You can group instances into a file to be exported. You
can save this file, which has an xmi extension,
in any directory. Once exported, it will be available for any subsequent
import via the Import function of the Design
explorer view.
- In the Design explorer view, open
a location (it must be represented by
).
- Right-click on the location line, on an entity line or
an instance line and select Export in the popup
menu. This opens the export wizard, which looks like this:
- In this wizard, you must:
- Select the instances to be exported. The wizard displays
all the instances of the current location. So if you do not want to
export them all, you can either deselect those you want to discard
or click the None button, and then select,
one by one, the instances to be exported.
- Enter or select the export file which will contain all
the selected instances. You can either enter it directly in the destination field,
with its complete file path, or select it via the Browse... button.
- Click Finish.
Results
The export file, with an
xmi extension,
is then created in the location you have specified. It contains all
the selected instances and is ready to be imported.