Reverse Engineer - Create Class Diagram

[manpreetgr8]

Hi, I was analyzing a legacy C++ application, which had thousands of classes. When I click on a class and say find in diagram, the EA tool continues processing for hours, without result. So from properties, I unchecked everything, and it displayed a simple class diagram with no relationships etc. Now in once class diagram, I want to select a single class and ask the tool to find all relationships of this class only. I did'nt find any way to do this.

Is this feature available in EA, if yes please help.

Thanks

[RoyC]

You have a number of options. The simplest is to double-click on the Class element to display the element Properties dialog and select the Links tab.

You could also drag the Class element onto a dummy diagram and select the Add | Related Elements context menu option. This adds the Class's related elements (and their connectors) to the diagram.

Or, you could click on the Class element and select the View | Hierarchy menu option, to show relationships of various selected types (click on the Hierarchy window toolbar icons to select the relationship types).

The Relationship Matrix will show you relationships of a specific type, according to the values you select in the drop-down fields at the top of the window.

You should be able to find information on these things easily in the Help, using the index or search.

[RoyC]

Ummmm - I am reliably informed that the Relationships window (View | Relationships) is the quickest and simplest of the windows to use, especially with a large model.

You could regard that as the tabular equivalent of using the Add Related Elements menu option, though it probably provides the most information in the most-easily-read format of all the options.

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Comment deleted as not applicable to Relationships window...

My bad - sorry folks... (Not enough sleep)  

Paolo

[Eve]

You've been misinformed, Roy...  In a number of places in the forum I have noted that if you have anything other than a trivial model, having the relationship window "open and having focus" will effectively "freeze" EA while it regenerates.

It is certainly a useful window - but it needs to be used with care...

In my usage, I have it as part of a tabbed set and ensure that it is never the visible tab (when moving between items).  I switch to it when I need to then immediately switch back.

Actually, I think you're confused.  The hierarchy window takes a long time to fill.  The relationships window is quite quick.  Roy was describing the relationships window.

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Actually, I think you're confused.  The hierarchy window takes a long time to fill.  The relationships window is quite quick.  Roy was describing the relationships window.

Thanks Simon,
Yes, I was confused...

My Bad,
Paolo

[Eve]

Glad to hear it's sorted then.