Patent ID: 8560290
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to: identify a first icon in a graphical model representing a target system, the first icon representing a component model of the target system, the component model having a plurality of configurations; select a first configuration for the component model from the plurality of configurations; incorporate the first configuration for the component model into the graphical model through the first icon; save the graphical model that includes the first icon representing the first configuration of the component model in a memory; select a second configuration for the component model from the plurality of configurations; dynamically modify, in the graphical model, the first icon from representing the first configuration of the component model to representing the second configuration of the component model, where the dynamically modifying occurs without removing the saved graphical model from the memory; and incorporate the second configuration of the component model into the graphical model through the first icon after the second configuration is selected, the incorporating including: