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Work With Diagrams | Diagram Tasks
click on the required image filename to display the image in full size.
On the Image Manager dialog, the following buttons are available:
Option & Function
Keys
Use to
View [Alt]+[V]
Display the selected image in full size.
Add New [Alt]+[A]
Browse appropriate directories to search for and import new images.
You can import images in .BMP, .PNG, .EMF, .WMF, .TGA, .PCX or .JPG format.
Internally, Enterprise Architect stores the images in .PNG or metafile format to
conserve space.
Update Selected [Alt] Refresh the selected image; for example, after it has been modified.
+[U]
Delete [Alt]+[D]
Delete the selected image.
A message displays to indicate how many elements use the image. Click on the
Continue button to delete information about the image from those elements, which
then revert to their previous appearance.
Close
Close the Image Manager dialog.
OK [Alt]+[O]
Confirm selection of the alternative image for the element selected in the diagram.
Notes:
· If you are creating many elements of the same type that have a particular image, you should use a custom
stereotype with an associated metafile (see Extending UML in Enterprise Architect)
· You can transport image files between models, using the Export Reference Data and Import Reference
Data options on the Tools menu. (See the Reference Data topic in UML Model Management.)
2.2.19.1 Create Custom Diagram Background
Enterprise Architect diagrams have a single-color 'wash' background that you can set to a solid color or a fade
gradient down the screen. You set the color on the Standard Colors page of the Options dialog, and whether
to have a fade gradient on the Diagram Appearance page. (See Using Enterprise Architect - UML Modeling
Tool.)
Alternatively, using the Image Manager dialog, you can create a non-tiled background for diagrams. To
perform this operation follow the steps below:
1. Create a Boundary object (see the System Boundary topic in the UML Dictionary) from the Use Case
Elements page of the Enterprise Architect UML Toolbox. Do not use the Boundary element from any
other section of the Toolbox. (See Using Enterprise Architect - UML Modeling Tool.)
2. Stretch the Boundary to a size that can contain all of the elements you intend to place on the diagram,
and drag it to the edges of the diagram workspace.
3. Right-click on the Boundary element. The context menu displays.
4. Select the Z-Order | Send to Bottom menu option. This ensures that the Boundary is not displayed in
front of any other element in the diagram.
5. Either:
· Press [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[W], or
· Right-click on the Boundary to display the context menu, and select the Appearance | Alternate
Image menu option.
6. On the Image Manager 44 dialog, select an appropriate image as the diagram background and ensure
that the image size is large enough to span the required size of the diagram background.
7. When you have selected the required image, click on the OK button.
Alternatively, you can copy an image from another source onto the Windows clipboard, right-click on the
Boundary element in the Enterprise Architect diagram, and select the Appearance | Apply Image From
Clipboard context menu option.
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