Please note : This help page is not for the latest version of Enterprise Architect. The latest help can be found here.
Local Options
Enterprise Architect has a wide range of default settings for controlling how the system displays and works with models and model elements. You can customize these settings to define your preferred behaviour of the system. Most of the settings are stored in your registry so they are set for your use only. For a networked workplace, registry settings can be copied down to any network workstation you log in to. Otherwise, the settings control operations under your login on the current machine only.
The settings are grouped according to their actions on specific functional areas, on a number of pages of the Options dialog.
Access Tools | Options (Ctrl+F9)
Option Groups
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General Options |
Control the behavior of the system as a whole.
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Standard Colors |
Set the display colors and background colors of objects and properties across the system.
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Diagram (New Diagram Defaults)
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Set the general properties of all diagrams you create. |
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Diagram - Appearance |
Control how elements are displayed on a diagram.
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Diagram - Behavior |
Control how a diagram responds to actions taken on it.
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Diagram - Sequence (diagram display) |
Control the appearance and behaviour of Sequence diagrams specifically.
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Objects (display) |
Configure the properties and behaviors of elements created on your diagrams.
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Links (Connector display)
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Define the creation, behavior and notation of connectors on your diagrams. |
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Communication Colors (of Communication Messages)
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Set the colors of Messages you create in Communication diagrams. |
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XML Specifications |
Configure the settings for working with XML.
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Source Code Engineering |
Set general options that apply to all languages when generating code from models, including the default language in which to generate code.
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Code Editors |
Configure options for the system internal editor, and for the default editor for DDL scripts.
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Object Lifetimes
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Enable the creation of constructors and destructors for Object Lifetimes. |
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Attribute/Operations
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Set the system actions on attributes and operations. |
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Code language specifications |
Define how the system handles a particular language when generating code, including the default source directory and the default editor for a specific code language. |
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