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Formatting Diagram

Change Font

To change font face, size, and color of view elements:
  1. 1.
    Select view elements in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Show Font Dialog by pressing Ctrl+Shift+F or selecting Format | Font... in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
  3. 3.
    Select font face, size or color and press OK button.
You can also use Style Editor to change Font face, size, and color.

Change Line Color

To change line color of view elements:
  1. 1.
    Select view elements in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Show Color Dialog for line color by pressing Ctrl+Shift+L or selecting Format | Line Color... in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
  3. 3.
    Select line color and press OK button.
You can also use Style Editor to change line color.

Change Fill Color

To change fill color of view elements:
  1. 1.
    Select view elements in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Show Color Dialog for fill color by pressing Ctrl+Shift+I or selecting Format | Fill Color... in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
  3. 3.
    Select fill color and press OK button.
You can also use Style Editor to change fill color.

Change Line Style

To change line style of view elements:
  1. 1.
    Select view elements in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Select one of line styles.
    • Rectilinear - Press Ctrl+L or select Format | Line Style | Rectilinear in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
    • Oblique - Press Ctrl+B or select Format | Line Style | Oblique in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
    • RoundRect - Press Ctrl+Alt+L or select Format | Line Style | RoundRect in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
    • Curve - Press Ctrl+Alt+B or select Format | Line Style | Curve in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
You can also use Style Editor to line style.

Set Auto Resize

To set view elements always resize automatically:
  1. 1.
    Select view elements in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Press Ctrl+Shift+R or check (or uncheck) Format | Auto Resize in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
You can also use Style Editor to line style.

Set Word Wrap

To allow text can be shown in multiple lines:
  1. 1.
    Select view elements in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Press Ctrl+Shift+W or check (or uncheck) Format | Word Wrap in Menu Bar or Context Menu.

Stereotype Display

An element has six alternative representations based on the stereotype. To change stereotype display:
  1. 1.
    Select view elements in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Press Ctrl+Shift+0 ~ Ctrl+Shift+5 or select Format | Stereotype Display | [StereotypeDisplayKind] in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
Supported stereotype display kinds are follow:
  • None (Ctrl+Shift+0) : Do not show stereotype.
  • Label (Ctrl+Shift+1) : Show stereotype as a label.
  • Decoration (Ctrl+Shift+2) : Show stereotype as a decorated icon on the top left.
  • Decoration with Label (Ctrl+Shift+3) : Show stereotype as a label with a decorated icon.
  • Icon (Ctrl+Shift+4) : Show element as a icon.
  • Icon with Label (Ctrl+Shift+5) : Show element as a icon with label.

Show Visibility

To show (or hide) visibilities:
  1. 1.
    Select view elements in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Press Ctrl+Shift+V or check (or uncheck) Format | Show Visibility in Menu Bar or Context Menu.

Show Namespace

To show (or hide) namespace:
  1. 1.
    Select view elements in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Press Ctrl+Shift+N or check (or uncheck) Format | Show Namespace in Menu Bar or Context Menu.

Show Property (Tag)

To show (or hide) properties (tags):
  1. 1.
    Select view elements in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Press Ctrl+Shift+P or check (or uncheck) Format | Show Property in Menu Bar or Context Menu.

Show Type

To show (or hide) types:
  1. 1.
    Select view elements in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Press Ctrl+Shift+Y or check (or uncheck) Format | Show Type in Menu Bar or Context Menu.

Show Multiplicity

To show (or hide) multiplicities:
  1. 1.
    Select view elements in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Press Ctrl+Shift+M or check (or uncheck) Format | Show Multiplicity in Menu Bar or Context Menu.

Show Operation Signature

To show (or hide) operation signature:
  1. 1.
    Select view elements in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Press Ctrl+Shift+G or check (or uncheck) Format | Show Operation Signature in Menu Bar or Context Menu.

Suppress Attributes

To suppress attributes:
  1. 1.
    Select view elements (e.g. Class) in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Press Ctrl+Shift+A or check (or uncheck) Format | Suppress Attributes in Menu Bar or Context Menu.

Suppress Operations

To suppress operations:
  1. 1.
    Select view elements (e.g. Class) in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Press Ctrl+Shift+O or check (or uncheck) Format | Suppress Operations in Menu Bar or Context Menu.

Suppress Receptions

To suppress receptions:
  1. 1.
    Select view elements (e.g. Class) in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Press Ctrl+Shift+E or check (or uncheck) Format | Suppress Receptions in Menu Bar or Context Menu.

Suppress Literals

To suppress literals:
  1. 1.
    Select Enumeration view elements in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Press Ctrl+Shift+T or check (or uncheck) Format | Suppress Literals in Menu Bar or Context Menu.

Suppress Columns

To suppress columns:
  1. 1.
    Select Entity view elements in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Press Ctrl+Shift+U or check (or uncheck) Format | Suppress Columns in Menu Bar or Context Menu.

Aligning View Elements

To bring view elements on the front:
  1. 1.
    Select view elements in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Select Format | Alignment | Bring to Front in Menu Bar or Alignment | Bring to Front in Context Menu.
Or, to send view elements to the back:
  1. 1.
    Select view elements in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Select Format | Alignment | Send to Back in Menu Bar or Alignment | Send to Back in Context Menu.
And, you can align two or more view elements:
  1. 1.
    Select view elements in diagram.
  2. 2.
    Select Format | Alignment | [AlignmentKind] in Menu Bar or Alignment | [AlignmentKind] in Context Menu.
    • Align Left : Align selected view elements to the left.
    • Align Right : Align selected view elements to the right.
    • Align Middle : Center selected view elements horizontally.
    • Align Top : Align selected view elements to the top.
    • Align Bottom : Align selected view elements to the bottom.
    • Align Center : Center selected view elements vertically.

Layout Diagram

To layout diagram automatically:
  1. 1.
    Open the diagram to be layout.
  2. 2.
    Select Format | Layout | Auto in Menu Bar.
If you want to layout diagram in a particular direction:
  1. 1.
    Open the diagram to be layout.
  2. 2.
    Select Format | Layout | [Direction] in Menu Bar. Supported directions are Top to Bottom, Bottom to Top, Left to Right and Right to Left.

Diagram Zoom In and Out

To zoom in the diagram, press Ctrl++ or select View | Zoom In in Menu Bar.
To zoom out the diagram, press Ctrl+- or select View | Zoom Out in Menu Bar.
To set zoom level to actual size, press Ctrl+0 or select View | Actual Size in Menu Bar.
You can check the current zoom level in StatusBar.
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