Understand Package Presentation Options

The Package in Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a collection of logically related UML elements. It let user to organize their models. This help to structure complex systems and visualize the relationships and dependencies between modules. Below are all presentation options available to package in Visual Paradigm and what are their meaning.

Options	Available Setting	Meaning	Example
Show Owner
	Follow Diagram	Follow to diagram’s Package Display Options.Show Owner setting.
	Do not Show	Only show the name of the package (override diagram’s setting).
	Show Fully-Qualified	Show fully-qualified parents below package name (override diagram’s setting).
	Show Name Only	Show immediate parent name below package name (override diagram’s setting).
	When Different from View	Show fully-qualified parents only when the package in diagram under different parent compare to model structure (override diagram’s setting).
Name Display Option
	Follow Diagram	Follow to diagram’s Package Display Options.Name Display Option setting.
	Within Package Body	Display package name within package body.
	Within Package Tab	Display package name in package tab.
Follow Diagram		Follow to diagrams display option to present the package in standard notation or steretoype icon.
Standard		Display package in standard notation.
Stereotype Icon		Display package with stereotype’s icon.
User-Defined		Display package with predefined images or image from file system.
Primitive Shape		Display package as primitive shape such as Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Oval, Triangle, Octagon, Diamond, Pentagon, Trapezoid or Hexagon.
Caption Placement
	Top Left	To display the caption at the top left of the package.
	Top Center	To display the caption at the top center of the package.
	Top Right	To display the caption at the top right of the package.
	Middle Left	To display the caption at the middle left of the package.
	Middle Center	To display the caption at the middle center of the package.
	Middle Right	To display the caption at the middle right of the package.
	Bottom Left	To display the caption at the bottom left of the package.
	Bottom Center	To display the caption at the bottom center of the package.
	Bottom Right	To display the caption at the bottom right of the package.
	Follow Diagram	Specify the package to follow diagram’s Caption Placement setting.
Show/Hide Stereotypes		Show/hide stereotypes on the selected package.
Show/Hide Tagged Values		Show/hide tagged values on the selected package.