{"id":137,"date":"2016-08-26T12:13:46","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T11:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com:2958\/blog\/?p=137"},"modified":"2018-10-17T11:09:35","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T10:09:35","slug":"which-symbol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/which-symbol\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Symbol?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Model Based Systems Engineering Drawings<\/h2>\n<p>Model-based Systems Engineering represents systems engineering components in domains, gathering together the data and functions in a formalised manner. This helps with the exchange of data between different disciplines, stakeholders and customers within a common frame work. Element details are often represented as a symbol on a diagram.<\/p>\n<p>A common systems modelling technique, for say the functional aspects, would be to show them in a multi-tier, time-sequenced, step-by-step flow diagram or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/cradle\/help\/7.4\/SystemModelling\/other\/effbd.htm\">eFFBD<\/a>. The diagrammatic format makes it much easier to assimilate the whole concept.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst our help offers good coverage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/cradle\/help\/7.4\/HeadingPages\/SystemModelling.htm\">modelling capabilities in Cradle.<\/a> We understand getting to grips with the details of the tool can be complex. When you are working with a new <em>diagram type<\/em> for the first time, some of the symbols can look very similar. The palette on in the sidebar shows tootips, but hovering over each is not very efficient. If you are confused about which symbol is which, select &#8216;<em>Draw<\/em>&#8216; button from Tools ribbon. You will then see the name of each symbol alongside its icon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138\" style=\"width: 1016px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com:2958\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/toolpalette.jpg\" alt=\"Selecting different symbols\" width=\"1016\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/toolpalette.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/toolpalette-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/toolpalette-768x531.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diagram Drawing Palette<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h5>Article Updated 16\/05\/2018<\/h5>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/which-symbol\/&amp;via=threesl\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Tweet<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.threesl.com%2Fblog%2Fwhich-symbol%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Share<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Newsletter<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-small mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Model Based Systems Engineering Drawings Model-based Systems Engineering represents systems engineering components in domains, gathering together the data and functions in a formalised manner. 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A common &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/which-symbol\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Which Symbol?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[55,551],"class_list":["post-137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips","tag-diagrams","tag-user-interface-ui"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Which Symbol? - 3SL Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Selecting the correct symbol for drawing on diagram\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/which-symbol\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Which Symbol? 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