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Diagram View

If you have created diagrams in the Project Browser, you can select to open them and then add elements and connectors to them within the Diagram View. This is the main workspace for developing the structure of your model components, dragging new objects onto the diagram from the Diagram Toolbox and existing objects from the Project Browser. You can also add elements and connectors using the Quick Linker and other context menus within the Diagram View, and move, format and edit them.

Most work on elements and connectors is carried out in the Diagram View, so understanding how it works and how to manipulate elements is essential. You can use the EAExample project supplied with the system, or your own 'sandpit' models, to explore the capabilities and behavior of the Diagram View.

Access Project Browser | double-click diagram name

Diagram sections

Section	Description	See also
Caption Bar	Across the top of a diagram is the diagram caption bar, which includes: A horizontal 'chevron' icon to display or hide the Diagram Toolbox; the Toolbox itself is unchanged, whether it is docked, floating, expanded or for the current diagram type, it is simply hidden or displayed If you hide the Toolbox and change to a different diagram type, when you show the Toolbox it is appropriate to the new diagram type but otherwise unchanged Icon and text label for the diagram type Diagram name A vertical 'chevron' icon to display or hide the 'Format' Toolbar A drop-down arrow that lists the currently-open diagrams; click on: - A diagram name to switch to that diagram - Options to redisplay the hidden Start Page, Model Default diagram (if defined) or User Default diagram (if defined) - The window 'close cross'; click on this to close the displayed diagram	Diagram Toolbox The Start Page Diagram Advanced Menu
Format Toolbar	Underneath the Caption Bar is the Format Toolbar, which you can use to apply a wide range of functions to the format and appearance of the elements in your diagram. You can hide or reveal this toolbar by clicking on the 'chevron' icon in the Caption Bar (third icon from the right).	Format Toolbar
Diagram View	The larger area underneath the Caption bar is the work area within which you can create and view the diagram structures. The borders of the printable diagram page are represented by pale broken lines; structures created beyond these borders will print on separate pages. The Diagram View area is also where the diagram and object context menus operate, and where the representation of the model structure can be changed to a Gantt chart or Diagram List format.	The Gantt View Diagram List

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