed. The Development Tools plugin can either be installed from the No Magic Server in the Resource/Plugin Manager, or can be found in the no-cost resource distribution file. Manage Resource LocationsThe Manage Resource Locations dialog is used for defining the locations from which the resources will be added to the Resource/Plugin Manager.
To open the Manage Resource Locations dialog
- In the Resource/Plugin Manager dialog, click the ... button.
In the Manage Resource Locations dialog, you will be able to see resource locations. You can manage this locations list by adding, removing, or reordering the resource locations.
- In the Manage Resource Locations dialog, click Add button. The Select Resource Location or Distribution File dialog opens.
- In the open dialog, select one of the following:
- Resource distribution file (.rdzip)
The resources from the Resource Distribution File will be listed in Resource/Plugin Manager dialog.
The resource distribution file (.rdzip) contains the resources and their descriptor file. If you are using the web server for the resource distribution, make sure that the resource distribution file (.rdzip) is extracted into the intended server location. |
- In the Manage Resource Locations dialog, click Add URL. The Resource Server URL dialog opens.
- In the open dialog, type or paste the server address.
- Click OK.
The resources from the selected location will be listed in the Resource/Plugin Manager. If you need to add the No Magic server, enter <nomagic.resource.server> in the Resource Server URL dialog. |
- The No Magic server is not available for the Magic Software Engineer, Magic Systems of Systems Architect, and Magic Cyber Systems Engineer modeling tools.
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