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File Management
When managing the project as a unit, you can create, open, close or save projects, provide desktop shortcuts to a project, or perform print tasks.
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File Management Options
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New Project |
Create a new Enterprise Architect project, using the Model Wizard to help you define the base technology, model types and Patterns to use as a framework. Shortcut: |
File Based Repositories |
Open Project |
Open an existing project, or create a new project from scratch or from a base template project. Shortcut: |
Open a project |
Reload Project |
Reload the current project. (Use this in a multi-user environment to refresh the Project Browser). Shortcut: |
Refresh View of Shared Project |
Close Project |
Close the current project. |
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Save Project As |
Save the current project with a new name (as a .eap or .feap file). The current project can be a base template or a complete operational project. |
Copy a Base Project |
Save as Shortcut |
Create a desktop shortcut to the current project. (This option is also active in the 'Lite', read-only edition of Enterprise Architect.) |
The Read-Only 'Lite' Edition Project Shortcuts |
Print Setup |
Configure your printer's settings. |
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Page Setup |
Configure the page settings to print the current diagram. |
Set Up Diagram Page |
Print Preview |
Preview how the currently displayed diagram will print. |
Print Preview |
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Print the currently displayed diagram. You can also make use of other facilities to change the scale of the printed diagram (the number of pages it takes up) and to print or omit page headers and footers on the diagram. By de-selecting the 'Printable' option on an element on a diagram, you can omit that element and its connectors from the printed diagram. Shortcut: |
Non-printable Elements Scale Image To Page Size Configure Diagram Display |
Print to PDF |
Save the currently displayed diagram as a PDF file. A browser displays to select the PDF file name and directory path. By de-selecting the 'Printable' option on an element on a diagram, you can omit that element and its connectors from the diagram in the PDF output. |
Non-printable Elements |
<Recent Files List> |
Select from a list of up to ten of the most recently opened projects, to re-open the selected project. |
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Exit |
Exit from Enterprise Architect. |