Show Parent Attributes & Operations

[AndyDent]

We're new EA users and sorely missing a feature from MagicDraw - being able to see the attributes and associations (they call 'links') of a parent class combined in the details of a child.

I would call this a "flattened" view of an API, from framework documentation.

I've spent enough time looking through help and the forum to be fairly certain that EA doesn't provide such a feature but would be very happy to be enlightened otherwise!

[CPT]

You are able to show any inherited attributes and operations in EA.  Select the element(s) in question, go to the menu item 'Elements->Set Feature Visibility' and choose what you are after in the 'Inherited and Realized Features' section.

[AndyDent]

Thanks for the prompt reply (we're in Perth) but what EA currently provides is complementary to the MagicDraw feature.

I've put a screenshot up to help explain, on
http://www.oofile.com.au/files/misc/MagicDraw-inheritedAtts.png for the MagicDraw behaviour - it shows links and attributes within the Detail pane and doesn't touch the layout of the diagram.

This means you can use the diagram as a browser and see the aggregated attributes and relations (less important) for each class.

BTW the Set Feature Visibility is somewhat annoying in not resizing the shape back when you turn it off, so you end up fiddling with your diagram a lot.