diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8d42db5c12775203b8ed0dce56009c8e8b348588..6a18333d465d07fbac395248950d9afd92cea972 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,10 +1,284 @@
 apply plugin: 'base'
 
+/*	--!		 Please Define the Parent ID and and the Group Id! 		--!	*/
+
+groupID			=	"de.prob"
+parentID		= 	"de.prob.parent"			// must be the same as the folder name
+features		=	["de.prob2.feature"]		// must be the same as the folder name
+repositoryName	=	"de.prob.repository"		// will be the folder name
+
+
+def download(address,target) {
+	    def file = new FileOutputStream(target)
+	    def out = new BufferedOutputStream(file)
+	    out << new URL(address).openStream()
+	    out.close()
+}
+
+def projects(int i){
+	return  subprojects.name[i]
+}
+//	returns the name of a subproject listed in the settings.gradle file
+
+
+def numberOfProjects(){
+	return subprojects.name.size()
+}
+//	returns the number of projects listed in the settings.gradle file
+
+
+task downloadCli << {
+		dir = 'de.prob.core/prob/'
+		delete file(dir)
+	    new File(dir).mkdirs() 
+	
+		['leopard':'macos','linux':'linux','linux64':'linux64','win32':'windows'].each {
+		n = it.getKey()
+	
+		targetdir = dir+it.getValue()
+		targetzip = dir+"probcli_${n}.zip"
+		url = "http://nightly.cobra.cs.uni-duesseldorf.de/cli/probcli_${n}.zip"
+		download(url,targetzip)
+	    FileTree zip = zipTree(targetzip)
+	    copy {
+		   from zip
+		   into targetdir
+	    }
+		delete file(targetzip)
+	}
+	
+}
+
+
+/* 		--		Return ParentId			--		*/
+
+def parentId(){
+	return parentID
+}
+/*
+*	This is the project of the parent Pom
+*	The Tycho Maven Build is triggered from
+*	this project's pom
+*/
+
+
+
+/*	--			Return Group Id			--		*/
+def groupId(){
+	return groupID
+}
+
+/*
+*	This Group ID will be used in every sub project
+*/
+
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//		--	!!! 				DEFINING SUB PROJECTS 							!!!	-- //
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+subprojects {
+	
+	apply plugin: 'base'
+	
+	task deleteArtifacts(type: Delete) {
+  		delete 'target','pom.xml'
+	}
+		
+	task deploy() <<{
+		description = "\tGenerating the Tycho Poms. Please remember to add a '.qualifier' to the version numbers!"
+
+		versionNumber = 'Version Number Error:\tcheck Manifest for Bundle-Version Number and make sure to add a ".qualifier" to the version numbers!\n'
+		
+		artifactId = 'Could not find Bundle-SymbolicName in Manifest.file'
+
+		
+		/* -- In case of changed Manifest File in Eclipse:
+		*	
+		*	Version Numbers of the projects are collected via 
+		*	regular expressions in the Manifest.MF File.  
+		*	Versionnumber of the projects are equal to their
+		*	Bundle-Version Number
+		*/
+		
+		
+		if(features.every{ it != project.name }){
+			content = new File("${project.name}/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF").getText("UTF-8") 
+
+	 		printFileLine = { 
+				if(  it ==~ /Bundle-Version.+qualifier/ ){
+					versionNumber = it.substring(16) // possibile error: cuts off first 16 chars 
+			
+					/*	Version Number is taken from Bundle-Version in Manifest.MF
+					*	If there is no Bundle-Version or the versionnumber needs to
+					*	be taken from a different key word, please change the
+					*	regular expression and the substring above
+					*/	
+				}
+		
+				if(  it ==~ /Bundle-SymbolicName:.+/ ){
+					artifactId = it.substring(21)
+					artifactId = artifactId.replace(";singleton:=true",'')
+				}
+				/*	Artifact ID is taken from Bundle-SymbolicName minus the
+				*	16 chars ';singleton:=true'
+				*/
+			}
+	
+			content.eachLine( printFileLine )
+	
+	
+			println artifactId
+			println "\t"+versionNumber
+	
+			def f = new File(artifactId+'/pom.xml') 
+			f.delete()
+			f << start()+elder()+repos()+artifact(artifactId, versionNumber)+end()
+			/*	
+			*	old pom.xml files are deleted and replaced by new auto generated Tycho pom.xml files
+			*/
+		}else{	// if subprojects are neither a feature, repository nor parent
+			
+
+	
+//		--		Features 					--			//
+	
+			if(features.any{ it == project.name } ){
+			
+				boolean idfound = false
+
+				content = new File("${project.name}/feature.xml").getText("UTF-8") 
+
+				printFileLine = {
+		
+					if(  it ==~ /.+version.+qualifier.+/ ){
+						versionNumber = it.substring(15,it.size()-1) 
+						// possibile error: cuts off first 15 chars and leaves out last '"'
+			
+						/*	Version Number is taken from Feature.xml 
+						*	feature.xml is searched for version="version.qualifier"
+						*	first 15 chars and last '"' are cut off
+						*/
+
+					}
+		
+		
+					if(  it ==~ /.+id=".+/ && idfound == false ){
+						artifactId = it.substring(10,it.length()-1)
+						idfound = true
+					}
+					/*	Artifact ID is taken from Bundle-SymbolicName minus the
+					*	16 chars ';singleton:=true'
+					*/
+				}
+	
+				content.eachLine( printFileLine )
+
+	
+				println artifactId
+				println "\t"+versionNumber
+
+
+				def f = new File(artifactId+'/pom.xml') 
+				f.delete()
+				f << feature(artifactId, versionNumber)
+							
+			}
+	
+		}
+	}
+	
+
+	
+}// defining subprojects
+
+
+clean {
+	dependsOn += subprojects.deleteArtifacts
+}
+
+task createParent() << {
+	//		--				 define Parent 				--		//
+		
+	new File("${parentID}").mkdir() 			
+	versionNumber 	=	'1.0.0.qualifier'
+	artifactId 		=	parentId()
+
+	def f = new File(artifactId+'/pom.xml') 
+	f.delete()
+	f << parentPom(artifactId)
+	for(int i = 0; i < numberOfProjects(); i++){
+		f << module(i)
+	}
+	f << endParent()
+
+}
+
+task createRepository() << {
+
+	//				 -- 	define Repository			--		//
+			
+			
+	new File("${repositoryName}").mkdir() 
+				
+	versionNumber 	=	'1.0.0.qualifier'
+	artifactId		=	repositoryName
+	featureVersionNumber = '1.0.0.qualifier'
+	def f = new File(artifactId+'/category.xml') 
+	f.delete()
+	f << categoryHead()
+	for(int i = 0; i < features.size(); i++){
+					
+		content = new File("${features[i]}/feature.xml").getText("UTF-8") 
+		printFileLine = {
+			if(  it ==~ /.+version.+qualifier.+/ ){
+				featureVersionNumber = it.substring(15,it.size()-1) 
+				// possibile error: cuts off first 15 chars and leaves out last '"'
+				
+				/*	Version Number is taken from Feature.xml 
+				*	feature.xml is searched for version="version.qualifier"
+				*	first 15 chars and last '"' are cut off
+				*/
+				}		
+		}
+		content.eachLine( printFileLine )
+		f << categoryFeatures(features[i], featureVersionNumber)
+	}// for
+			
+	for(int i = 0; i < features.size(); i++){
+				
+		f << categoryDescription(features[i], "Test" ,"categorydescription")
+	}//for
+				
+	f << categoryEnd()
+				
+	def pom = new File(artifactId+'/pom.xml') 
+	pom.delete()
+	pom << reposi()
+}// end of repository definition
+	
+
+task createPoms(dependsOn: [createParent, createRepository, subprojects.deploy])
+
+task collectArtifacts(type:Copy) {
+	    from 'de.prob.repository/target/repository/'
+	    into 'updatesite'
+ }		
+
+task install(dependsOn: [createPoms, downloadCli] , type:Exec) {
+	description = "\tExecutes a 'mvn install' of the parent pom.xml and auto-generates Tycho Poms"	
+
+	
+	commandLine 'mvn', 'install', '-f', 'de.prob.parent/pom.xml'
+		
+}
+
+
 //---     Defining Tycho POM parts			--//
 
