Graphical user interface for system design
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1. A design tool for designing a system, comprising:
- a display device displaying a user interface includinga first visualization pane showing a symbolic representation of a first connection between a first port of a first element of the system and a second port of a second element of the system as a first port symbol, a second port symbol, and a connector symbol;
a second visualization pane showing a first unconnected port of the first element of the system as a third port symbol; and
a text entry pane showing a textual definition of the first connection.
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Abstract
A design tool for designing a system includes a display device with a first visualization pane showing a symbolic representation of a connection between a first port and a second port of the system and a second visualization pane showing an unconnected port of the system. A text entry pane on the display device shows a textual definition of the connection. An optional status pane shows a textual log of user-performed actions relating to construction of the system.
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1. A design tool for designing a system, comprising:
a display device displaying a user interface including a first visualization pane showing a symbolic representation of a first connection between a first port of a first element of the system and a second port of a second element of the system as a first port symbol, a second port symbol, and a connector symbol; a second visualization pane showing a first unconnected port of the first element of the system as a third port symbol; and a text entry pane showing a textual definition of the first connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-implemented method of designing a system, comprising:
providing a library of system elements of the system, the system elements causing a computer to perform operations including; defining interface instantiations for at least two system elements according to behavioral attributes of interface types in a system design tool, the interface types including at least two interface types; entering a first text description of a first connection between a first port of a first element of the system and a second port of a second element of the system into the system design tool; displaying the first text description in a text entry pane on a display device of the system design tool; and
thendisplaying a first port symbol of a first interface type representing the first port, a second port symbol of the first interface type representing the second port, and a connection symbol between the first port symbol and the second port symbol in a first visualization pane of the display device, and displaying a third port symbol representing a third port of the first element on a second visualization pane of the display device being adjacent to the first visualization pane, the third port being a first unconnected port of the first element. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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