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diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/plugin.xml b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/plugin.xml
index 0a39b9dfe8677486a5149fab012ce2d7852b6f3f..c0ffbc07a5b6c49de3adca472e3ad74ed675fa5f 100644
--- a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/plugin.xml
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/plugin.xml
@@ -121,5 +121,14 @@
             contributor="org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.internal.views.NavigatorNewMenu">
       </contextMenuContribution>
    </extension>
+   <extension
+         point="org.eclipse.ui.perspectives">
+      <perspective
+            class="org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.internal.perspective.StoragePerspective"
+            icon="icons/folder_storage.gif"
+            id="org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.storage.perspective"
+            name="Storage">
+      </perspective>
+   </extension>
 
 </plugin>
diff --git a/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/internal/perspective/StoragePerspective.java b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/internal/perspective/StoragePerspective.java
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui/trunk/src/org/fortiss/tooling/kernel/ui/internal/perspective/StoragePerspective.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+$Id$
+|                                                                          |
+| Copyright 2011 ForTISS GmbH                     |
+|                                                                          |
+| Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");          |
+| you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.         |
+| You may obtain a copy of the License at                                  |
+|                                                                          |
+|    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                            |
+|                                                                          |
+| Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software      |
+| distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,        |
+| WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
+| See the License for the specific language governing permissions and      |
+| limitations under the License.                                           |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+package org.fortiss.tooling.kernel.ui.internal.perspective;
+
+import org.eclipse.ui.IFolderLayout;
+import org.eclipse.ui.IPageLayout;
+import org.eclipse.ui.IPerspectiveFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Perspective for the component simulator.
+ * 
+ * @author hoelzl
+ * @author $Author$
+ * @version $Rev$
+ * @ConQAT.Rating YELLOW Hash: CCA87EF8953100DC0556166DA9756533
+ */
+public class StoragePerspective implements IPerspectiveFactory {
+
+	/** The ID of this perspective. */
+	public static final String ID = StoragePerspective.class.getName();
+
+	/** {@inheritDoc} */
+	@Override
+	public void createInitialLayout(IPageLayout layout) {
+		IFolderLayout left = layout.createFolder("left", IPageLayout.LEFT,
+				0.2f, layout.getEditorArea());
+		left.addView("org.eclipse.ui.views.ResourceNavigator");
+
+		IFolderLayout bottom = layout.createFolder("bottom",
+				IPageLayout.BOTTOM, 0.75f, layout.getEditorArea());
+		bottom.addView("org.eclipse.ui.views.ProgressView");
+	}
+}