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General Board / Re: Default to not show connectors in other diagrams

« on: May 23, 2018, 05:09:00 am »

In ArchiMate the different types of relations have different strength. The derived relation between A and E is the weakest of the relations in between. But you only add the derived relations if you need them in a view. You might also specify a "proper" relation between A and E, eg. an "association" which is always allowed.

I guess you cannot automate the decision on which relations to show in which diagrams, neither by scripts nor by an AddIn.

But it would indeed be a great help if a locked diagram was ... locked(!). And it should be a very minor and simple change in Sparx.

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General Board / Re: Default to not show connectors in other diagrams

« on: May 22, 2018, 04:07:35 pm »

I know this is an old topic but Sparx Support referred me to this within the last 24 hours, so ...

ArchiMate might be a bit different than other modeling languages. If I have three elements A, B and C and relations from A to B and from B to C it might be relevant to show this on one diagram and then - on another diagram - only show A and C with a *derived* relation. The language has specific rules as to which relations can be derived from which. Therefore it IS highly relevant to be able to add relations without showing them in all previous diagrams.

To me the solution might be simple: If I lock the first diagram I thereby say that I don't want anybody to change anything. Sparx might then add the derived connection to the diagram but automatically turn the visibility off. If the diagram is not locked, Sparx can act as usual and make the new connection visible.

Feature request?