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Diagram
In creating your diagrams, you can make use of a wide range of facilities to add elements and connectors to each diagram, control the diagram size and layout or presentation format, configure diagram properties and save diagram images to file.
Access Diagram
Diagram Options
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Diagram Toolbox |
Display the Diagram Toolbox, a panel of icons for creating elements and connectors on a diagram; you can select pages of icons for each UML, Extended and MDG Technology diagram type available in your project.
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Alt+5 |
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Diagram Filters |
Filter the display of elements on a diagram, selecting the elements to show or hide, using the Diagram Filters window.
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Diagram Layout |
Reformat your diagram in one of a range of layouts, using the Layout Tools window.
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Pan and Zoom |
Pan across the current diagram to display sections at greater magnification, using the Pan & Zoom window.
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Ctrl+Shift+N |
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Find in Project Browser
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Locate the current diagram in the Project Browser window. |
Shift+Alt+G |
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Show Diagram As |
Change the presentation of the diagram to the Diagram List format or the Gantt Chart format. |
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Advanced |
Lock the current diagram, make it the user or model default, hide or reveal connectors, or save the diagram as a UML Pattern, from the diagram Advanced menu.
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Save |
Save the current position of all diagram elements.
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Ctrl+S |
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Save as Image |
Save the diagram as a bitmap file (.BMP), Graphics Interchange Format file (.GIF) or Windows Metafile (.WMF).
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Ctrl+T |
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Copy Image to Clipboard |
Copy an image of the current diagram to the clipboard. The image can be in metafile or bitmap format; you set the format on the Options dialog.
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Ctrl+B |
General Options (page of Options dialog) |
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Swimlanes and Matrix |
Add, modify and delete swimlanes or the swimlanes matrix for the current diagram. |
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Repeat Last Element |
Create an element of the same type as the last element created.
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Shift+F3 |
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Repeat Last Connector
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Create a connector of the same type as the last connector created. |
F3 |
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Add Diagram Property Note |
Display the properties note for the current diagram on screen. |
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Insert Diagram Properties Note
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Snap To Grid |
Show or hide the grid on the diagram, and select one of two options to position elements on the grid:
If neither of these options are enabled, the elements can be placed freely on the diagram.
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Layout Diagram |
Automatically lay out the current diagram (not available for Behavioral diagrams).
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Zoom |
Change the zoom factor on the current diagram. |
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Properties |
View and edit the <type> Diagram: <name> dialog for the current diagram.
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F5 |
