Project diagrams

Chapter 3 Projects and Framework Matrices

Project diagrams

A project diagram allows you to display project documents and the relationships between them.

In the following example, the models and other documents for the WebLibrary project are organized into sub-folders, and the connections between them (by reference, mapping, and generation) are displayed in the Main Diagram project diagram:

The following tools are available in the palette of a project diagram:

Tool	Description
	New Model – Creates a PowerDesigner model with an icon corresponding to the model type (PDM, OOM, LDM etc.). For more information, see Creating models in a project.
	Add Project Document – Adds an existing document to the project, which can be: A PowerDesigner model with an icon corresponding to the model type (PDM, OOM, LDM etc.). An external file with an icon corresponding to the file type (PDF icon for a PDF, text icon for a text file etc.). For more information, see Adding existing model and file documents to a project.
N/A	Dependency links, such as generation links, mapping links, reference links, and file links, are automatically created between documents. These links cannot be created, but you may need occasionally to rebuild them (see Rebuilding dependency links).