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PowerDesigner v15.1 includes new core features available for all models.

New Model Dialog

The New Model dialog has been completely redesigned to provide greater visibility to the diagrams that are available in each type of model. The new dialog is customizable so that you can:

  • Organize the choice of models however you want
  • Hide certain kinds of models from certain kinds of users
  • Restrict or predefine the choice of target language using a new kind of model template
Documented in:
  • Core Features Guide > Modeling with PowerDesigner > Getting Started with PowerDesigner > Creating a Model
  • Core Features Guide > Modeling with PowerDesigner > Getting Started with PowerDesigner > Creating a Model > Model Templates
Welcome Page

The new Welcome page gives you one-click access to all your recent projects, workspaces, and models, as well as providing a direct link to the New Model and New Project dialogs and a range of help materials.

Documented in:
  • Core Features Guide > Modeling with PowerDesigner > Getting Started with PowerDesigner > The Welcome Page
Metamodel Extension Wizards

You can now quickly add extensions to your PowerDesigner models with wizards available directly from object property sheets. You can specify new attributes and lists of associated objects and the changes to the underlying PowerDesigner metamodel are automatically saved in an extension file, which can be deployed to other users and edited in the Resource Editor.

Documented in:
  • Core Features Guide > Modeling with PowerDesigner > Objects > Extending Objects > Adding New Properties to an Object
Dependency Matrix

Dependency matrices, which allow you to analyze the dependencies between different kinds of objects, now display the hierarchy of parent objects. You can now display dependencies between types of objects that are not directly related by constructing complex paths traversing the PowerDesigner metamodel using the new Dependency Path Definition dialog.

Documented in:
  • Core Features Guide > Modeling with PowerDesigner > Diagrams, Matrices, and Symbols > Dependency Matrices
More Diagrams with Customizable Display Preferences
Extended objects, packages, and all the objects in the following kinds of diagrams now have completely customizable display preferences, which allow you to display any of their attributes and collections in any order that you want on their diagram symbols:
  • Enterprise Architecture Model - All diagrams
  • Business Process Model - All diagrams
  • Data models:
    • Physical Data Diagram
    • Multidimensional Data Diagram
  • Object-Oriented Model:
    • Use Case Diagram
    • Activity Diagram
    • Statechart Diagram
    • Interaction Overview Diagram
    • Deployment Diagram
Documented in:
  • Core Features Guide > Modeling with PowerDesigner > Diagrams, Matrices, and Symbols > Display Preferences
Improved Property Filtering

The Customize Columns and Filter dialog now includes a new Operator column with a list of common operators to simplify writing filter expressions.

Documented in:
  • Core Features Guide > Modeling with PowerDesigner > Objects > Object Lists > Customizing Object List Columns and Filtering Lists
Improved RTF Support

The PowerDesigner RTF editor provides improved support for tables and bulleted lists and the preservation of Word formatting. It now allows the insertion of pictures anywhere RTF input is supported.

Other New Core Features
  • Metamodel Help More Accessible - You can now access the documentation of the PowerDesigner metamodel directly from an object's property sheet.
  • Right-Clicking a Group of Symbols - When you select a group of symbols and right-click any of them, you can now modify all of them in any way that is appropriate.
  • Plugin Support - The PowerDesigner plugin for Eclipse now supports Eclipse v3.4.