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PowerDesigner v15.1 includes new features for the Enterprise Architecture Model (EAM).

New Object Properties

Many objects in the EAM have additional properties to enable you to model them more fully.

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  • Enterprise Architecture Modeling
Richer Diagrams

Hardware and software servers, network nodes, workstations, mobile devices, and networks, previously only available in technology infrastructure diagrams are now also authorized in application architecture diagrams.

In city planning diagrams, business functions can now be decomposed and display sub-functions.

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  • Enterprise Architecture Modeling
Improved Exchange of Objects with Other Models

When importing or exporting objects from or to other PowerDesigner models, sub-objects are now automatically included.

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  • Enterprise Architecture Modeling > Importing to and Generating and Exporting from an EAM > Exporting and Importing Objects to and from Other Models
Improved Visio Import

You can now import custom properties defined in Visio.

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  • Enterprise Architecture Modeling > Importing to and Generating and Exporting from an EAM > Importing Visio Diagrams into PowerDesigner