Modeling Environment
Models
Procedure
General
How to create folders
How to change the size of the modeling area
How to start model items
How to change the display of the modeling toolbar
How to add an attribute placement
How to insert executable links for model items
How to export items and models to a file as EMF
How to copy objects/models as an EMF to the clipboard
How to Control the Program Using the Keyboard
How to control the program using the keyboard and the mouse
How to move window content horizontally using keyboard and mouse
How to resize Properties dialog boxes
Attribute editing
How to open the Attributes window
How to re-insert hidden attributes
How to change attribute values
How to sort attributes
How to sort tables
How to insert a language column
How to remove a language column
How to hide attributes
How to delete maintained attributes
Free-form text
How to insert free-form text
How to move free-form text
How to change free-form text
How to determine the properties of free-form text
How to copy and use free-form texts as an occurrence copy
How to copy and use free-form texts as a definition copy
Grouping
How to group selected items
How to resolve a grouping
Connection
How to create a connection
How to quickly create connections from one to multiple objects
How to define the connection path
How to carry out a layout for selected connections
How to Add Angles to Connections
How to Delete Angles from Connections
How to show and/or select a connection
How to reattach connections
How to optimize connection alignments
How to toggle the connection mode
How to display tool tips for connections in models
How to change the connection ends
How to open connections
How to delete a connection
Model
How to create a new model
How to open models
How to open models using the Occurrences tab
How to save a model
How to set the grid
How to insert grid columns or rows
How to align model items to the grid
How to create model content quickly (quick modeling)
How to insert objects into models using drag and drop
How to insert objects into models using copy/paste
How to place model attributes in the model window
How to exchange placed model attributes
How to change the arrangement of overlapping model items
How to generate model layouts automatically
How to check the effects of an automatic layout in advance
How to insert space
How to remove space
How to select model items
How to arrange model items
How to match the size of model items with each other
How to Copy Font Formats
How to assign a template to a model
How to assign multiple templates to a model
How to Reset the Model Defaults
How to assign a template to individual model items
How to restore the default for individual model items
How to change the properties of the current model
How to change the options for existing and future models
How to change the options of new models through their properties
How to change the size of appearance for models
How to navigate quickly to object occurrences in a model
How to quickly navigate to different areas of models
How to work with models in column/row display
How to update your model based on the database contents
How to print a model
How to specify the number of print pages
How to specify the paper format
How to arrange the pages of models
How to run navigation mode
How to present a model using navigation mode
How to hide any objects
How to hide selected objects
How to hide objects that are not selected
How to hide all objects of the same type
How to hide objects to a selected depth
How to show any objects
How to show adjacent objects
How to show objects to a selected depth
How to close models
Modeling toolbar
How to insert object symbols
How to remove an object symbol
Object
How to place an object
How to place objects of the same type multiple times
How to place object attributes
How to move objects
How to create relationships for overlapping objects
How to hide connections of overlapping objects
How to perform a layout for selected objects
How to create a new object occurrence
How to replace an object symbol
How to assign a default symbol to existing objects
How to change the object size
How to replace an object
How to insert attribute types into the Placed attributes box
How to move placed object attributes
How to change the order of placed object attributes
How to place object attributes at any position
How to change the properties of placed attributes
How to remove an attribute placement
How to delete an object occurrence
How to insert an OLE object
How to insert pictures in JPG format into the model window
How to use graphic objects
How to cancel creating lines and polygons
How to create filled polygons
How to open objects
How to create an object definition
How to manage assignments
How to open assignments
How to open assignments using the icon
How to open assignments using the pop-up menu
How to assign a new model
How to assign an existing model
How to create an assignment using drag and drop
How to delete assignments
How to Create a Link to a Design Object
How to Navigate from a Model to a Design Object
Valuable information
General
How is the modeling screen structured?
How is the Properties window structured?
How is the navigation window structured?
How is the modeling toolbar configured?
What is the definition selection button used for?
Attribute editing
How is attribute editing facilitated?
What does "sorted by method" mean?
Connection
What are the special features of connections?
When is a diagonal or right angled connection alignment useful?
Model
How to accelerate modeling
How many editing steps can I undo?
Special features of the Insert/Remove space function
What happens when a model is saved?
What is the special grid mode?
What Print Settings Can You Define?
What are templates for?
What does navigation mode do?
Which keys control the print preview?
What are the special features of connections?
How do free-form text copies behave?
How are groupings used?
How do I identify a model that is read-only?
Layout Settings
Object
How do objects behave in objects?
Why Are Only Contours Shown For Some Objects?
What is a Default Symbol and How is it Used?
Where is the assignment icon placed?
What are the special features for inheriting object symbols?
What are OLE Objects?