Working with Enterprise Architecture Models

Customizing the Enterprise Architecture Modeling Environment
The PowerDesigner enterprise architecture modeling environment includes a set of parameters and configuration options that define various aspects of the model content and behavior. You can set these parameters:
Generating an EAM from an EAM
You can generate another EAM from your EAM. When changes are made to the source model, they can be easily propagated to any generated models by regenerating, using the Update Existing Model generation mode.
Checking an Enterprise Architecture Model
You can check the validity of your enterprise architecture model at any time in one of the following ways:
Exporting and Importing Objects to and from Other Models
An enterprise architecture model is intended to provide a big picture view of your organization and to permit you to decompose your functions, processes, and systems to a certain extent, but it cannot show detailed information about how they are (or will be) implemented. In order to model such information, you will want to use other PowerDesigner models, such as the conceptual, logical, physical data models, business process models, or object-oriented models.
Importing Visio Diagrams into PowerDesigner
Importing your Visio diagrams into PowerDesigner's rich metadata environment enables you to link your architectural objects with the objects that will implement them, and to profit from PowerDesigner's powerful impact and lineage analysis features. You must have installed Visio 2002 or higher and have selected to install the Visio plug-in from the PowerDesigner installer.