
The Family Editor is used for defining and
manipulating families of types. In AcmeStudio 3, this editor has been revamped
to make it more usable and extendable. The Family editor consists of five
editors:
- Architectural Types. Used for adding component,
connector, etc. types to a family, and for manipulating visualizations of
those types.
- Property Types. Used for defining new and browsing
existing property types defined in the family.
- Functions. Used for defining new architectural
functions that can be used in rules.
- Connection Patterns. Used for defining connection
patterns that simplifies connection between elements in a diagram.
- Structure. An instance of the system editor, that
allows default structure for the family to be defined.