Visual Omt 1516 Users Guide

Contents
1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 3
2 GETTING STARTED................................................................................................... 4
2.1 INSTALLATION....................................................................................................... 4
2.2 STARTING VISUAL OMT™ 1516......................................................................... 4
2.3 LICENSE ................................................................................................................... 4
2.4 ABOUT THIS USER’S GUIDE ............................................................................... 4
3 OVERVIEW................................................................................................................... 5
3.1 DESKTOP.................................................................................................................. 5
3.2 MENUS...................................................................................................................... 5
3.3 TOOLBAR ................................................................................................................. 5
4 OMT DOCUMENT ....................................................................................................... 7
4.1 NEW DOCUMENT................................................................................................... 7
4.2 OPEN DOCUMENT ................................................................................................. 8
4.3 OBJECT CLASSES................................................................................................... 8
4.4 INTERACTION CLASSES .................................................................................... 13
4.5 DATATYPES .......................................................................................................... 15
4.6 USER-SUPPLIED TAGS........................................................................................ 18
4.7 TRANSPORTATION TYPES ................................................................................ 18
4.8 DIMENSIONS ......................................................................................................... 19
4.9 TIME REPRESENTATION.................................................................................... 19
4.10 SYNCHRONIZATION POINTS .......................................................................... 20
4.11 SWITCHES............................................................................................................ 20
4.12 NOTES ................................................................................................................... 21
4.13 OBJECT MODEL IDENTIFICATION ................................................................ 22
5 WIZARDS..................................................................................................................... 23
5.1 MIGRATE FROM OMT 1.3 WIZARD.................................................................. 23
5.2 CONVERT TO FED 1.3 WIZARD ........................................................................ 25
5.3 GENERATE HTML WIZARD............................................................................... 27
6 MISCELLANEOUS .................................................................................................... 29
6.1 CONSISTENCY CHECK ....................................................................................... 29
6.2 PRINTING ............................................................................................................... 29
6.3 EXPORTING PNG AND JPG IMAGES................................................................ 30
7 REFERENCE............................................................................................................... 31
Visual OMT™ 1516 User’s Guide Introduction
1 Introduction
Visual OMT™ 1516 is a tool for developing SOM (Simulation Object Model) and
FOM (Federation Object Model) according to the IEEE 1516 version of HLA
(High-Level Architecture). More specifically the IEEE1516.2 specification [1] for
HLA OMT (Object Model Template) is supported.
Visual OMT™ 1516 is an integrated environment in which the HLA object models
of any simulation or federation can be loaded and edited. Tool support for
developing SOMs and FOMs reduces development-time, errors and ultimately
cost. The Visual OMT™ 1516 visual and intuitive representations of simulation
objects and interactions make it the perfect tool for both development and
presentation of object model information.
Visual OMT™ 1516 has the capability to import and convert OMT files for HLA
v1.3 [2]. This conversion is an important step when migrating from HLA v1.3 to
IEEE1516. Initialization data to an RTI (HLA Runtime Infrastructure) can be
exported in either HLA1.3 FED format or IEEE1516 FDD to support all versions
of all certified RTIs.
To make Visual OMT™ 1516 available on as many platforms as possible the
application is written in Java and uses a Java Virtual Machine, which is included
with the installation.
Basic knowledge of the IEEE1516.2 standard is recommended in order to fully
understand and utilize Visual OMT™ 1516. This standard is available from
www.ieee.org.
Figure 1 – Migrating from HLA 1.3 to HLA 1516.

Visual OMT™ 1516 User’s Guide Getting started
2 Getting started
2.1 Installation
Visual OMT™ 1516 comes with standard installer application for Windows.
Double click and follow the instructions to complete installation.
2.2 Starting Visual OMT™ 1516

Start the application by selecting Visual OMT™ 1516 on the start-menu
(Windows).
For advanced users: To create your own shortcuts/scripts or starting by command-
line, execute your java virtual machine (JRE1.4.1) with the main class of Visual
OMT™ (se.pitch.visualomt.VisualOMT) without any arguments.
2.3 License
The license key provided with the installation package must be entered on first use
of Visual OMT™ 1516.
On first use or expiration of a time-limited license, the following dialog is
displayed on startup.
Figure 2 – License Dialog.

