MagicDraw/Cameo: For context-specific values you do not have to deal with fiddly instances, you can edit the values directly in the 'initialValues' compartment! Enable 'Tools > Define Context Specific Initial Value' on a part whose Block has a value.

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initial values
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Tools > Define Context Specific Initial Value
This menu item is only available in an Internal Block Diagram (IBD) on the symbol of a part property typed by a Block that has a value property:
MagicDraw/Cameo: The context menu item 'Tools > Define Context-Specific Value' will only ever be available in an Internal Block Diagram on a part property symbol typed by a Block that has a value property!
MagicDraw/Cameo: The context menu item 'Tools > Define Context-Specific Value' will only be available UNTIL you have assigned one! Thereafter it does not appear anymore because the tool will have already created a tree of instances to carry the values.
Make sure you also display the initialValues compartment on the relevant part whose Block owns the value property (ensure the display option Suppress Context-Specific Values is NOT checked under the symbol proeprties).
Relates to
Figure D.41 - Special Case of Internal Block Diagram Showing Reference to Specific Properties (serial numbers)
Figure D.41 - Supporting InstanceSpecification tree for 'initialValues (context-specific values) in MagicDraw/Cameo
Values - SmartPhone with 2 PhoneCameras - IBD
Values - LuxuryPhoneConfig - IBD
Context-specific values tree in SysML - DEMO OVERVIEW
Related notes
[DISPLAY, FEATURE, TIP, TOOL] MagicDraw/Cameo: To show the type of initialValues (context-specific values) use the display option Show Slot Type
[ASSERTION, NAMING, WARNING] The SysML block compartment name 'initialValues' for what are really "context-specific values" is confusing - even completely misleading; please just think of them as 'contextValues' (and initial values as a special context case)
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