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Create Custom Diagram Background
Enterprise Architect provides a number of options for setting the background of a diagram - a Theme, a system-defined tile background, a single-color flat background or a fading color gradient down the screen.
Alternatively, using the Image Manager, you can create a customized tiled or non-tiled background for your diagrams.
Create a customized background
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Check that a suitable image is available in the Image Manager. If the image you require is held elsewhere, import the file or the library containing the file. |
Using the Image Manager Import Image Library |
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Open a diagram and create a Boundary object from the 'Use Case Elements' page of the Toolbox (do not use the Boundary element from any other section of the Toolbox). |
System Boundary Diagram Toolbox |
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Stretch the Boundary to a size that can contain all of the elements you intend to place on the diagram, and drag it to the edges of the diagram workspace. |
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Right-click on the Boundary element and select the 'Z-Order | Send to Bottom' option. This places the Boundary behind all other elements on the diagram. |
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On the Image Manager window, select the required image for the diagram background and check that the image size is large enough to span the required size of the diagram background. |
Using the Image Manager |
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Click on the . |
Notes
- As an alternative method: after you have added the Boundary element to the diagram, copy an image from another source onto the Windows clipboard, right-click on the Boundary element, and select the 'Appearance | Apply Image From Clipboard' option