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SysMLv1: Cameo Simulation Toolkit: Activity & StateMachine simulation: relative TimeEvent triggers, Transitions & doActivity [with mini video]

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TRAIL: SysMLv1/UML: Cameo Simulation Toolkit® (Magic Model Analyst®): Some basics for beginners and some more advanced cases [with mini videos]
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ESSENTIAL
UML keywords
Activity
CallBehaviorAction
Trigger::event
TimeEvent::isRelative
TimeEvent
State
Transition
Trigger
Transition::trigger
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SysML Activity Diagram
SysML Block Definition Diagram (BDD)
SysML StateMachine Diagram
In the following Block, Activity, and StateMachine setup and according to the shown TimeEvents will “Done Second” ever be printed?
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An 'isRelative' TimeEvent will trigger the Transition from state 'Second' to state 'Escaped' before the doActivity 'DoSecond' (which may be interrupted by a Transition) can print “Done Second”.
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  [UML-2.5.1] terminate – Entering a terminate Pseudostate implies that the execution of the StateMachine is terminated immediately. The StateMachine does not exit any States nor does it perform any exit Behaviors. Any executing doActivity Behaviors are ... aborted
  [UML-2.5.1] ... if a doActivity Behavior is defined for the State, this Behavior commences execution immediately after the entry Behavior is executed. It executes concurrently with any subsequent Behaviors associated with entering the State, such as the entry ...
  [UML-2.5.1] If the State has a doActivity Behavior that is still executing when the State is exited, that Behavior is aborted before the exit Behavior commences execution.
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