erwin Evolve 360 Current - User Guide

Header Style

To add Header Style to the view,

1.Go to Style tab on the toolbar, then select Header Style.

          2. By default, the style selected would be None. Select the Header Style from the drop-down you wish to apply.

Small and Large are Header Styles differ with the font sizes.

Context Object is the style that renders the display name from the Element Source. Context Object style is typically used for the Object Type View.

In the above example, the list of elements displayed in the first column and its Object Type View is defined in the second column. By selecting the style Context Object, a selection of individual elements is displayed for its Object Type.

          3. To apply the Underline to the Header, go to tab Style and then select Show header Underline.

          4. To apply Color to the Header line,

Go back to the tab Style then select Header Underline Color.

Choose your desired color.

Diagramming

Overview of Diagrammer

Diagrammer is used to both edit and create any Evolve Diagram online.

The different features within the Editor are detailed below:

Navigation

Diagrammer controls that can be used when editing a diagram.

Click Summary

Keyboard Shortcut Summary

Formatting Shapes in Diagrammer

Adding Shapes, Connecting Lines to the Diagram, and Changing Properties

To add shapes to the diagram,

1.Drag and drop the required shape from the Shape Palette.

2.Double-click on the object shape to edit the Title and its Properties.

3.Click Save.

You can use a Connector to link two Shapes, indicating that there is a connection between the two shapes.

To add the connector between the shapes,

1.Select the first shape by clicking on it.

2.Click on one of the + symbols to add the connector and move your mouse pointer to the shape you would like to connect to.

3.Click on the shape to end the selection.

4.If there are multiple connection types between these kinds of objects, you will get a menu to choose the connection that is appropriate.

To Clear or Delete Shapes from the Diagram

Object Shapes can be Cleared or Deleted from the diagram in two ways.

 To Clear a Shape:

When you choose to Clear a shape, it removes the shape from the diagram, but it does not remove the object it represents from the model.

          1. Select the shape you wish to Clear.

          2. Click on   icon.
 

To Delete a Shape:

When you choose to Delete a shape, it removes the shape from the diagram, and when published will remove the object representing from the model too.

1.Select the shape you wish to Delete.

2.Click on   icon.
 

Adding Background Colors and Borders to the Shapes

Every Shape from the Palette has a definite background color, border size, and border color.

You can format the shape by

1.Background Color of the shape.

2.Border Size to the shape.

3.Border color to the shape.

Aligning Shapes

Object shapes in the editor can be aligned using Align Nodes placed on the toolbar.

Object shapes can be aligned to the Left, Right, and Center horizontally, and also Top, Bottom, and Center vertically, which can also be evenly Distributed Horizontally or Vertically.

Resizing Shapes to match others

In the Diagrammer, the object shape can be adjusted to the height and width of the other shape using Resize Nodes.

Move Shapes from Back and Front

In the diagram, if one shape is put on top of another, it may conceal the other.

Move To Back and Move To Front buttons help to show/Hide the object shape.

Text Formatting and Fonts

The Title of Object shapes can be formatted according to:

1.Font and its Font Size

2.Text in Bold, and Italic

3.Text alignment to Left, Center, and Right.

4.Vertical Alignment.

5.Text Color.