Basic concepts

The following table presents more in-depth descriptions of further material.

ConceptDescription

Project

A physical working unit that consists of model, model visualizations
(diagrams, tables, matrices, etc.), configuration data and references
to other elements residing in used projects.

Used project
(up to 18.0 – Module)

A project having one or more shared packages. Used projects are
created for the purpose of decomposing projects into parts in order
to manage each part separately and/or reuse those parts in other projects.
Used project is a role that one project plays in the composition
of another project. It is not a type of project.
Each used project can be opened and modified separately.