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Diagram Panel

The 'Diagram' panel contains a set of facilities for creating and managing diagrams and the elements they contain. Diagrams are a powerful way of presenting and visualizing a model's elements and their connections. They can be enhanced by a range of overlays that transform the diagram into an expressive view such as a Kanban board, a Roadmap diagram, or swimlanes, which allow elements to be allocated to different aspects such as responsibility or ownership. A diagram can also be viewed in a number of other formats, such as a list of elements or a Gantt chart describing the allocation of resources to the elements.

Diagram panel of the Design ribbon in Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect.

Available Facilities

Facility

Description

See also

Toolbox

Click on this icon to display the Diagram Toolbox (if it is not already open); the Diagram Toolbox is a panel of icons specific to a diagram type that you can use to create elements and connectors on a diagram.

 Diagram Toolbox

Add

Click on this icon to create a new diagram under the selected Package or element. The 'New Diagram' dialog displays, through which you can create a new diagram of any type under any technology supported by Enterprise Architect, based on a diagram Pattern.

 Add New Diagrams

Manage

Click on the drop-down arrow to display a list of options for actions to apply to the selected diagram.

  • Properties - maintain the properties of the current diagram, using the diagram 'Properties' dialog
  • Lock - display the 'Lock Diagram' dialog for the currently-open diagram, on which you restrict changes to the diagram
  • Clone as New Version - copy the currently-selected diagram in the Browser window and paste it into the Browser window as a new diagram; a prompt displays for you to enter a version number for the new diagram, followed by a browser on which you select its parent Package
  • Compare to Baseline - Compare the current diagram with a previously-captured Baseline of the diagram
  • Add to Working Set - Add the current diagram to a Working Set
  • Save as Profile - Save the current diagram as a Profile
  • Swimlanes - divide the currently-open diagram into logical areas or partitions using the 'Swimlanes and Matrix' dialog
  • Kanban - convert the currently open diagram to Kanban format, using the 'Kanban' dialog
  • Roadmap - convert the currently open diagram to a roadmap with a timescale, using the 'Roadmap options' dialog
  • Configure Z Order - display the 'Modify Z Order' dialog, on which you set the Z order of each element on the diagram
  • Make all Elements Selectable - click on this option to make all the elements on the current diagram selectable, so that they each can be worked on
  • Change Type - change the diagram type
  • Search for Diagram - display the Find in Project view, pre-loaded with the 'Diagram Details' search to locate diagrams of a specific name
  • Browse for Diagram - display the 'Select Classifier' browser, through which you can locate and open a diagram in your model
  • Set as My Default - set the current diagram as your User Default diagram
 Lock Model Elements Swimlanes Matrix Roadmap Diagrams Pre-defined Searches Kanban Features Set Diagram Properties Change Diagram Type Working Sets Check Visual Changes to Diagrams

View As

Click on the drop-down arrow to display a list of options to display the currently open and selected diagram:

  • In the standard graphical display format
  • As a tabular, editable list of elements (Diagram List)
  • In a Gantt Chart format, showing the Project Resources assigned to each element
  • With each element represented by a text description in the Specification Manager
  • With every relationship shown in a matrix of the source and target elements, in the Relationship Matrix
  • In the Construct View, representing the diagram as an element hierarchy showing element type, order of display and any parent-child structures
  • In the Inline Specification View - for the graphical display format, select between displaying and hiding a Specification view of the diagram elements in the right half of the diagram
 The Project Gantt View Diagram List The Traceability Window Specification Manager - Overview Diagram View

Notes

If an element is:

  • Selectable, you can move it around the diagram and perform right-click context-menu operations
  • Unselectable, you cannot move it around the diagram and the only right-click operation available is to make the element selectable

The 'Make all Elements Selectable' option has no effect on double-click operations on the element, such as displaying child diagrams.

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