 
     def artifact(artifactId,versionNumber) { """
-		<groupId>de.prob</groupId>
+		<groupId>${groupId()}</groupId>
 		<artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
 		<version>${versionNumber}</version>
 		<packaging>eclipse-plugin</packaging>
@@ -21,10 +295,10 @@ apply plugin: 'base'
 	
 	def elder() {"""
 		<parent>
-			<groupId>de.prob</groupId>
-			<artifactId>de.prob.parent</artifactId>
+			<groupId>${groupId()}</groupId>
+			<artifactId>${parentId()}</artifactId>
 			<version>1.0.0.qualifier</version>
-			<relativePath>../de.prob.parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+			<relativePath>../${parentId()}/pom.xml</relativePath>
 		</parent>
 	"""}
 
@@ -50,73 +324,139 @@ apply plugin: 'base'
 	def end() {"""
 	</project>
 	"""}
+	
+// 				--	defining Parent Pom				--				//
 
+def parentPom(artifactId) { """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	
+	<groupId>${groupId()}</groupId>
+  	<artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
+  	<version>1.0.0.qualifier</version>
+  
+	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
+	<!-- this is the parent POM from which all modules inherit common settings -->
+	<properties>
+		<tycho-version>0.14.1</tycho-version>
+	</properties>
 
-def download(address,target) {
-	    def file = new FileOutputStream(target)
-	    def out = new BufferedOutputStream(file)
-	    out << new URL(address).openStream()
-	    out.close()
-}
+  
+   <repositories>
+    <!-- configure p2 repository to resolve against -->
+    <repository>
+      <id>prob_target</id>
+      <layout>p2</layout>
+      <url>http://cobra.cs.uni-duesseldorf.de/prob_dev_target/</url>
+    </repository>
 
