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Forgive us! These docs are a work in progress. Some pages may be incomplete or describe features that aren't quite finished yet. Farkitect is in early development and we don't recommend using it for real work just yet. Feel free to explore — just be aware that things are still being built.

How to import a .farki package

Import a package

Section titled “Import a package”
  1. File > Import…
  2. Select the .farki file from your filesystem
  3. The file’s contents are imported into your current project

The imported packages appear in the Explorer. If the file contains an M2 metamodel, its element types and relationship types become available in the Palette for any diagram that imports that metamodel.

What gets imported

Section titled “What gets imported”

A .farki file can contain:

  • M2 metamodel packages — element types, relationship types, notation, properties, enumerations, and constraints
  • M1 model packages — elements, relationships, property values, diagrams, and catalogs
  • Both — a file can include an M2 metamodel and M1 models that use it

All packages in the file are imported into the current project. Existing packages with the same name are not overwritten — duplicates are created side by side.

Project-scope vs package-scope files

Section titled “Project-scope vs package-scope files”
  • Package-scope files (the most common) contain one or more packages. Use File > Import… to bring them into an existing project.
  • Project-scope files contain a complete project. Use File > New Project… > From File to create a new project from these.

The file’s scope is set when it’s exported. You can check the scope by opening the .farki file in a text editor and looking at the "scope" field.