Enter the license and press return to start using Visual OMT™ 1516. After entering
an invalid license for the third time the application will exit.
2.4 About this User’s Guide

In this User’s Guide all screen shots have been made when Visual OMT™ is set to
use the cross-platform GUI appearance - “Java Look & Feel”.
Visual OMT™ 1516 User’s Guide Overview
3 Overview
Visual OMT™ 1516 is able to handle multiple OMT documents simultaneously.
Figure 3 – Visual OMT™ 1516 with a sample OMT document.
3.1 Desktop
The desktop area of Visual OMT™ contains all open OMT documents. A
document can be expanded to fill the entire desktop area or minimized to an icon
representing the document.
3.2 Menus
Visual OMT™ main menu contains pull-down menus to access functions for file
management, editing, help, wizards and other tools. The Project menu is not
available in this version of Visual OMT™. Available selections on each pull-down
menu are described later in this User’s Guide.
3.3 Toolbar
The toolbar is available for quick and easy access to commonly used functions.
Each toolbar button is associated with an item in one of the menus and the function
performed when pressing a toolbar button is the same as when selecting that menu
item.
Figure 4 – The toolbar.

Change the location of the toolbar by dragging it to either side of the desktop area
or use it as a floating window.
New document
Open document
Visual OMT™ 1516 User’s Guide Overview
Save current document

Print current view
Print preview (not enabled in this version)
Cut (not enabled in this version)
Copy (not enabled in this version)
Paste (not enabled in this version)
Find (not enabled in this version)
Undo (not enabled in this version)
Redo (not enabled in this version)
OMT 1.3 to 1516 Migration Wizard
OMT 1516 to FED 1.3 Wizard
Generate HTML Wizard
Consistency Checker
Visual OMT™ 1516 User’s Guide OMT document
4 OMT document
OMT documents consist of several views representing different tables of the OMT
specification. These views are displayed as tabs at the bottom of the OMT
document window.
Figure 5 – OMT document window.

The OMT document window can be expanded to cover the entire desktop area by
pressing the button in the title bar of the window. After the window is expanded
the button can be used to return to previous size. Pressing will shrink the
window to an icon and closes the window. The title bar also displays the name
of the model.
4.1 New Document

To create a new OMT document, select File | New, press the tool button or use
the keyboard accelerator Ctrl + N. All new documents are based on templates.
Available templates are displayed in a dialog and can be selected for creating a new
document based on that template.
Figure 6 – Create new document using templates.

Templates are in fact HLA IEEE 1516 OMT files located in the Visual OMT™
installation directory. The template directory consists of any number of
subdirectories representing the tabs of the “Create new document” dialog. Users
can add additional subdirectories and template files in these directories.
4.2 Open Document

To open an OMT document, select File | Open or press the tool button.
Figure 7 – The file selection dialog.

Use the file selection dialog to browse the file system and select the file to open.
The only files supported are HLA IEEE 1516 OMT files. For other file types, see
Import Files.
As default only files with extensions .omt and .xml are shown in the dialog. Use
the “Files of Type” setting to change file filter to display all files.
4.3 Object Classes

The object class structure view is used to enter information about HLA object
classes and attributes and corresponds to information in the OMT tables Object
Class Structure Table, Attribute Table, Object Class Definition Table and Attribute
Definition Table, see [1].
Figure 8 – Object Classes View.

