Chapter 9 Customizing your Modeling Environment

Naming Conventions

You can define naming conventions for your model objects in the Model Options dialog box. You can:

Set rules 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 adapts them to the required format. See Name/Code Format.
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. See Name and code conversion scripts.
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.