Enhancements for Various Trees
Improved Diagram Creation
Starting from VP Suite 2.3 Service Pack 2, you can create a new diagram and enter its name and documentation at the same time. Below are three approaches to show the New Diagram dialog box where you can select the diagram to be created and specify the documentation.
Animated Demo
Select
File > New Diagram... from the main menu.
Right-click on the project root node in the Diagram Navigator and select
New Diagram... from the pop-up menu.
Right-click on a diagram node in the Diagram Navigator and select
New Diagram... from the pop-up menu.
The New Diagram dialog box is showed as below.
Note: If you took the third way to create the diagram, the chosen diagram type is selected by default.
Creating a diagram from the New Diagram dialog box
Select the category that the type of diagram that you want to create is belonging to.
Click on the image of the diagram type that you want to create.
Enter the diagram name.
Enter the diagram documentation. You can define formatting for the documentation.
Enhanced Model creation via Model and Class Repository trees
Creating a Model
From the Model tree or Class Repository, select the parent for creating a model. A parent can either be the project root node or any model node.
Right-click on the parent ‘object’ and select
New Model > New model... from the pop-up menu.
This shows the
New Model dialog box.
Click on the
Model type drop-down menu and select the type of model that you want to create.
Enter the model name.
Enter the model documentation. You can define formatting for the documentation.
If you want the specification dialog box of the newly created model to appear, keep the option Open specification after create checked, un-check it otherwise.
Click
OK to create the model. You will see the newly created model is created under the parent object.
Preferred and Recently created model
When you right-click on a model and select New Model from the pop-up menu, you may see the Preferred Child and the Recent Child sections.
Model types that are commonly used as the model type of child model of the selected model. For example, the preferred child for a System is a Use Case.
Model types that have ever been used are stored as history, which allows you create a new shape of the same type with minimized effort.
Context sensitive pop-up menu
With the enhanced Model Tree and Class Repository, many model-based operations can be performed within the tree without opening the diagrams that contain models. Here are two examples.
Working Use Case Scheduling for a Use Case
Right-click on a Use Case model and select
Use Case Scheduling... from the pop-up menu.
Adding Classifier for an Instance Specification
Right-click on an Instance Specification model and select
Add Classifier > Select Classifier... from the pop-up menu.
Press 'Enter' to open model specification
The Enter shortcut key is available for opening the specification dialog of the selected model.
Instant update for property and documentation pane upon model selection
When you select a diagram or a model from different trees, the property pane and documentation pane will update themselves instantly to show the properties and documentation of the selected model.
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Support re-ordering of diagrams
Open the Diagram Navigator.
Select the diagram that you want to reposition in the tree.
From the Diagram Navigator toolbar, select either
Move Selected Model Up to move the selected diagram upwards or
Move Selected Model Down to move the selected diagram downwards.
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