Viewer:2/Options

Viewer Options

The Viewer has several options which influence the visual properties of the available diagrams.

Display

• Drop shadow: Turn on of off the shadowing of symbols drawn.
• Show grid: Toggle the grid on of off
• Hot Tracking: Moving the mouse will highlight symbols when hovered. Also a color may be set for this highlighting

Corner Style

• Straight lines
• Bezier
• Curved

Auto-save Diagram

Upon saving the diagram file, a bitmap can be saved as well in various formats.

ERD

• Primary Keys: Toggle primary key symbols on or off
• Columns: Toggle the column information on or off
• Foreign Keys: Toggle the foreign key indications on or off
• Data Types: Toggle the datatype information on or off
• Names: The naming of columns can be tweaked to different conventions.
• Weak Tables: Tables where the primary key contains foreign keys the edges are drawn rounded.
• Weak Relations: Foreign keys which are not mandatory are drawn with a dotted line.
• Documentation: Show expressions which lead to this table and these columns.
• Subtypes: Child tables can contain a subtype of a parent table, a small arc is drawn at the side of the parent table.

UML

• Properties: Toggle the properties on or off
• Methods: Toggle the methods on or off