As shown in the figure 7, the view consists of three panels Left, Top and Bottom.
The left panel is a tree component displaying the hierarchical layout of the object
classes. The top panel shows the main object class work area with an optimized
layout of the classes. At the bottom there is a panel displaying more detailed
information about a selected object class and its attributes.
4.3.1 Add new object classes
To add a new object class, click on the white arrow at the right-hand side of an
object class. Drag while keeping the mouse pressed to draw a line from the object
class.
Release mouse button to create the new subclass. The name of the newly created
subclass is selected and you can enter a new name.
An alternative way of extending your object class hierarchy is to click the right
mouse button on any object class and select the Add Subclass menu item.
4.3.2 Delete object classes

To delete an object class, click the right mouse button on the class and select the
Delete menu item. This will delete the selected object class and all its subclasses.
To only delete subclasses of the selected class, select the Delete Subclasses menu
item.
4.3.3 Move object classes

An object class and its subclasses can be moved to change the layout of the class
hierarchy. To move an object class, click on the object class (not on the white
arrow). Drag while keeping the mouse pressed to move the object class. A line will
indicate the new parent object class. To complete the move, release the mouse
button.
If the right mouse button is used to drag an object class, a menu will appear when
the mouse button is released. From this menu select Move Here to complete the
move.
Note: An object class cannot be moved to become a subclass of itself. The Move
Here menu item is disabled and the move action will be ignored.
Object classes can be moved between documents.
4.3.4 Copy object classes

To copy an object class, use the right mouse button to drag the object class. A line
will indicate to which location the object class will be copied. Release the mouse
button and select Copy Class Here from the menu to complete the copy.
To copy the entire subtree, select Copy Subtree Here instead.

Object classes can be copied between documents
4.3.5 Expand and collapse object class sub-trees

Collapsing the subtree will hide subclasses of an object class. Click on the white
arrow to collapse an object class subtree. If an object class has a collapsed subtree
the arrow will be grayed.
Click on the gray arrow to expand the subtree.
4.3.6 View object class attributes

If an object class contains attributes a flip-down button will appear at the lower left
corner of the object class.
To show the attributes defined for an object class, click the attribute flip-down
button.
Attributes are displayed with name, datatype, sharing, ownership and delivery
information, where:
p = publishable
s = subscribable
d = divest
a = acquire
ts = timestamp
ro = receive order
To show inherited attributes, click the right mouse button on the object class and
select Show inherited.
Inherited attributes will be displayed with a different color.
4.3.7 Copy object class attributes

To copy attributes between object classes, select the attributes to copy and drag to
the destination object class. Release the mouse button to complete the copy.
Multiple attributes can be selected by holding the CTRL or SHIFT key while
clicking on attributes.
4.3.8 Edit object class

The bottom panel in the Object Class View will always display an editor for the
currently selected object class. Double click on a class to open a separate object
class editor.
Figure 9 – Edit object class.

The object class editor is divided into two views, General information and
Attributes. The gray triangle next to the labels are Notes indicators, see section
3.12 for more information on how to use Notes.
In the General view the Name, Sharing and Semantics can be edited. Simply enter
the information in the text fields and check boxes.
Figure 10 – Edit Attributes using Less Details.

The Attribute view displays all attributes defined for the object class. Information
can be viewed in more or less detail. Press the Show More Detail button for more
detail.
Figure 11 – Edit Attributes Using More Detail.

Attribute information is edited using a table. Table cells contain text fields, drop
down menus and combo boxes. An auto-completion utility is available to simplify
datatype selection.
To add a new attribute press Add button or enter a new attribute name on the last
row in the table. Select attributes and press Remove button to remove.
4.4 Interaction Classes

The interaction class structure view is used to enter information about HLA
interaction classes and parameters and corresponds to information in the OMT
tables Interaction Class Structure Table, Parameter Table, Interaction Class
Definition Table and Parameter Definition Table, see [1].
Figure 12 – Interaction Class View.

