# Architecture View

The architecture view allows to visualize the loaded architecture definition of the eclipse instance. You can open this view by the eclipse menu 'Window'> 'Show view'> 'Other...' and select 'Architecture View' in 'Papyrus Dev' category:

When this window is open, the informations are automatically loaded and filled into the table. You can find depending to the levels:

1. The architectures defined
2. The contexts
3. The viewpoints

The columns of this view are the following:

1. The name
2. The identifier of the architecture
3. Column to define if the architecture is merged or not: A merged architecture is an architecture with the same context as defined in another architecture
4. The file name of the architecture
5. The plugin name containing the architecture file
6. Column to define if the architecture file is valid (run by validation)

Some actions are possibles with this view:

- The columns can be sorted by clicking on its header.
- The architecture file can be opened by double-click on its definition.