The Ctrl+o command enables to display for a dedicated diagram, in an independent window (as following), every diagram elements.
When the diagram is dense, the Outline View enables to navigate in the diagram per diagram area.
If a diagram is large, it is possible to scroll easily through the diagram in all directions (both horizontally and vertically at the same time) by using on of the shortcuts below:
- Space + left click
- Mouse wheel click
The new Select menu in diagram consists of tools for highlighting related elements to the selected element(s) on the diagram. For instance, on a SAB diagram, select a function and right click on the contextual menu Select/Elements of Same Type will select all functions on the SAB diagram.
- Select one or many elements on the diagram and right-click to have the contextual menu.
- Based on those selected elements, tools will be dynamically added to the menu Select
The available tools are:
| Related REC Elements | Select all elements on the active diagram which are related to the selected REC as the current selected element(s) |
| Related RPL Elements | Select all elements on the active diagram which are related to the selected RPL as the current selected element(s) |
| Elements of Same Type | Select all elements on the active diagram which have the same type as the current selected element(s) |
| Related Functional Chain Elements | Select all functional exchanges, exchange categories and ports on the active diagram which are related to as the current selected Functional Chain |
| Related Physical Path Elements | Select all physical links, categories and ports on the active diagram which are related to as the current selected Physical Path |
| Resembling Elements | Select all elements on the active diagram which have the same mapping as the current selected element(s) |
| Owned ports | Select all ports on the active diagram which are owned by the current selected element(s) |
| Owned elements | Select all elements on the active diagram which are owned by the current selected element(s) |
| Related connections | Select all connections on the active diagram which are related to the current selected element(s) |
A new tool called Generic Connection Creation Tool is added to the palette of diagram allowing create new edge more dynamically:
- Select the tool icon
on the palette.
- Select a graphical element on the diagram as source of a new edge
- Select a graphical element on the diagram as target of a new edge
- According to the selected source and target, a list of possible types of edge will be proposed as a contextual menu.
When the number of diagrams increases, it is necessary to organize them.
Blank diagrams (for instance XAB and IDB) can be drag and dropped between Components or Component packages. For example, a sub-package can be created under the Logical System to group certain LAB diagrams as follows:
Another way to organize diagrams is via package tag. Several diagrams can be grouped together in a package tag. In the view Properties of a diagram, it is possible to:
- Create a new package
- Add a diagram to an existing package
The Visibility Mode allows to visualize all elements of the diagram: if an element is currently invisible because of an active filter or being hidden by user, it will be shown with transparency.
This mode can be activated from the toolbar of diagram.
If the Visibility Mode is active, double-clicking on a graphical element will change its visibility (from visible to invisible and vice versa) without modifying semantic models:
- If a selected diagram element is currently invisible and it is contained by an invisible element, both of them will be made visible.
- If a selected diagram element is currently invisible and it contains hidden children, the element will be made visible and its children will be displayed with transparency.
- If a selected diagram element is an edge, it will change the visibility of its source and target as well.
- If a selected diagram element is currently invisible because of an active filter, a dialog will be prompted to ask for deactivating the filter.
- If a selected diagram element is currently invisible because of an inactive layer, a dialog will be prompted to ask for activating the layer.
| This Visibility Mode is not persisted: when a diagram is closed, the mode is automatically disabled. |
The new tool Representation Link in the palette allows to create a graphical link toward an existing diagram.
- The linked diagram is represented as a node element
- The content of note is synchronized with the name of linked diagram
- Double-clicking on the note will open the linked diagram
On the Project Explorer, it is possible to refresh at once many sub-representations related to a selected element.
The title blocks enables the possibility to add information about diagram elements or the diagram itself and can be shown in diagram to provide additional information chosen by users. Additional details about title blocks (tools, customization) can be found below:
Sometimes it's may seems to be difficult to select a title block in order to move it from one place to another. By pressing CTRL key while clicking onto it, the Title Block will be selected.