General display preferences

Chapter 9 Customizing your Modeling Environment

The General category allows you to control the general look of the diagram. You can set the following preferences:

Property	Description
Window color	Sets the background color for the diagram.
Unit	Specifies the measurement unit for symbol size. You can choose between inches, millimeters, and pixels.
Snap to grid	Automatically aligns all new objects that you create in the diagram window to the anchor points of a grid. You can specify the size and visibility of the grid with the Display and Size options. All existing objects are aligned automatically when you move them within the diagram.
Display	Activates a grid in the background of the diagram.
Size	Determines the number of anchor points per square inch in the grid.
Show page delimiter	Shows limit of pages on the diagram background
Constrain labels	Limits the distance to which you can displace labels from link objects. Uncheck this option to be able to move link labels anywhere in your diagram.
Organization unit swimlane	[diagrams with swimlanes only] Specifies that organization units will be displayed as swimlanes. When this options is selected, you may also specify the direction of the swimlanes, in choosing between Horizontal and Vertical.
Darken Child Symbol	[diagrams with composite symbols only] Specifies that the symbols of child objects are darker than those of their parents in order to make them stand out more.
Orientation	[diagrams with tree structures only] Specifies the direction in which branches will expand. You can choose between Horizontal and Vertical.