Generate Diagrams

When you have created a structured scenario, you can generate any of these diagrams from it:

Activity
With ActivityParameter
With Action
With Action Pin
Rule Flow
State
Sequence
Robustness

Access

On a diagram or in the Project Browser, select an element and:

Ribbon	Design > Element > Manage > Properties > Scenarios > Structured Specification or Design > Element > Manage > Specific Properties Page > Scenarios > Structured Specification
Context Menu	Right-click on element \| Properties > Scenarios > Structured Specification or Right-click on element \| Properties Page \| Scenarios > Structured Specification
Keyboard Shortcuts	Alt+Enter : Scenarios > Structured Specification or Shift+Alt+S > Structured Specification
Other	Double-click on Element : Scenarios > Structured Specification

Generate the required diagram

Step	Action	See also
1	Create the scenario structure on the 'Structured Specification' tab.	Structured Specification Tab
2	Click on the ('Generate Diagram') icon in the toolbar on the tab.
3	Click on the type of diagram to generate. Enterprise Architect generates the diagram and notifies you that generation is complete. Click on the OK button and then close the 'Properties' dialog to review the diagram. If the diagram being generated already exists under the selected element, a prompt displays to overwrite or synchronize with that diagram. Select the appropriate radio button to: Overwrite the existing diagram (delete the existing diagram and elements, and create a new diagram and elements) or Synchronize the elements in the existing diagram with the scenario steps (however, Sequence and Robustness diagrams cannot be synchronized)

Step

Action

See also

Create the scenario structure on the 'Structured Specification' tab.

Structured Specification Tab

Click on the ('Generate Diagram') icon in the toolbar on the tab.

Click on the type of diagram to generate.

Enterprise Architect generates the diagram and notifies you that generation is complete. Click on the OK button and then close the 'Properties' dialog to review the diagram.

If the diagram being generated already exists under the selected element, a prompt displays to overwrite or synchronize with that diagram.

Select the appropriate radio button to:

Overwrite the existing diagram (delete the existing diagram and elements, and create a new diagram and elements) or
Synchronize the elements in the existing diagram with the scenario steps (however, Sequence and Robustness diagrams cannot be synchronized)

Notes

The 'Synchronize elements in existing diagram' option enables the 'Preserve Diagram Layout' checkbox, which you can select to preserve the existing arrangement of elements and connectors on the diagram; any new elements are added to the diagram in the default position, and you manually position them in the diagram as required; if you do not select the checkbox, the diagram is recast in the default layout
It is recommended that you uncheck the 'Preserve Diagram Layout' checkbox if you are synchronizing elements with scenario steps:
     - When new steps have been added or existing steps have been deleted or moved within the Use Case
     - For the first time in a Use Case that has been imported from XMI with the 'Strip GUIDs' option selected
     - For the first time in a Use Case that has been copied and pasted in the Project Browser, or
     - For the first time in a Use Case whose containing Package has been copied and pasted in the Project Browser

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