The layout of this view is similar to the object class structure. See section 4.3.
When working with interaction classes the same basic actions as for object classes
are used to add, delete, move, copy, expand and collapse.
4.4.1 Interaction parameters

Parameters are displayed with name and datatype.
4.4.2 Edit interaction class

The interaction class editor is divided into three views, General information,
Routing information and Parameters.
In the General view the Name, Sharing and Semantics can be edited. Simply enter
the information in the text fields and check boxes.
Figure 13 – Edit Interaction Class.

In the Routing view the Transportation Type, Order Type and Dimensions for the
interaction class can be specified.
Figure 14 – Interaction Class Routing Information.

Parameter information is edited using a table. Table cells contain text fields, drop
down menus and combo boxes. An auto-completion utility is available to simplify
datatype selection.
Figure 15 – Interaction Class Parameters.

To add a new parameter press Add button or enter a new attribute name on the last
row in the table. Select parameters and press Remove button to remove.
4.5 Datatypes
The datatypes view consists of two panels. The top panel contains a table of all
available datatypes and the bottom panel is an editor for the datatype selected in the
datatypes table.
Figure 16 – Datatypes View.

The datatypes table contains basic information such as name, type and semantics.
There are six different datatypes. Basic data, simple, array, enumerated, fixed
record and variant record datatypes. “Unknown” is displayed in the Type column
for an undefined datatype.
4.5.1 Basic Data

Basic data is not actually a datatype that can be used to define attributes and
parameters. It is used to define primitive building blocks from which simple
datatypes are constructed. Note that this means that the basic datatypes are not
available when you are setting a datatype for example an attribute.
Figure 17 – Basic Data.

The datatype editor for basic data consists of text-fields and drop-down menus for
entering the information.
4.5.2 Simple Datatype

Simple datatypes are defined using a basic data as representation.
Figure 18 – Simple Datatype.

Other information is entered using text-fields and editable combo-boxes.
4.5.3 Array Datatype

An array datatype represent a sequence (dynamic or fixed cardinality) of elements
of some datatype (not basic data).
Figure 19 – Array Datatype.

There are two predefined encodings for arrays (HLAfixedArray and
HLAvariableArray), ref[1].
4.5.4 Enumerated Datatype

An enumerated datatype is a mapping between a name and a value of a defined
datatype representation.
Figure 20 – Enumerated Datatype.

To add a new enumerator press Add Enumerator button and enter a new
enumerator name on the last row of the table. Select enumerators and press Remove
Enumerator button to remove.
4.5.5 Fixed Record Datatype

A fixed record datatype consists of a number of fields, each represented by a
datatype.
Figure 21 – Fixed Record Datatype.

To add a new field press Add Field or enter a new field name on the last row in the
table. Select fields and press Remove Field to remove. The order in which the fields
are defined is significant. To change order of a field, select it and press Move Up or
Move Down button.
4.5.6 Variant Record Datatype

Based on a discriminant value this datatype can be used as a union datatype
combining other datatypes to allow the user to define attributes and parameters
with shifting datatype representation. The datatype alternatives are listed in a table.
Figure 22 – Variant Record Datatype.

To add a new alternative press Add Alternative or enter a new alternative on the
last row in the table. Select alternatives and press Remove Alternative to remove.
The order in which the alternatives are defined is significant. To change order of a
field, select it and press Move Up or Move Down button.
4.6 User-Supplied Tags

Some services in the RTI can have an extra parameter (User-defined tag). This
table documents the datatype and semantics of these tags.
Figure 23 – User Supplied Tags Table.
4.7 Transportation Types

When updating attributes or sending interactions the RTI uses the associated
transportation type to perform the delivery of the information. In this table two
predefined transportation types are documented (HLAreliable and HLAbestEffort).
Additional transportation types can be added. (remember that the RTI you are
using must be able to support your user-defined transportation types).
Figure 24 – Transportation Types Table.

