Duplicate Relationship
Normally the specification of relationship contains a set of values and those values are similar when creating a new relationship. In order to reduce those user actions for setting similar values of relationship, Duplicate Relationship is introduced. With Duplicate Relationship, all values within relationship’s specification, such as Stereotypes and Tagged Values, are reused.
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Duplicating a Relationship
The following shows the steps require to duplicate an existing relationship.
Right-click on a relationship. In the popup menu, select
Duplicate... to open
Duplicate dialog.
If the duplicated relationship is required to have a different name, input the new name into
Name.
Select
Source for specifying the
from shape of duplicated relationship.
To specify the
to shape of duplicated relationship, select
Destination.
Finally, click
OK to duplicate the relationship.
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Changing From or To End of a Relationship
The following shows the steps for changing the from and to end of an existing relationships. The steps involved are similar to duplicating a relationship.
Right-click on a relationship for showing popup menu. Then click
Change From/To Shape... to open
Change From/To Shape... dialog.
If the
from shape of relationship is going to change, select the shape in
Source.
Select the shape in
Destination, when the
to shape of the relationship is required to change.
Finally, click
OK to change the relationship.
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