Equipment ArchiMate

Access ArchiMate is one out of three ‘Dependency Relationships’ from the ArchiMate metamodel. IT represents a data dependency and is denoted by a dashed line.

The physical viewpoint contains equipment (one or more physical machines, tools, or instruments) that can create, use, store, move, or transform materials, how the equipment is connected via the distribution network, and what other active elements are assigned to the equipment.