Working with the PowerDesigner Plugin for Visual Studio

The PowerDesigner plugin for Microsoft Visual Studio and Team Foundation is available for Visual Studio 2005 to 2008. Additional features are available when working in Visual Studio.

• Getting Started with the PowerDesigner Plugin for Visual Studio
  During your installation of PowerDesigner, you can choose to install a plugin to allow you to use PowerDesigner within your Visual Studio environment. The PowerDesigner plugin for Microsoft Visual Studio and Team Foundation is available for Visual Studio 2005 to 2008.
• Working with an RQM and Visual Studio Team System
  A PowerDesigner Requirements Model (RQM) is used to create a hierarchy of project requirements that must be fulfilled during the development of the project.
• Model-Code Synchronization
  By using code synchronization with PowerDesigner genlets, you can realize aspects of the model-driven development process to improve productivity through the automation of code generation. The PowerDesigner plugin for Visual Studio provides the capability for instantaneous bidirectional updates of model objects and actual code, including automating the transformations and merging of generated files.