Diagram Portal
The Diagram Portal provides links to the facilities for defining the appearance of objects on a diagram, and the way in which the diagram itself displays. Many of the facilities are initially grayed out but become active when the object is in the appropriate context and/or is selected.
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Show > Window > Show Portals Bar: Diagram
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Facilities
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These options help you to define how the selected element on the diagram is displayed.
- Default Appearance - displays the 'Default Appearance' dialog, on which you can define a background color, line color, line width, font and font color for the selected element
- Set Font - displays the 'Font' dialog, on which you can define the font, size, color and style of the text of the selected element
- Alternate Image - displays the Image Manager window, from which you can select an image to replace the element's normal UML rendition
- Apply Image from Clipboard - displays the Image Manager window, through which you apply an image previously copied to the clipboard as the appearance of the element
- Autosize - adjusts the selected element to the default size for that element type
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Autosize Elements
Set Element Font
Using the Image Manager
Set an Element's Default Appearance
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These options help you to change the type of the element and to mark it for reference by others.
- Change Type - displays the 'Select Element Type' dialog, in which you select the element type to change to
- Bookmark - marks the element on the diagram with a red triangle, to indicate that it has a significance that you might explain in, for example, the element notes
- Clear All Bookmarks - clear all the bookmark symbols from the diagram
- Custom References - displays the 'Custom References' dialog, on which you review the references from this element to other elements or diagrams
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Bookmarks
Set Up Cross References
Change Element Type
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These options help you to add and display attributes, operations and other features of the selected element on the diagram.
- Add Attribute - creates a new attribute in the selected element on the diagram, in inline editing mode for you to complete the definition
- Add Operation - creates a new operation in the selected element on the diagram, in inline editing mode for you to complete the definition
- Add Other - displays the 'Insert Feature' dialog, through which you define a Testing or Maintenance feature on the selected element in the diagram
- Create Linked Note - when a feature is highlighted in an element on the diagram, this option becomes available to create a linked Note on the feature, displaying the name and value of the feature
- Feature Visibility - displays the 'Feature Visibility' dialog, on which you define how features and compartments are displayed on the selected element
- View Properties - when an element or a feature is selected, this option displays the appropriate 'Properties' dialog
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Link Note to Internal Documentation
Insert New Feature
Feature Visibility
Define Properties of Operations
Insert Testing Features
Create and Manage Attributes
Insert Maintenance Feature
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These options help you to protect the contents of the diagram, and to change the sequence in which elements overlap in the diagram.
- Lock - locks the current diagram against change (a padlock icon displays in the diagram header, and selected elements display with a red hashed border); select the option again to unlock the diagram
- Modify Element Z Order - displays the 'Modify Z Order' dialog, through which you can change the Z-order number of the elements on the diagram
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These options change the format of the diagram display.
- List - displays the diagram contents as a list of elements
- Gantt - displays the diagram contents as a Gantt Chart
- Default - displays a List or Gantt Chart as a graphical layout
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The Project Gantt View
Diagram List
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