To add a transportation type, press Add or enter a new name in the last row of the
table. To remove transportation types, select rows and press Remove.
4.8 Dimensions
By associating attributes and interaction classes with dimensions, the data
distribution services of the RTI can optimize delivery of data. In this table all
available dimensions are documented.
Figure 25 – Data Distribution Dimensions Table.

To add a new dimension, press Add or enter a new dimension name in the last row
of the table. To remove dimensions, select rows and press Remove.
4.9 Time Representation

In HLA the representation of time is user-defined. This table documents the
datatype used for TimeStamp and Lookahead.
Figure 26 – Time RepresentationTable.
4.10 Synchronization Points
Figure 27 – Synchronization Points.

To add a synchronization point, press Add or enter a new name in the last row of
the table. To remove synchronization points, select rows and press Remove.
4.11 Switches
This table indicates the settings of RTI switches.
Figure 28 – RTI Switches.

4.12 Notes
Every item in the object model can be associated with notes. To indicate the
presence of a note a red triangle is shown next to the item. Text-fields and other
items, which are not edited in table cells, have their notes indicated next to the
corresponding label.
Figure 29 – Notes indication.

In figure 28 notes are indicated for the enumerated datatype name and for some
enumerator information.
To add a note, right-click in the table-cell or on the label and select Notes on the
menu.
A table with all available notes is displayed. Checked boxes indicate the selected
notes. To add new notes simply enter new Id and Semantics on the last row in the
table.
Notes can also be edited in the Notes Table.
Figure 30 – Notes Table.

To add new notes, select Add or enter a new name on the last row of the table. To
remove notes, select rows in the table and press Remove.
4.13 Object Model Identification

The object model identification table contain fields for entering meta-data
information about the model. Use text-fields and drop-down menus to enter the
information.
Figure 31 – Object Model Identification Table.

Visual OMT™ 1516 User’s Guide Wizards
5 Wizards
5.1 Migrate from OMT 1.3 Wizard
When opening a FOM or SOM saved in the OMT 1.3 DIF, a wizard for converting
to HLA IEEE1516 is started. Follow the instructions on the wizard to complete the
conversion.
5.1.1 Step 1 Welcome
5.1.2 Step 2 Basic Datatypes Mapping

Select which HLA OMT 1516 datatype to use for corresponding OMT 1.3
datatype.
5.1.3 Step 3 Routing Spaces to Dimensions

Each Routing Space dimension in OMT 1.3 will be mapped to a corresponding
dimension in OMT 1516. Give the new dimensions appropriate names.
5.1.4 Step 4 Representation for Enumerations

Select appropriate representation for converted OMT 1.3 enumerated datatypes.
5.1.5 Step 5 Rename Simple Datatypes

In OMT 1.3 attributes and parameters were described using datatype, unit,
resolution and accuracy information. In OMT 1516 these characteristics are
documented as part of the datatype description. New datatypes with this
information are created and in this wizard the name of the generated datatype can
be changed.
5.1.6 Step 6 Rename Array Datatypes

Give appropriate name to generated array datatypes.
5.2 Convert to FED 1.3 Wizard

This wizard will help you convert your FOM to a HLA 1.3 FED file used by RTI’s
developed for the HLA 1.3 standard. Select Wizards|FED File Wizard from the
menu to launch the wizard.
5.2.2 Step 2 Map Dimensions to Routing Spaces
When generating a FED file the dimensions associated to attributes and interaction
classes must be grouped into Routing Spaces. This dialog will help you give an
appropriate name to the generated RoutingSpaces.
5.2.3 Step 3 Save the FED file
Select a filename and location for the generated FED file. Press the Finish button
to complete the wizard.
5.3 Generate HTML Wizard

The OMT document can be formatted as tables in HTML format. Use the HTML
wizard to export your FOM or SOM to HTML.
5.3.2 Step 2 Configure Output

Set the configuration parameters:

Display result in default web browser
Generate Links – will generate HTML hypertext links between items in the
document
Include MOM data in output – if not checked MOM data will not be included
in the generated HTML tables.
Custom heading – enter your own heading for the generated HTML table.
5.3.3 Step 3 Save HTML file
Select filename and location. Press Finish button to complete wizard.

