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GUI Components for Modeling

This section describes GUI components of the RAD Studio interface you use for UML modeling.

Name 
Description 
Context menu (in the Model View)Open Diagram
The Diagram View displays model diagrams. Each diagram is presented in its own tab.
To open the Diagram View, choose a diagram, namespace or a package in the Model View, right-click it and choose Open Diagram on the context menu.
Most manipulations with diagram elements and links involve drag-and-drop operations or executing right-click (or context) menu commands on the selected elements.
Some of the actions provided by the context menus are:
  • Add or delete diagram elements and links
  • Add or delete members in the elements
  • Create elements by pattern
  • Cut,... more 
This section describes GUI components of the RAD Studio interface you use for Pattern features. 
 
This section describes GUI components of the RAD Studio interface you use for modeling Quality Assurance features. 
ViewModel View
The Model View provides the logical representation of the model of your project: namespaces (packages) and diagram nodes. Using this view, you can add new elements to the model; cut, copy, paste and delete elements, and more. Context menu commands of the Model View are specific to each node. Explore these commands as you encounter them.
In the Model View, only the nodes and their respective subnodes shown in the Diagram View are listed under the corresponding diagram node. For example, if you have a namespace (package) containing a class, both the namespace (package) and class... more 
ViewObject Inspector
When modeling support is activated, the Object Inspector shows the properties of an element that is selected in the Model or Diagram Views. To view the Object Inspector, choose Object Inspector from the View menu, press F4, or press ALT+ENTER. The content of the Object Inspector depends on the element type.
You can use the Object Inspector to edit diagram or element properties.
There are several categories of properties:  
ViewTool Palette
The modeling feature extends the Tool Palette by adding model elements to it.
The Tool Palette displays special tabs for the supported UML diagrams. When a diagram is opened in the Diagram View, the appropriate tab appears in the Tool Palette.
In the Tool Palette you see model elements (nodes, links) that can be placed on the current diagram. However, you can choose to show the tabs for all diagram types. Use the Tool Palette buttons to create the diagram contents.
Note: The set of available model elements depends on the type of a diagram... more 
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