Selecting VB .NET Reverse Engineering Options

File encoding

Allows you to modify the default file encoding of the files to reverse engineer

Ignore operation body

Reverses classes without including the body of the code

Ignore comments

Reverses classes without including code comments

Create Associations from classifier-typed attributes

Creates associations between classes and/or interfaces

Create symbols

Creates a symbol for each object in the diagram, if not, reversed objects are only visible in the browser

Libraries

Specifies a list of library models to be used as references during reverse engineering.

The reverse engineered model may contain shortcuts to objects defined in a library. If you specify the library here, the link between the shortcut and its target object (in the library) will be preserved and the library will be added to the list of target models in the reverse engineered model.

You can drag and drop the libraries in the list in order to specify a hierarchy among them. PowerDesigner will seek to resolve shortcuts found in the reverse engineered model against each of the specified libraries in turn. Thus, if library v1.1 is displayed in the list above library v1.0, PowerDesigner will first attempt to resolve shortcuts against library v1.1 and will only parse library v1.0 if unresolved shortcuts remain.

You should use the List of Target Models to manage libraries related to the reverse engineered model, for example, you can change the library version. See the "Working with the target models referenced by the model" section in the Shortcuts and Object Replications chapter of the Core Features Guide.

Preserve file structure

Creates an artifact during reverse engineering in order to be able to regenerate an identical file structure

Mark classifiers not to be generated

Reversed classifiers (classes and interfaces) will not be generated from the model. To generate the classifier, you must select the Generate check box in its property sheet