Visual OMT™ 1516 User’s Guide Miscellaneous
6 Miscellaneous
6.1 Consistency Check
The consistency check tool is available from the Tools menu and will perform a
validation of the model against the IEEE1516.2 XML DTD format.
Validation errors will be displayed as if applying a DTD to the saved model.

Therefore, line-numbers in the validation results indicate the line in file if the
model is saved.
6.2 Printing
To set up your page printing preferences, select File | Page Setup…
To print, select a view for printing and then select File|Print…
Visual OMT™ 1516 User’s Guide Miscellaneous
Set the scale factor and press Ok to print the selected view.
6.3 Exporting PNG and JPG images

The object and interaction class hierarchies can be exported as images in jpeg or
PNG format.
Select one of the class hierarchy views and then select File | Export…
Select file type PNG or JPG, a filename and press Save.

Visual OMT™ 1516 User’s Guide Error! Reference source not found.
7 Reference
[1] IEEE Std 1516.2, IEEE Standard for Modeling and Simulation (M&S) High
Level Architecture (HLA) – Object Model Template (OMT) Specification
[2] U.S. Department of Defense, High Level Architecture, Object Model
Template, Version 1.3

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Contents

Figure 1 – Migrating from HLA 1.3 to HLA 1516.

2.2 Starting Visual OMT™ 1516

Figure 2 – License Dialog.

2.4 About this User’s Guide

Figure 3 – Visual OMT™ 1516 with a sample OMT document.

Figure 4 – The toolbar.

Save current document

Figure 5 – OMT document window.

4.1 New Document

Figure 6 – Create new document using templates.

4.2 Open Document

Figure 7 – The file selection dialog.

4.3 Object Classes

Figure 8 – Object Classes View.

4.3.1 Add new object classes

4.3.2 Delete object classes

4.3.3 Move object classes

4.3.4 Copy object classes

To copy the entire subtree, select Copy Subtree Here instead.

4.3.5 Expand and collapse object class sub-trees

Click on the gray arrow to expand the subtree.

4.3.6 View object class attributes

Inherited attributes will be displayed with a different color.

4.3.7 Copy object class attributes

4.3.8 Edit object class

Figure 9 – Edit object class.

Figure 10 – Edit Attributes using Less Details.

Figure 11 – Edit Attributes Using More Detail.

4.4 Interaction Classes

Figure 12 – Interaction Class View.

4.4.1 Interaction parameters

4.4.2 Edit interaction class

Figure 13 – Edit Interaction Class.

Figure 14 – Interaction Class Routing Information.

Figure 15 – Interaction Class Parameters.

Figure 16 – Datatypes View.

4.5.1 Basic Data

Figure 17 – Basic Data.

4.5.2 Simple Datatype

Figure 18 – Simple Datatype.

4.5.3 Array Datatype

Figure 19 – Array Datatype.

4.5.4 Enumerated Datatype

Figure 20 – Enumerated Datatype.

4.5.5 Fixed Record Datatype

Figure 21 – Fixed Record Datatype.

4.5.6 Variant Record Datatype

Figure 22 – Variant Record Datatype.

4.6 User-Supplied Tags

Figure 23 – User Supplied Tags Table.

4.7 Transportation Types

Figure 24 – Transportation Types Table.

Figure 25 – Data Distribution Dimensions Table.

4.9 Time Representation

Figure 26 – Time RepresentationTable.

4.10 Synchronization Points

Figure 27 – Synchronization Points.

Figure 28 – RTI Switches.

Figure 29 – Notes indication.

Figure 30 – Notes Table.

4.13 Object Model Identification

Figure 31 – Object Model Identification Table.