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User Preferences
Enterprise Architect has a wide range of default settings for controlling how the application acts on and presents model structures and elements on your workstation. You can customize these settings to define your preferred behavior of the system. Most of the settings are stored in your registry and they are set for your use only, on any model you open. 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 'Preferences' dialog.
Access
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Ribbon |
Start > Appearance > Preferences > Preferences |
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Keyboard Shortcuts |
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Option Groups
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General Options |
Control the behavior of the system as a whole. You can also define model-specific options (such as the default directory name for the shared files you define for an element) using the 'Manage Model Options' dialog. |
General Options Model-Specific Options |
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Window Behavior |
Set local options that determine how dockable windows display in your system. |
Window Behavior |
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Diagram (New Diagram Defaults) |
Set the general properties of all diagrams you create. |
Diagram Options |
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Diagram - Themes |
Create and apply display themes for all diagrams that you open. |
Diagram Theme Options |
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Diagram - Gradients and Backgrounds |
Select the type of background to apply to all diagrams, either a single color or a tile image, and the fill color to apply to all elements on the diagrams. You can also set a color gradient to the diagram background, the element fill, or both. |
Diagram Gradients and Background |
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Diagram - Standard Colors |
Set the display colors and background colors of objects and properties in diagrams across the system. |
Standard Colors |
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Diagram - Appearance |
Control how elements are displayed on a diagram. |
Diagram Appearance Options |
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Diagram - Behavior |
Control how a diagram responds to actions taken on it. |
Diagram Behavior Options |
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Diagram - Sequence (diagram display) |
Control the appearance and behavior of Sequence diagrams specifically. |
Sequence Diagram Options |
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Objects (display) |
Configure the properties and behaviors of elements created on your diagrams. |
Object Display Options |
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Links (Connector display) |
Define the creation, behavior and notation of connectors on your diagrams. |
Connector Display Options |
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Communication Colors (of Communication Messages) |
Set the colors of Messages you create in Communication diagrams. |
Communication Message Colors |
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XML Specifications |
Configure the settings for working with XML. |
XML Specifications |
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Source Code Engineering |
Set general user-specific options that apply to all languages when you are generating code from models You can also define model-specific options (such as the default language in which to generate code) using the 'Manage Model Options' dialog. |
Source Code Options Code Generation Options |
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Code Editors |
Configure options for the system internal editor, and for the default editor for DDL scripts. |
Options - Code Editors |
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Attribute/Operations |
Set the system actions on attributes and operations. |
Options - Attribute/Operations |
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Code language specifications |
Define how the system handles a particular language when generating code, setting user-specific variables such as the default source directory. You can also define model-specific options (such as the default file extensions to apply when generating code in the selected language) using the 'Manage Model Options' dialog. |
Language Options |