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Suggestions and Requests / Re: Layers

« on: January 27, 2010, 03:05:14 am »

Guys,

any update on this? I suddenly have a need to hide some elements for presentation purposes. For example, various levels of details, notes (on|off), especially useful when building some sort of non-UML, mixed content diagrams, like Business Flows.

Right now I have to delete some elements - print diagram - undo.

It'd be great to have a filter by Tagged Value, Stereotype, etc

Right now the only way to do it is creating multiple version of the same diagram.

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Suggestions and Requests / Re: Diagram element marking

« on: December 05, 2007, 03:24:57 pm »

I tried Statuses and it's probably going to work unless there is something else better.

One additional question - can I customize HTML template - so when it generates HTML - it would add special mark based on the object status? Does anyone have an example how to do something like this?

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Suggestions and Requests / Re: Diagram element marking

« on: December 05, 2007, 03:22:24 pm »

Thanks for the ideas. I did try something like that. But I'm trying to solve different issue. It's not that I'm trying to show or hide details.

Here is example, I came across today:

I've been putting together Use Case diagram and quickly drafted 15 use cases, with 3 actors. Some of them had scenarios entered while creating an element, some of them not. So, now I'm looking at it and in order to find out what I still need to specify - I have to open EVERY use case and switch to Scenarios tab.

The difficult part is that when I open it two days later  - I have to do it again for EVERY use case. And when I send it to someone - they have to so it for EVERY use case or I have to maintain separate list of what is done and what is not.

Status Color idea may work - the weird part that it changes color of a shadow not object itself!  

When you say "come back and add details" you can set the diagram options to display the details that exist. Therefore if the element doesn't show the details, you can assume the details haven't been added yet. This is a simplistic solution, but it avoids the problem of other people trying to remember what a status color or suchlike implies.

Right-click on the diagram background and select the Properties option, and click on the Elements tag, and select as many checkboxes as you require. You can select to show attribute details and parameter details too, on the Features tab.

How would that work for you?

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Suggestions and Requests / Re: Diagram element marking

« on: December 05, 2007, 02:46:21 pm »

WOW!!!

Thanks David for so detailed answer! I really appreciate this!

I have played with Statuses, but it seems to only work for Requirements, which I use extensively. Other elements don't seem to show colors - I will try your three step process.

I think your bookmark idea is also a good one.

I will keep you posted though.

In general, it would be nice to extend EA color functionality. For example, I would be able to set GREEN for all elements that have e.g. Phase=2.1

This way I could set a color for Note = '' to implement my need, but also implement whole range of tasks. Is there a way to submit a request for enhancement like this?

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Suggestions and Requests / Diagram element marking

« on: December 05, 2007, 09:33:43 am »

Frequently I start with creating diagrams by placing elements and connecting them together.

After that I come back and add details to each element.

It would be nice to see some kind of "mark" on an element that will indicate that the element has any content besides name or not.

This will allow me quickly identify what to work on. In addition if I generate HTML site - the reviewer will immidiatly know what to drill-down to to see details.

Is there existig feature? Is it possible to include this in one of the next releases?

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General Board / Re: Rational Rhapsody to Enterprise Architect usin

« on: April 10, 2010, 03:41:03 am »

I did - it worked both ways, I don't remember the details, but I think you still have to redo actual diagrams - visual part of them

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General Board / Re: Requirements with the Same Tagged Value

« on: April 07, 2010, 05:00:02 am »

Right click the package that contains the requirements, go to Documentation/RTF.., then Element Filters. Then select TagValue - set your tag name and value and it should produce the list.

I just ran a quick test and it seems to be working fine.

Note: you may want to create simple template to get a list in  a table format. Also, make sure you check off Required check box in the filter dialog

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General Board / Re: Configuring RTF Reports

« on: January 27, 2010, 06:52:06 am »

for #1 - there have to be an element in the property browser - just play with some settings there

#2 - I would copy from standard template and create my own version with whatever labeling I need

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General Board / Re: Process boxes with 3 compartments?

« on: January 27, 2010, 06:53:30 am »

using: print("<insert property name here>")

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General Board / Old notes problem resolved

« on: January 27, 2010, 06:05:44 am »

I could not find my original post from few years ago... anyway - I needed a way to display some sort of a marker over an element if it had notes... well, my shape scripting skills got better and here is an example of what can be done. This also uses "Status" property to change marker color.

Code: [Select]

shape main
{
      drawnativeshape();
      if (HasProperty("Notes", ""))
      {
      }
      else
      {
            if (HasProperty("Status", "Approved"))
            {
                  addsubshape("green", 25, 5);
            }
            else
            {
                  addsubshape("yellow", 25, 5);
            }
      }
    shape green
    {
         setfillcolor(50, 200, 100);
         rectangle(10,10,100,100);
    }
    shape yellow
    {
         setfillcolor(255, 255, 0);
         rectangle(10,10,100,100);
    }

}

hope this helps someone...

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General Board / Re: UML Profile Example

« on: January 27, 2010, 06:01:41 am »

Thanks for your help!

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General Board / Re: UML Profile Example

« on: January 27, 2010, 02:59:21 am »

I'm not even creating MDG. As I understand I have to create a package and diagrams, with help of Profile toolbox and Save Diagram as Profile. Then import it and bam! - the toolbox must show up. Am I not understanding the process right?

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General Board / UML Profile Example

« on: January 26, 2010, 08:01:28 am »

Anyone has.eap file with basic UML profile that creates custom Toolbox?

I'm trying to follow the help about how to build the toolbox - but I can't get any elements to show up in the new custom toolbox...

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General Board / Re: Relationship matrix - link type

« on: January 26, 2010, 06:45:44 am »

@Simon: But does the matrix view support the creation of such stereotyped links?  It would be very painful to have to create lots of links and then to have to manually stereotype each of them.  Is there some shortcut that allows stereotyped links to be used in the matrix?

Trace has been added to the listbox for EA 8.0, but until then (and for any other stereotypes that you may want to add) do the following: Create a profile that defines the stereotype "trace" that extends "Dependency". Give the stereotype class an attribute "_metatype" with an initial value of "Trace". Save the profile. Import the profile in the Resources window. (You may also need to reload your model). All stereotypes with a _metatype attribute set will appear in the matrix listboxes.

Did all this and it worked when I selected "Dependency" in Link Type field of Relationship Matrix. Good advice!

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General Board / Relationship matrix - link type

« on: January 22, 2010, 07:26:04 am »

I have simple relationship - <<trace>> between two elements. How can I show this on Relationship Matrix - the link type trace is not there... in fact many link types do not show up in the drop down.