Managing the links between instances

An instance can be called as many times as necessary by other instances. Links between called instances and calling instances are then automatically, systematically, and immediately created as soon as an instance is called in another instance.

You must be attentive to the work context. This context is determined by the instance from which you enter a network of links between instances. It is defined by the design build path of the project that this instance belongs to. This project constitutes the starting point for the resolution of the links between instances.

You can add nonstandard links from any entity.

Two other types of link can exist between instances:
  • Reference instance and derived instance. With this type of link, you can create a derived instance from a reference instance and use this derived instance to generate the reference instance without duplicating its design.
  • Master instance and subordinate instance. With this type of link, you can easily manage two instances with the same name in projects that belong to the same branch of the tree in the design build path.

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