SysMLv1: MagicDraw/Cameo: HOWTO show "missing" ItemFlows after using Display Related Elements to re-draw Associations and Connectors. Use the 'Show Realised Item Flows' and 'Realize All Item Flows' smart manipulators.

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Every wondered where your ItemFlows have gone after using Display Related Elements to redraw an Association or Connector? Is the ItemFlow arrow showing but not the conveyed Classifier name?
Use the 'Show Realised Item Flows' smart manipulator to show them!
If there is already an ItemFlow defined on an Association that types a Connector, but it isn't also realized by the Connector yet, use the 'Show Realised Item Flows' smart manipulator instead. It will then also assign the Connector as a 'realizingConnector'.
Visit also: SysMLv1: MagicDraw/Cameo: Synchronising ItemFlows on Connectors with ObjectFlows in Activities using the Item Flow Manager. Nice!
Visit also: SysMLv1: MagicDraw/Cameo: If redisplay of an Association with an InformationFlow or ItemFlow creates a strange extra dashed line with «ItemFlow» keywords (separate from the Association) just remove (only) that extra dashed line from the diagram.
And remember always:
Webel: SysML: Heard of "follow the money"? In MBSE we "follow the flows"! Identify requests, data packets, message, signals early on and use ItemFlow as often as you can wherever you can! Adopt a signal processing mindset throughout (systems thinking).

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[DISPLAY, ISSUE, TOOL]{INFORMATIVE} SysMLv1: MagicDraw/Cameo: If redisplay of an Association with an InformationFlow or ItemFlow creates a strange extra dashed line with «ItemFlow» keywords (separate from the Association) just remove (only) that extra dashed line from the diagram.
[MODELLING, TIP, TOOL]{INFORMATIVE} SysMLv1: MagicDraw/Cameo: Synchronising ItemFlows on Connectors with ObjectFlows in Activities using the Item Flow Manager. Nice!
[ASSERTION, MODELLING, PATTERN]{STRONG} Webel: SysML: Heard of "follow the money"? In MBSE we "follow the flows"! Identify requests, data packets, message, signals early on and use ItemFlow as often as you can wherever you can! Adopt a signal processing mindset throughout (systems thinking).
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