Project creation
Basic project creation
Project creation is the first step to design its system in Safety Architect and then analyse it. For information, it is not necessary to create a new project when importing an existing project, because the import will create a new project automatically.
To create a new project, do so:
- Go into the menu File > New > Model
Project
- A new window appears
- Enter the project name in the Project Name field
- Clic on the Finish button
- The project appears in the
Project Explorer view, containing 3 files :
- A .sa file containing all the system and dysfunctional datas of the model.
- A .fearedevents file corresponding to the feared events library.
- A .aird file corresponding to the graphical representation.
Advanced Options
By clicking on the Advanced button, on the creation project
window, several options are available.
Model
Two fields are available in order to define:
- The SA file name. The entered name must end with .sa. By
default , the SA file name will be the same as the project name.
- The model name. By default the name will be the same as the project
name.
Feared events library
A field exists to define the name of the feared events library. The library's name is the same as the SA file name.
Workset
During the creation, the project can be added to a workset. This option
allows to group several projects in the same directory.
Note: Virtual directories appears in the Project Explorer view, only if defined as high level in the view options.