Reverse Engineering Options

The Options page of the Reverse Engineering dialog box displays the following options:

Option	Description
Show symbols	Creates symbols for the reversed objects in the diagram. If you select to show symbols, you can also specify to expand all the nodes, and to display elements, groups, and complex and simple types.
Convert unique references to elements	Enables the display of shortcuts to XML structures in other models as expandable nodes, instead of simple shortcuts. Since global objects with a single reference in the model will be converted into child objects, you should not use this option if you want to keep the global scope of some objects. You can subsequently perform this conversion by selecting Tools > Convert Unique References in the XML model.

Option

Description

Show symbols

Creates symbols for the reversed objects in the diagram. If you select to show symbols, you can also specify to expand all the nodes, and to display elements, groups, and complex and simple types.

Convert unique references to elements

Enables the display of shortcuts to XML structures in other models as expandable nodes, instead of simple shortcuts. Since global objects with a single reference in the model will be converted into child objects, you should not use this option if you want to keep the global scope of some objects. You can subsequently perform this conversion by selecting Tools > Convert Unique References in the XML model.