Chapter 2 Getting Started with PowerDesigner

The PowerDesigner interface

The picture below shows a typical PowerDesigner window configuration.

The following components are visible:

• The Browser - displays your models and the objects belonging to them, and allows you to rapidly navigate between them. The Browser also has a tab that gives you access to a PowerDesigner repository, where you can store all your models and associated files.
• The canvas is the primary pane that displays your present model diagram or report outline.
• The palette provides graphical tools to help you quickly build model diagrams. The tools available will change depending on the type of diagram
• The output window shows the progress of any PowerDesigner process, such as checking a model or generating or reverse engineering a database.
• The result List displays the results of a search or a model check.

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