You can modify an object's properties from its property sheet. To open a diagram property sheet, right-click its Browser entry and select Properties from the contextual menu, or right click the diagram background and select from the contextual menu. The General tab contains the following properties:
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Property |
Description |
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Name |
Specifies the name of the item which should be clear and meaningful, and should convey the item's purpose to non-technical users |
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Code |
Specifies the technical name of the item used for generating code or scripts, which may be abbreviated, and should not generally include spaces |
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Comment |
Additional information concerning the diagram |
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Parent |
Specifies the name of the parent model or package |
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Stereotype |
Specifies a stereotype for the diagram. For example, a statechart diagram can serve to model page flows in JSF and other web frameworks. You can use a profile to provide special processing for diagrams and other objects carrying stereotypes. For more information, see the Extending your Models with Profiles chapter of the Customizing and Extending PowerDesigner manual. |
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Page scale |
Sets a default display for page scale. The page scale percentage lets you define a page size according to your modeling needs. If you have a lot of objects on several pages, you can reduce the page scale percentage in order for all the objects to fit on a single printable page |
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Default Diagram |
Diagram by default. This check box is automatically selected if the diagram is the first created diagram |