PowerDesigner Documentation

The following manuals are provided with your PowerDesigner installation:

New Features Summary
Installation Guide
Core Features Guide
Requirements Modeling
Enterprise Architecture Modeling
Business Process Modeling
Data Modeling
Information Liquidity Modeling
Object-Oriented Modeling
XML Modeling
Working with the Repository
Customizing and Extending PowerDesigner

These manuals are provided in the following formats:

Online help - Available from within PowerDesigner by selecting the Help menu, by typing F1, or by clicking HELP on selected screens.
Online documentation - Available at: http://sybooks.sybase.com/pd.html
PDF Manuals - can be installed with PowerDesigner and are also available for download at: http://sybooks.sybase.com/pd.html

Videos

Demonstration videos are also available. They can be installed with PowerDesigner (see Help menu) or viewed from the installation CD.

Metamodel Documentation

PowerDesigner model objects are all derived from metaclasses defined in the PowerDesigner metamodel.

Click Help > Metamodel Objects Help (or click the Find in MetaModel Objects Help button at the bottom-right of the Version Info tab of the property sheet of any object) to access the PowerDesigner metamodel documentation.