PrF UG classes create class

Creating a New Class

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Glossary, Editing Help

To create a new class:

1. In the Class Browser, highlight the class that you want to be the superclass of the new class.

   

   Class Browser, "Author" class highlighted

2. Click the Create Class () button in the class buttons area at the right of the Class Browser. Alternatively, you can click the right mouse button and select Create Class from the class menu.

   

   Class menu, "Create Class" selected

3. The new class will be added under the highlighted class. It will have a default name, such as newspaper_Class_1.

   

   addition of newspaper_Class_1 class

4. Use the Class Editor to name the class, choose its role, create constraints, and create and edit slots. See Editing a Class for more information.

Class Editor