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General Board / Re: Cannot change a class icon

« on: March 15, 2021, 07:52:14 am »

There is no need to be snarky. I was hoping that it was clear that it was just an example.

I am the only stakeholder and I am not going to confuse myself. I am also not going to use nodes instead of classes. Honestly, I have no idea how else to relay the information that I am asking about it all in general, how to change an icon, not about this specific case.

If this is not possible, that is fine, I hope the next person in N months or years will save some time by stumbling upon this message thread.

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General Board / Re: Cannot change a class icon

« on: March 15, 2021, 12:37:01 am »

Hello @qwerty,

it means representing the same element using a different graphical icon.

For instance, here we have some classes:

https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/15.0/images/exampleofaclassdiagram.png

For the sake of this example, I would like to have the same classes display using a different icon / image / I am not sure what your preferred terminology is, for instance, like here:

https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/15.0/images/exampleofadeploymentdiagram.png

It would be still the same elements, just having a different icon.

In my case, I have classes with several compartments in one place and on another diagram I would like to use the same class element using a different icon without any compartments, just its name and the symbol / icon / image.

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General Board / Re: Cannot draw a communication diagram

« on: March 15, 2021, 12:33:28 am »

Thanks @qwerty but this is exactly what I was trying to do to no avail, please have a look at my message.

Yourself, are you able to draw the same diagram as in the documentation? https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/15.0/model_domains/communicationdiagram.html

When you drag an association using quick links, what happens? Do you get a straight line and numbering? What is your EA version and level?

Thanks.

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General Board / Re: Cannot delete a linked document

« on: March 14, 2021, 01:59:39 am »

The answer to my question is already available here https://www.sparxsystems.com/forums/smf/index.php/topic,45565.0.html - the important point being able to open the Document window (Ribbon -> Start -> Design -> Document), then clicking the three bars menu, right to which it says "Select an Element to preview", then click "Delete Linked Document".

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General Board / Cannot draw a communication diagram

« on: March 13, 2021, 10:33:08 pm »

Hello,

I use EA Professional 15.2.1557.

I have just spent two hours, trying various options, and no matter what I do, I am unable to create a communication diagram following the documentation here:

https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/15.0/model_domains/communicationdiagram.html
https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/15.0/model_domains/createacommmessage.html

After I drop an actor and object on a diagram, the documentation is vague again when it says:

"Add an Association relationship between each pair of objects that communicate."

I am not sure what is meant by "Association" here, which one in particular?

When I use quick-links from the actor to the object, I am required to choose a specific association and I end up with <<abstraction>>, <<use>> and similar stereotypes on a dashed line.

Then, the documentation says "Select the option to add a Message from one object to the other." but which option is that? I cannot find anything about messages after right clicking on any association.

Next, when I use the palette to add an association, it just does nothing. I can drag a line from actor to object and the line disappears as soon as I release the left mouse button.

Am I using it all incorrectly? Is there another way to create communication diagrams?

Thanks again.

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General Board / Cannot change a class icon

« on: March 13, 2021, 10:21:33 pm »

Hello,

I use EA Professional 15.2.1557.

I have a class in my model which exists in one diagram using the default rectangle icon with the default compartment of attributes.

However, on another diagram, I would like to have this same class display using a different icon, without any compartments at all. By "the same" I mean that I would like for it to be a link to the original class. Basically, one model, multiple visual representations on different diagrams.

This sounds like a job for options from right-click -> Appearance but no matter what I click under Appearance, the most that I can do is what the standard F4 dialog has, which is colour, line thickness etc.

There are no other images/assets to pick anything from when I click other appearance options, like Change Default Image, Select an Alternate Image etc. It looks that they should be populated with something and I should be able to choose from these lists but they are simply empty.

Am I doing anything incorrectly? Is that not the way to change an icon of a link to an element?

Thanks.

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General Board / Cannot delete a linked document

« on: March 13, 2021, 10:15:15 pm »

Hello,

I use EA Professional 15.2.1557.

Looking around, learning to use the product, I right-clicked on a class element and then clicked on Linked Document.

This led me to a form to add a new linked document. I did not add anything, instead closing the tab in EA.

However, I still can see the red A on the class. Checking the forum, I found information that I should right-click on the class and click Delete Linked Document, except that I do not see this option - there is only Linked Document but no apparent way to delete it.

Can you please tell me if there is now another way to delete such a linked document?

Thank you.

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General Board / Re: Find points of use (element not directly on a diagram)

« on: March 13, 2021, 10:11:36 pm »

Thanks Geert, I will have a look at your add-ins.

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General Board / Find points of use (element not directly on a diagram)

« on: March 12, 2021, 10:57:47 pm »

Hello,

I am on EA Professional 15.2.1557.

I have two UML classes:

* MyDataType (stereotype: type)
* UserAccount

Class UserAccount is defined with attributes as follows:

* user_id: int
* user_name: MyDataType

In other words, I have a custom data type that I use in another type.

Class UserAccount is visible directly on a diagram but class MyDataType is not visible anywhere in the sense of not being a top-level element of a diagram because there is no need for it as MyDataType is merely a data type.

When I click "Find in all Diagrams" on MyDataType, there are no results unless I paste MyDataType directly into a diagram which makes it appear in the search result but on one hand this is completely unnecessary because now I have a class that has no business being in the diagram and on the other hand it, obviously, still does not tell me where, among what other types MyDataType can be found - it just tells me that MyDataType is somewhere on the diagram.

The documentation is rather vague on this point and just confirms what I have already learned in practice above: https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/15.0/modeling/showelementusage.html.

The behaviour is completely different than a typical "Find points of use" in a programming IDE where all points of use will be always found, no matter in what capacity a given type / class / object is used.

Am I doing anything wrong or is that as it is supposed to work? If it is, how can I actually find points of use of each UML class, no matter how and where it is used in a model?

I do not have SysML in the Professional edition - would it change anything if I were using blocks instead of classes?

Thanks a lot.