Enterprise Architect User Guide Series Building Models Author: Sparx Systems Date: 26/07/2018 Version: 1.0 CREATED WITH Table of Contents Building Models 16 Perspectives 18 Types of Perspective 24 Managing Perspectives 37 Views 44 Add Views 46 Rename Views 48 Delete Views 49 Packages 51 Add a Package 53 Open Package in the Project Browser 57 Rename a Package 58 Copy a Package 60 Delete a Package 64 Model Wizard 65 Customize Model Content 72 Diagrams 75 Diagram View 78 How to Context Filter a Diagram 84 The Pan & Zoom Window 86 Diagram Tabs 88 Switch Between Views 92 Diagram Toolbox 95 Toolbox Appearance Options 106 Toolbox Shortcut Menu 111 Add Multiple Elements 114 Common Page 121 Artifact Toolbox 125 Use Case Toolbox 136 Class Toolbox 138 Object Toolbox 141 Composite Toolbox 143 Communication Toolbox 145 Interaction Toolbox 147 Timing Toolbox 149 State Toolbox 151 Activity Toolbox 154 Component Toolbox 157 Deployment Toolbox 159 Profile Toolbox 161 Metamodel Toolbox 164 Analysis Toolbox 166 Custom Toolbox 168 Requirements Toolbox 171 Maintenance Toolbox 174 User Interface Toolbox 177 WSDL Toolbox 180 XML Schema Toolbox 182 Data Modeling Toolbox 184 Test Domain Toolbox 187 XML Transformation Toolbox 189 Set Diagram Properties 191 General Tab 193 Configure Diagram Display 198 Define Element Characteristics 208 Features Tab 214 Connectors Tab 218 Theme Tab 221 Properties Window for Diagrams 225 Diagram Tab 229 Diagram Context Menu 236 The Quick Linker 245 Create New Elements 249 Create Connectors 251 Working In Diagrams 253 Add New Diagrams 258 Insert Diagram Properties Note 261 Drop Package From Project Browser 263 Show or Hide Package Contents 266 Drop Elements from Project Browser 268 Copy And Paste Diagram Element 276 Z Order Elements 279 Move/Copy Elements To & From Floating Diagrams 281 Move Elements In Diagram Sections 284 Autosize Elements 286 Virtual Connector Ends 288 Locate Related Elements 293 Manage Object Labels 295 Hide/Show Labels 299 Show Realized Interfaces of Class 301 Open Package From Diagram 304 Undo Last Action 305 Redo Last Action 307 Add Diagram Links To Diagrams 308 Pan and Zoom a Diagram 315 Diagram Navigation Hotkeys 317 View Last and Next Diagram 320 Change Diagram Type 321 Scale Image to Page Size 323 Set Up Diagram Page 326 Lock Diagram 329 Copy (Duplicate) Diagram 330 Save Diagram Image to Disk 333 Copy Image to Clipboard 336 Delete Diagrams 338 Diagram Filters 340 Work With Diagram Filters 346 Diagram List 355 Layout Diagrams 360 Circular/Elliptical Layout 364 Box Layout 369 Per Page Layout 372 Digraph Layout 375 Spring Layout 376 Neaten Layout 378 Converge/Diverge Layout 381 Fan Relations Layout 383 Auto Route Layout 386 Lay Out a Diagram Automatically 388 Chain Diagram Layouts 397 Swimlanes 401 Creating Sub-lanes 408 Swimlane Details 412 Swimlanes Matrix 414 Diagram Legends 421 Create Legends 425 Legend Properties 428 Legend Key 431 Image Assets 440 Using the Image Manager 444 Create Custom Diagram Background 450 Import Image Library 452 Print Preview 455 Elements 457 Element Facilities 459 Create Elements 464 Add Elements Directly To Packages 466 Set Auto Naming and Auto Counters 471 Apply Auto Naming to Existing Elements 476 Set Element Templates Package 482 Set Element Font 487 Move Elements Within Diagrams 491 Copy Elements Between Diagrams 495 Move Elements Between Packages 499 Copy Elements Between Packages 503 Copy Features Between Elements 506 Move Features Between Elements 508 Highlight Context Element 510 Insert Related Elements 513 Change Element Type 518 Make Linked Element a Local Copy 520 Set an Element's Default Appearance 521 Feature Visibility 526 Align Elements 533 Resize Elements 536 Create Notes and Text 539 Link Note to Internal Documentation 543 Delete Elements from Diagram and Model 548 Customize Visibility of Elements 552 Set Up Cross References 554 Show Element Use 558 Manage Structural Elements 564 Set Element Parent 570 Composite Elements 574 Show Structural Elements In Composite Diagram 580 Visual Representation 583 Element Icons 584 Compartments 588 Rectangle Notation 591 Info view Style 593 Element Property Displays 597 Properties Window for Elements 599 Templates 603 Properties Dialog 605 General Settings 609 Details 615 Advanced Properties 619 Requirements 621 External Requirements 626 Constraints 627 Scenarios 631 Structured Specification Tab 636 Set Up Scenario Specification 637 Structured Specification Toolbar 643 Structured Specification Item Context Menu 648 Structured Specification Selected Text Context Menu 653 Structured Specification Entry Points Context Menu 659 Structured Specification Floating Toolbar 663 Generate Diagrams 664 Generate Activity Diagram 668 Generate RuleFlow Diagram 672 Generate StateMachine Diagram 674 Generate Sequence Diagram 677 Generate Robustness Diagram 682 Generate Scenario From Activity Diagram 685 Generate Test Cases 688 Context References Tab 693 Scenario Constraints Tab 696 Associated Files 698 Links 701 The Features Window 703 The Element Browser 705 The Document Window 712 Dynamic Documents in the Document Window 714 Linked Documents in the Document Window 726 Responsibilities 732 Select <Item> Dialog 736 Select Property Dialog 740 Set Feature Dialog 743 Element Context Menu Operations 745 Selectable, Dockable and Printable Options 755 Advanced Operations on Elements 758 Finding Elements 766 Changing Element Appearance 769 Operations on Multiple Elements 774 Linked Documents 780 Create Document Artifact 785 Create Linked Document on an Element 787 Edit Linked Documents 791