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Enterprise Architect => Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools => Topic started by: Tarzan on December 16, 2025, 07:50:05 pm

Title: Diagrams not fully rendered in reports
Post by: Tarzan on December 16, 2025, 07:50:05 pm

I am experiencing an issue in Sparx Enterprise Architect 16.1 when generating diagram reports that include diagrams as images. When generating a report, some diagrams (e.g. BPMN process diagrams with swimlanes and multiple activities) are not fully rendered in the resulting Word document. It appears that the diagram image is being scaled down or cropped, causing parts of the diagram (lanes and activities) to be missing. In the report, the diagram seems to be rendered at approximately 75% size, while the full diagram is displayed correctly within EA itself.

Notably:

• Generating the report at a higher package level (including all elements) does not change the result.
• The issue occurs with multiple document templates, not just a single specific template.

My questions:

• What determines how EA scales or crops diagrams during report generation?
• Which diagram, page setup, or document template settings influence this behavior?
• Is this a known limitation or bug in EA 16.1?
• What is the best practice to ensure diagrams are always fully visible in Word reports?

Any insights or suggestions are appreciated.

Title: Re: Diagrams not fully rendered in reports
Post by: Geert Bellekens on December 16, 2025, 11:20:37 pm

Check the document generation options.
Some of them are related to the diagram. If you play with them, it might get solved.

Also, don't generate directly to PDF. In my experience it works better if you first generate to .docx, and then save to .pdf.

Geert