MagicDraw/Cameo: You can edit context-specific values (initial values) directly in an IBD by using the context menu item Tools > Define Context Specific Initial Values on appropriate blocks; once activated you can edit the values directly like Slot values

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The SysML block compartment name 'initialValues' for what are really "context-specific values" is confusing - even completely misleading; please just think of them as 'contextValues' (and initial values as a special context case)
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MagicDraw/Cameo: For context-specific values you do not have to deal with fiddly instances, you can edit the values directly in the 'initialValues' compartment! Enable 'Tools > Define Context Specific Initial Value' on a part whose Block has a value.
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Figure D.41 - Special Case of Internal Block Diagram Showing Reference to Specific Properties (serial numbers)
Figure D.41 - Supporting InstanceSpecification tree for 'initialValues (context-specific values) in MagicDraw/Cameo
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[FEATURE, TIP, TOOL]{INFORMATIVE} MagicDraw/Cameo: For context-specific values you do not have to deal with fiddly instances, you can edit the values directly in the 'initialValues' compartment! Enable 'Tools > Define Context Specific Initial Value' on a part whose Block has a value.
[FEATURE, TIP, TOOL, WARNING]{INFORMATIVE} MagicDraw/Cameo: The context menu item 'Tools > Define Context-Specific Value' will only be available UNTIL you have assigned one! Thereafter it does not appear anymore because the tool will have already created a tree of instances to carry the values.
[FEATURE, TIP, TOOL, WARNING]{INFORMATIVE} MagicDraw/Cameo: The context menu item 'Tools > Define Context-Specific Value' will only ever be available in an Internal Block Diagram on a part property symbol typed by a Block that has a value property!
[ASSERTION, NAMING, WARNING] The SysML block compartment name 'initialValues' for what are really "context-specific values" is confusing - even completely misleading; please just think of them as 'contextValues' (and initial values as a special context case)
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