+        
+     <repository>
+      <id>indigo</id>
+      <layout>p2</layout>
+      <url>http://download.eclipse.org/releases/indigo/</url>
+    </repository>
+    
+  </repositories> 
 
-task downloadCli << {
-		dir = 'de.prob.core/prob/'
-		delete file(dir)
-	    new File(dir).mkdirs() 
-	
-		['leopard':'macos','linux':'linux','linux64':'linux64','win32':'windows'].each {
-		n = it.getKey()
-	
-		targetdir = dir+it.getValue()
-		targetzip = dir+"probcli_${n}.zip"
-		url = "http://nightly.cobra.cs.uni-duesseldorf.de/cli/probcli_${n}.zip"
-		download(url,targetzip)
-	    FileTree zip = zipTree(targetzip)
-	    copy {
-		   from zip
-		   into targetdir
-	    }
-		delete file(targetzip)
-	}
-	
-}
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<!-- enable tycho build extension -->
+				<groupId>org.eclipse.tycho</groupId>
+				<artifactId>tycho-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>0.14.1</version>
+				<extensions>true</extensions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
 
-subprojects {
-	
-	apply plugin: 'base'
-	
-	task deploy(){
-		description = "\tGenerating the Tycho Poms"
+	<!-- the modules that should be built together -->
+	<modules>
+	"""}
 
-		versionNumber = 'Version Number Error: check Manifest for Bundle-Version Number'
-		/* -- In case of changed Manifest File in Eclipse:
-		*	
-		*	Version Numbers of the projects are collected via 
-		*	regular expressions in the Manifest.MF File.  
-		*	Versionnumber of the projects are equal to their
-		*	Bundle-Version Number
-		*/
-	}
+//for(int i = 0; i < numberOfProjects(); i++)
+
+def module(int i){
+	if(projects(i)!=parentId()){"""		<module>../${projects(i)}</module>
+"""}else{""""""}
+}
 	
-	task deleteArtifacts(type: Delete) {
-	  delete 'target','pom.xml'
-	}
+
+def endParent() {"""
+	</modules>
+</project>
+	"""}
 	
-}
+// end of defining parent pom.xml
 
-task createPoms(dependsOn: subprojects.deploy)
+// repository Pom
+def reposi() { """
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+  <project
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+      <groupId>${groupID}</groupId>
+      <artifactId>${parentID}</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0.0.qualifier</version>
+      <relativePath>../${parentID}/pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
 
-task collectArtifacts(type:Copy) {
-	    from 'de.prob.repository/target/repository/'
-	    into 'updatesite'
- }		
+    
+    <groupId>${groupID}</groupId>
+    <artifactId>${repositoryName}</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0.qualifier</version>
+    <packaging>eclipse-repository</packaging>
+  </project>
+"""}
 
 
-clean {
-	dependsOn += subprojects.deleteArtifacts
-}
+// creates a category in 
+def categoryHead() { """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<site>
+
+"""}
+	
+def categoryFeatures(artifactId, versionNumber){"""
+	<feature url="features/${artifactId}_${versionNumber}.jar" id="${artifactId}" version="${versionNumber}">
+		<category name="${artifactId}.category"/>
+	</feature>
+"""}
+
+def categoryDescription(artifactId, categoryName, categorydescription){"""
+<category-def name="${artifactId}.category" label="${categoryName}">
+      <description>
+${categorydescription}
+      </description>
+   </category-def>
+"""}
+
+def categoryEnd(){"""
+</site>
+"""}
+// end of category definition
+
+// feature pom
+def feature(artifactId, versionNumber) { """
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+	<project
+		xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+		<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+		<parent>
+			<groupId>${groupId()}</groupId>
+			<artifactId>${parentId()}</artifactId>
+			<version>1.0.0.qualifier</version>
+			<relativePath>../${parentId()}/pom.xml</relativePath>
+		</parent>
+		<groupId>${groupId()}</groupId>
+		<artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
+		<version>${versionNumber}</version>
+		<packaging>eclipse-feature</packaging>
+	</project>
+"""}
+// end of feature pom
 
 
 //	Build Script can be executed via gradle install
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index c159f7b753690f296d0f4b013a76f3a6e1478559..6adc11aac0a469b88119640e8fc4859ad0e48fa3 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1 +1 @@
-include 'de.prob.parent', 'de.prob.core', 'de.bmotionstudio.gef.editor' ,'de.bmotionstudio.rodin', 'de.prob.feature', 'de.prob.plugin', 'de.prob.repository', 'de.prob.ui', 'de.prob2.feature'
\ No newline at end of file
+include 'de.prob.core', 'de.bmotionstudio.gef.editor' ,'de.bmotionstudio.rodin', 'de.prob.plugin', 'de.prob.ui', 'de.prob2.feature'
\ No newline at end of file