Make your own Archimate MDG or buy from you :)

[Eve]

Hey, I didn't say thanks to myself... But you're welcome.

The good news is you won't need it as the non-rectangle shape will become the standard one in EA.

[qwerty]

Whoa. The other thread from 2014 where I posted recently has made it to production. Too bad I won't see it in 13.5 :-/

q.

[Ian Mitchell]

Declaration of interest - I'm the author of Model Expert.

If you're using mostly a sub-set of Archimate, then an alternative approach is to first create some models that you're happy with, then use Model Expert to reverse-engineer them into a 'Reference (meta) Model', which you can then apply to new bits of model. Meta-model rules are applied real-time, and the Ref Model is saved in EA, so can be updated quickly and changes re-deployed.
There's also an option to generate a simple MDG so that diagrams each have the correct set of items in the toolbox  - either Archimate stuff, UML, or anything else.
Might save you some time, especially of your modelling style is evolving.
see www.eadocx.com/modelexpert

[steen.jensen]

Thanks Ian.
Im going to check it out

[bellawatson492]

I suggest you to try EA 15.1 Beta, its good than others, I hope you will also find it better than others.