Describing Artifact Components
Creating an artifact component
To describe that an artifact, such as equipment architecture of an operator, implements another artifact, such as an operator station, you will create an Artifact Component in the equipment architecture and associate an operator station with it.
To create an artifact component:
1. In the artifact assembly diagram objects toolbar, click Artifact Component 
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.2. Click in the described object frame.
A creation dialog box asks you to select the Artifact Used, either from existing artifacts, or from a new artifact.
Example: select "Operator Station".
In the case where the artifact you wish to use does not yet exist in the repository, you can postpone its creation. If created, you can modify it later.3. Click OK.
Creating an application host
To describe that an artifact such as a standard workstation is a standard PC hosting basic applications such as an electronic mail service application, you will create an Application Host type component and associate the required application with it.
To create an Application Host:
1. In the artifact assembly diagram objects toolbar, click Application Host 
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.2. Click in the diagram.
A creation dialog box asks you to select a Hosted Application.
3. Select the application (in our example the electronic mail service application) and click OK.
Channels and communication ports
Communication channels support transfer of information between equipment resources. For more details on creation of these channels and the associated communication protocols, see Communication channels.
Communication ports enable connection of artifact equipment resources with external equipment elements. For more details on how to connect communication ports between different components, see Connecting Communication Element Points.