Convert MDL Wizard

Use this wizard to create a design project around an existing IBM Rational Rose (MDL) model. The wizard is invoked by the Design ProjectsConvert from MDL template of the New Project dialog box.

IMPORTANT: For the MDL Import function to work, the Java Runtime Environment and the Java Development Kit must be installed, and the paths in the jdk.config file must correctly point to your JDK/JRE directory. For example,

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javahome ../../../../../../../jdk1.4.2/jre
addpath ../../../../../../../jdk1.4.2/lib/tools.jar

Note that the path to the JDK/JRE should be without quotation marks.

Paths section

Button	Description
Add	Adds one model file to the Paths section. Press this button to open Select Model File dialog box, navigate to the desired model file and click Open.
Add Folder	Adds all model files in the selected folder. Press this button to open Browse for Folder dialog box, navigate to the desired folder that contains the model files, and click OK.
Remove	Press this button to delete the selected entry from the Paths section.
Remove all	Press this button to delete all model files from the Paths section.

Options section

Option	Description
Scale factor	Specify the element dimensions coefficient. By default, the scale factor is 0.3.
Convert Rose default colors	If this option is checked, the default Rational Rose will be replaced with the default Modeling colors.
Preserve diagram nodes bounds	if this option is checked, user-defined bounds are preserved in the resulting diagrams. Otherwise the default values are applied.
Convert Rose actors	This options enables you to choose mapping for the Rose classes with actor-like stereotypes (Actor, Business Actor, Business Worker, Physical Worker.) If the option is checked, the Rose actors are mapped to Modeling actors. If the option is not checked, the Rose actors are mapped to the classes with the Actor stereotype.