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Hide Parent Arrows
« on: May 15, 2012, 10:11:19 pm »
Hello
I would like to know if there is a way to automatically hide parent arrows in every diagram

Thank you

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Re: Hide Parent Arrows
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2012, 10:26:09 pm »
What is a "Parent Arrow"?

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Re: Hide Parent Arrows
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2012, 10:57:57 pm »
In a Data Flow Diagram I can set a process as a child of another process (ctrl+i). When I drag the parent process and the child process in a new diagram it appears a white arrow linking parent and child. I can manually delete it but I'd like to know if there is a way to hide them all automatically.


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Re: Hide Parent Arrows
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2012, 11:22:03 pm »
So the arrow you are talking about is the "Generalization" relation.

Are you sure this is what you want?
The generalization can be read as "is a" so in your case
child process "is a" parent process.

Looks a bit strange.

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Re: Hide Parent Arrows
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2012, 11:34:17 pm »
Yes, this is definetly what I want

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Re: Hide Parent Arrows
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2012, 12:25:30 am »
There is a way to do this semi automatically.

Create the diagram with all of the generalization links (parent arrows)
Select Diagram | Advanced | Visible Relations... from the main menu

On the list that appears, check all the Generalization links

There you are, all hidden.

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Re: Hide Parent Arrows
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2012, 06:23:57 pm »
Thank you! It's seems this could be a solution!

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