[aadl-modeling]: new to aadl graphical editor in OSATE v2.2.2 - need pointer

[Lutz Wrage]

Randy,

> 1.       Is there a way to change the line style to rectilinear in OSATE2?   (As the number of connected elements increases,
> this becomes important for readability.)

Currently that is not supported, there's an enhancement request pending. See issue #153 
(https://github.com/osate/osate-ge/issues/153). You could add a comment there to show that there is interest in having this.
Currently you must add bend points to connections manually to achieve a nicer layout.

> 2.       Is there a way to add stereotypes ,  like <<data>>, << bus access >> etc to the diagrams?  These are shown in the
> book "Model-Based Engineering with AADL".

That is also not available. However, things like <<data>> and <<data access>> are already encoded in the shapes of the figures,
so such stereotypes would be redundant. Could you file an enhancement request to add support for general stereotypes, please?
The nightly build should already contain an enhancement that allows customization of colors of diagram elements, which could 
be used to achieve a similar effect to stereotypes if you have only a few stereotypes and can map them to colors.

> 3.       Is there a way to add comments to the diagrams?

This is planned for implementation, see issue #187 (https://github.com/osate/osate-ge/issues/187)

> 4.       Does anyone have a IBM Rhapsody / AADL profile?  If so, is it available? Where can it be obtained?
> 
> 5.       Does anyone have a generic SYSML / AADL profile, that might be converted to Rhapsody or MagicDraw?
> 
> 6.       How can the Enterprise Architect SYSML / AADL profile that was generated for DARPA META be obtained?

I don't know of anything that's available. We will work on AADL / SysML tooling integration eventually, but not near-term.

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Lutz Wrage
Carnegie Mellon University / Software Engineering Institute
Architecture Practices Initiative
412-268-7771