Creating an Assembly

PowerDesigner supports both single-assembly and multi-assembly models. By default, when you create a Visual Basic 2005 OOM, the model itself represents an assembly.

To Continue with a Single-assembly Model:

In the top-level diagram, insert a type or a namespace. The model will default to a single-module assembly, with the model root representing the assembly.

To Work with a Multi-assembly Model:

In the top-level diagram, insert an assembly in any of the following ways:

Use the Assembly tool in the Visual Basic 2005 diagram Palette.
Select Model > Assembly Objects to access the List of Assembly Objects, and click the Add a Row tool.
Right-click the model or package in the Browser, and select New > Assembly.

Note that, if these options are not available to you, then you are currently working with a single-assembly model. See Converting a single-assembly model to a multi-assembly model.

The model will default to a multimodule assembly, with each assembly represented by a standard UML package symbol, and appearing directly below the model in the Browser tree.