Chapter 5 Managing Models

Exporting XMI files

When you export an XMI file, you save your OOM under the XML format.

Your file can then be interchanged regardless of platforms. However symbols will be lost as only objects are exported.

Note that only objects from the class diagram and from the use case diagram are exported. Objects proceeding from the remaining version 7 UML diagrams are not exported.

To export XMI files:

1. Select File→Export→XMI File.
   
   A standard Save As dialog box appears.
2. Type a filename for the file you want to export and click Save.
   
   A progress box shows the progress rate of the export process.
   
   The General page in the Modeling Output, located in the lower part of the PowerDesigner main window, shows the objects export order. Your OOM is now an XMI file that you can, for example, easily share with vendors of UML modeling tools or code generator like Java, CORBA or C++.

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