Chapter 5 Managing Models

Defining naming conventions

Naming conventions are common model options that you can define in the Model Options dialog box.

The naming conventions allow the user to:

Set rules in order to enforce predefined name and code formats for all the objects within a model. When you type a name or a code that does not respect the conventions, PowerDesigner applies checks and systematically adapts them to the required format. When you define name and code formats in a model, these options are saved in the model or can be used as default parameters for new models of the same type

For more information on name and code format, see the "Defining name/code format" section.
Set conversion scripts in order to generate objects name from their code or objects code from their name using specific macros and conversion tables. This feature is only available when you select the Enable name/code conversion option.

For more information on name and code conversions, see the "Defining name/code conversion" section.
Name into code conversion during inter-model generation
The name into code conversion is particularly useful for inter-model generation, as it allows you to define how you want the codes of your model objects to be generated. For more information on the name into code conversion during the inter-model generation, see section on inter-model generation options in the different modules user's guides.