Generic Instantiation Plug-in User Guide

Introduction

The Generic Instantiation (GI) Feature plug-in allows to instantiate and reuse generic developments in other formal developments..

See the Generic Instantiation page for technical details.

Installing and Updating

Setup

The following steps will guide you through the setup process:

1. Download Rodin for your platform.
2. Extract the downloaded zip file.
3. Start Rodin from the folder where you extracted the zip file in the previous step.
4. Install the Generic Instantiation Feature plug-in:
   1. In the menu choose Help -> Install New Software...
   2. In the Work with dropdown list, choose the location URL: Rodin
   3. Select the Generic Instantiation Feature feature under the Utilities category, then click the check box
   4. Click Next, after some time, the Install Details page appears
   5. Click Next and accept the license
   6. Click Finish
   7. A Security Warning window may appear: click OK
5. Restart Rodin as suggested.

Now you are ready to use the Decomposition plug-in.

Update

The following steps will guide you through the update process:

1. In Rodin open the preferences (Window -> Preferences or for Mac: Rodin -> Preferences)
2. Find Install/Update -> Automatic Updates
3. Select Automatically find new updates and notify me

As soon as Rodin finds a new update it will ask you if you would like to install it.

Release Notes

See the Generic Instantiation Feature Release History.