Ability to clone a diagram

[ptmcg]

I am working on some sequence diagrams and it would be handy to be able to clone the diagrams and modify them.

• In one case, I wanted to split a diagram.  Instead of trying to copy/paste objects and messages, it would be easier to just clone the diagram, and delete the messages before or after the split.
  
  
• In another case, I wanted to show various exception paths.  They are fairly complicated, so I wanted to use different diagrams.  But I have to repeat all of the surrounding messages.
  
  
• Another time (this is not just for sequence diagrams), I wanted to diagram some design alternatives, but I had to repeat all of the stuff that didn't change.
  

Being able to clone a diagram would simplify these tasks, without requiring a lot of "cut/paste" magic.

Thanks,
-- Paul

[Bruno.Cossi]

Hi Paul,

you can clone the diagrams - just right-click on a diagram in the Project Browser, select Copy Diagram to Clipboard. Then right-click on a Package and select Paste Diagram.

Bruno

[ptmcg]

Great!  I thought "Copy to Clipboard" meant to just copy the diagram graphically, for pasting into Word or Powerpoint.

I've had very good results, by the way, including my diagrams within proposals and other documents using Ctrl-A to select everything in the diagram, Ctrl-C to copy, and then Paste'ing into Word (usually using Word's Paste-Special, and pasting as a Word Picture) - this is much quicker than exporting to a GIF or JPEG, and the results are very clear.

-- Paul

[Bruno.Cossi]

Agreed, I frequenty do the same. I often copy and paste diagrams into PowerPoint presentations - this allows me to ungroup them and animate or shuffle them around, which I could not do if I went the JPEG or GIF way.

Bruno