Tutorial: Project Development

Our customer wants a tool to aid in management of Motion Picture Production. In this tutorial we are going to create a new project type to Simantics platform. This includes a ui plugin, perspective and a feature.

Step 1: Create UI Plugin

Create a the UI plugin. Open wizard.

• File >> New >> Plug-in Development >> Plug-in Project >> Next >

Project name for feature is com.acme.movie.ui. Next >. You do have a use for activator, so keep that checked. Also you will make UI contributions, but not a rick client application. Finish

Add perspective

Step 2: Create Feature

Feature is a set of plug-ins grouped into a single manageable unit. Open wizard.

• File >> New >> Plug-in Development >> Feature Project >> Next >

Project name for feature is com.acme.movie.feature. Next >. The feature includes both com.acme.* plugins (.ontology, .ui), check in. Finish

Step 3: Run in Simantics

Now its time to give it a go and run the feature in Simantics.