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Paolo F Cantoni

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What's in a diagram
« on: September 24, 2006, 11:42:49 pm »
Some diagrams (especially Database ones are starting to get very big)

There doesn't seem to be a way to easily see in a browser which EAElements (and EAConnectors) are on a particular diagram.

There is a usage functionality - which shows (the reverse) for a given EAElement, which diagram it occurs in.

Is there such functionality already?  If not, can it be added (say, by means of link adorned icons -with grayed text) to the browser?

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Re: What's in a diagram
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2006, 02:35:41 pm »
I remember that several people asked for a Project View for diagrams which exists in other tools (AFAIK ArgoUML and probably others). I think this feature is useful.

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Re: What's in a diagram
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2006, 03:02:02 pm »
I would find this useful as well. We currently are creating those so called project views of diagrams which is now additional overhead involved in making sure project views are aligned with the overall enterprise view of diagrams.

Besides knowing, by diagram, what connectors and elements are linked, I'd like the selection of an elements appearance when changed (ie background color for a use case) to reside with the diagram and not reside with the element and end up changing on every diagram that element is on, on change for that diagram.


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Re: What's in a diagram
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2006, 03:17:31 pm »
My "Me too" too.

I was stumbling over this (again) over the last few weeks...
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