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= Viewer Options=
= Options=


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

Revision as of 11:19, 28 December 2017

Options

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

General

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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.

Relational

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  • 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 (Note: once a fk relation is drawn, the columns are hidden, even when turned on)
  • Data Types: Toggle the datatype information on or off
  • 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.
  • Subtypes: Child tables can contain a subtype of a parent table, a small arc is drawn at the side of the parent table.
  • Type Expressions can be turned on or off
  • Examples Expressions can be turned on or off, a maximum number of examples can be specified, and whether incomplete examples are shown.
  • Names: The naming of columns can be tweaked to different conventions. (Note: if a model is transformed using a legacy mode, it cannot be altered here.)

UML

Viewer-options-uml.png

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