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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: Saving/exporting Matrix profiles?

« on: August 02, 2022, 11:41:47 pm »

I am using the V 15.2.1599 and the relationship matrix Profiles are not being saved when the model is copied to another diagram for backup.

The relationships are copied and are correct in the copy version.

It is just the profiles that is not copied across and that does not require any GUID or project specific data just the package names.

I have tried exporting in a CSV and that does not contain the profiles either.

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General Board / Re: Is there a simple way to force connectors to align using snap to grid

« on: February 08, 2017, 04:50:48 am »

Does anyone know if you can select a line and then move the position using the keyboard rather than the mouse?

Keith

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General Board / Re: Is there a simple way to force connectors to align using snap to grid

« on: February 08, 2017, 04:48:51 am »

A method I used to set an automated orthogonal route was to set the Path property of each connector on the diagram.

Each connector was obtained from the DiagramLinks collection from a diagram and then for each DiagramLink element in the collection the Path was set.

The Path is the coordinates of the "Bend Points" in the form of a delimited string:

"Bend1X:Bend1Y;Bend2X:Bend2Y; ... BendNX:BendNY;"

I calculated the bend points using some offset constants which were then added or subtracted from the height / width of the elements I was starting to or from.

After changing the Path, the DiagramLinks collection was Refreshed and the diagram reloaded.

Hope this helps in some little way.

Phil

Yes thank you now I can see how to access the positions if I wanted to create a script to do this.

Keith

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General Board / Re: Is there a simple way to force connectors to align using snap to grid

« on: February 07, 2017, 09:01:08 pm »

You need to do that manually or use some script to aid you doing that. Buses are usually nothing you find in UML, it's more something in electronics layout.

q.

The great thing about UML is its ability to combine real world with structured design languages. In this case I work with electronics mechanics and software so being able to show an electronic bus is something I should be able to do as I can draw pretty much anything I like in the EA tools set.

This question is just to see if the snap feature has ever been applied to connectors because if it did it would be easy to draw what I want and for that matter keep the general diagrams tidy.

Does anyone know of any scripts that can use the snap features to achieve this?


Thankyou

Keith

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General Board / Is there a simple way to force connectors to align using snap to grid

« on: February 07, 2017, 04:31:33 am »

I guessing that for some reason this is not a function of EA as I have searched for this already and I do not think you can snap connectors to create buses for example

Any ideas

Keith

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General Board / Re: Save Font size & color using saved style

« on: September 28, 2015, 08:23:12 pm »

That is interesting I found it did save it but you have to reload the style you have just changed. I think this is why I thought it was not working.

Could I ask you to check to see if you can save the size of the diagram element?

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General Board / Re: Save Font size & color using saved style

« on: September 28, 2015, 07:08:55 pm »

Thank you Qwerty, I see my terminology was miss leading. None the less my question still stands using styles (re worded)

Do any of the later versions of EA have the ability to keep the font color and size as well as the background color for an object or activity using Save as style?

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General Board / Re: Save Font size & color using saved style

« on: September 27, 2015, 06:44:19 pm »

You can save it in the painter and (IIRC) it will last over a session. It's not possible to save it to some kind of file. Maybe if you inspect the registry you can save/restore certain setting.

q.

Not possible is a very big statement and can stop a lot of people from even looking at the question. I can already save the color and outline using the "save as style" function so it is possible and that is definitely persistent between sessions. My question is can the save as style function save the font size and color in a later version?

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General Board / Re: Can you save Font size & color using saved sty

« on: September 27, 2015, 06:18:13 am »

Save to where?
q.

Sorry I have edited the post

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General Board / Save Font size & color using saved style

« on: September 27, 2015, 12:14:31 am »

Do any of the later versions of EA have the ability to keep the font color and size as well as the background color for an object or activity using Save as style?

I am using version 10.0

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General Board / Re: Is poss to Drag a hyperlink into Diagram direc

« on: September 28, 2015, 06:59:00 pm »

Thankyou very much VKN That has saved one level of interaction.

I was wondering if it is also possible to default the element to a hyperlink automatically? Again to save having to select it from the element types.

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General Board / Is poss to Drag a hyperlink into Diagram directly?

« on: September 27, 2015, 12:26:08 am »

Is it possible to drag a hyperlink into a diagram with out having to choose hyperlink and any OK key presses in any later versions of EA

my version is 10.01

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Bugs and Issues / Activity notes not displayed for reverse eng activ

« on: May 08, 2009, 09:23:51 pm »

I want to display the notes for an activity which I have imported into my diagram from a reverse engineered module.

New activities not attached to the reverse engineered modules allow the activity diagrams to be changed using the  display as "Use rectangle notation" which allows the notes to be visible however with the imported activity there is no option to change this.