Setup of Eclipse for MagicDraw development: Difference between revisions

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# Choose ~/windows-shared/mac-workspace as workspace (and check “Use this as the default and do not ask again”)
# Choose ~/windows-shared/mac-workspace as workspace (and check “Use this as the default and do not ask again”)
# Open Eclipse -> Help -> Install New Software...
# Open Eclipse -> Help -> Install New Software...
::* Choose “All Available Sites"
:* Choose “All Available Sites"
::* Enter filter text: “eclipse sdk"
:* Enter filter text: “eclipse sdk"
::* Select “Eclipse SDK”. Do not select anything else.
:* Select “Eclipse SDK”. Do not select anything else.
::* Next, Next, accept the terms, Finish
:* Next, Next, accept the terms, Finish
::* Wait for Eclipse to finish the install, but don’t restart
:* Wait for Eclipse to finish the install, but don’t restart
::* Quit
:* Quit
# Open /Applications/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/eclipse.ini and delete the lines referencing “smallFonts”. Start Eclipse
# Open /Applications/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/eclipse.ini and delete the lines referencing “smallFonts”. Start Eclipse
# In bash, cd into ~/windows-shared/projects-shared/magicdraw
# In bash, cd into ~/windows-shared/projects-shared/magicdraw
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# In bash, rm -rf com.nomagic.*
# In bash, rm -rf com.nomagic.*
# In Eclipse
# In Eclipse
::* File -> Import… -> Existing files into workspace
:* File -> Import… -> Existing files into workspace
::* Select root directory: ~/windows-shared/projects-shared/magicdraw
:* Select root directory: ~/windows-shared/projects-shared/magicdraw
::* Choose all six available projects
:* Choose all six available projects
::* Select Finish
:* Select Finish
9. In Eclipse:
9. In Eclipse:
1. Right-click on MAGIC_DRAW_INSTALL_DIRECTORY, select Properties
1. Right-click on MAGIC_DRAW_INSTALL_DIRECTORY, select Properties

Revision as of 01:20, 13 June 2021

Preparatory on macOS

  1. Ensure that ~/windows-shared is shared between the VMware Windows OS and macOS.
  2. In that directory, create subdirectories mac-workspace, windows-workspace, and projects-shared
  3. Also create projects-shared/magicdraw and projects-shared/smartfacts
  4. If setting up as if new, rm -rf ~/.eclipse /Applications/Eclipse.app eclipse-workspace/.metadata ~/Library/*/org.eclipse* (or substitute workspace to delete .metadata)

On macOS

  1. Open MagicDraw .dmg, drag Eclipse.app to /Applications
  2. Choose ~/windows-shared/mac-workspace as workspace (and check “Use this as the default and do not ask again”)
  3. Open Eclipse -> Help -> Install New Software...
  • Choose “All Available Sites"
  • Enter filter text: “eclipse sdk"
  • Select “Eclipse SDK”. Do not select anything else.
  • Next, Next, accept the terms, Finish
  • Wait for Eclipse to finish the install, but don’t restart
  • Quit
  1. Open /Applications/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/eclipse.ini and delete the lines referencing “smallFonts”. Start Eclipse
  2. In bash, cd into ~/windows-shared/projects-shared/magicdraw
  3. In bash, unzip /Applications/MagicDraw/openapi/ide/eclipse.zip
  4. In bash, rm -rf com.nomagic.*
  5. In Eclipse
  • File -> Import… -> Existing files into workspace
  • Select root directory: ~/windows-shared/projects-shared/magicdraw
  • Choose all six available projects
  • Select Finish

9. In Eclipse: 1. Right-click on MAGIC_DRAW_INSTALL_DIRECTORY, select Properties 2. Click on Location Edit 3. Choose Folder, and brows to /Applications/MagicDraw 4. OK 5. Apply and Close 10. In Eclipse: 1. Double-click on MagicDraw bundles+Running Platform.target 2. Click Set as Active Target Platform 3. You should now have no errors 4. You may have a few warnings; these can be ignored for now 11. In Eclipse: 1. Open Run -> Run Configurations 2. Choose OSGI Framework -> MagicDraw with all plugins 3. Run 12. In Eclipse: 1. Select com.nomagic.magicdraw.integration* projects 2. Choose Delete 3. Yes, delete on-disk contents too 13. In Eclipse: 1. Eclipse -> Preferences -> General -> Appearance -> Colors and Fonts -> Text Font -> Edit: set to 13 or 14 point. Apply. 2. Eclipse -> Preferences -> General -> Keys