How to lookup the content of your Doc. Composer template for reference
Doc. Composer allows you to develop documents for your models tailored to your company/industry requirements and standards. You can decide how the model data are being presented in the document by customized the document templates. When customizing the document templates, referencing from those bundled by Visual Paradigm would always be a good point to kick start. But when you start look at the bundled templates, you may found that many of the bundled templates are actually referencing to other templates, and you may have difficulty on fining out the actual templates. In this article we will show you how to find out the actual templates so that you can reference to it and start modify your own template. Read more
Organize Project Data with Model
Very often when a project was started for some time, a lot of model elements are created, and most of them are placed at root. This not only makes the searching of model elements become difficult, but it also slow down the application because Visual Paradigm tries to load all root level model elements on start up.
To solve the problem, it is recommended to keep the root clean by organizing project data with models or packages, while model is more preferred. When you right click on the project root in Model Structure tree in Project Browser, you can see the menu Model, which lets you create a model. Read more
How to setup ArchiMetric in 32 bit environment [Obsolete]
| Since version 14.0 ArchiMetric had been replaced by Visual Paradigm Enterprise. |
ArchiMetric (former Visual Paradigm Enterprise Edition) is an all-in-one software and system development tool for end-to-end information technology system modeling. As 64 bit system already become the majority player, ArchiMetric only offer installation package for 64 bit systems. But even 32 bit installation package is not available for ArchiMetric, you can still run the ArchiMetric in 32 bit environment. This article will teach you how to run ArchiMetric in 32 bit environment. Read more
Export model to CSV
CSV (comma-separated values) file is a very common file format for saving textual data in table structure. Each line in the CSV file is presenting an entry, while fields in each record is speared by commas (or other separator). Data in CSV can be used with any spreadsheet program, or even for exchange of information between applications. In this article we will show you how you can make use of Visual Paradigm Open API to create a plugin which export the use case models in your project into a CSV file.
Creating Object Diagram using Open API
In Unified Modeling Language the Class Diagram is a typical diagram for model the static structure of a system. The Class Diagram gives developer a clear picture about how the classes are related to each other. But it only model about the static structure, not about the running instance. For the running instance the Class Diagram is realized by the Object Diagram. In this article we will show you how to create object diagram with Open API. Read more
How to upgrade Visual Paradigm (Single Seat License) and VPository to New Version
From time to time, Visual Paradigm releases new version to Visual Paradigm and VPository (Teamwork Server on the cloud) which cover bunch of new features and enhancements. Thanks to the maintenance contract system, you can upgrade to new version without extra cost as long as your license is covered by maintenance. This article will teach you how to upgrade your Visual Paradigm in single seat license as well as the VPository to new version.
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How to upgrade Visual Paradigm (Floating License) and VPository to New Version
From time to time Visual Paradigm release new version of Visual Paradigm and VPository (Teamwork Server on the cloud) which cover bunch of new features and enhancements. Thanks to the maintenance contract system, you can upgrade to new version without extra cost as long as your license is covered by maintenance. This article will teach you how to upgrade your Visual Paradigm in floating license as well as the VPository to new version. Read more
How to upgrade Visual Paradigm (Subscription License) and VPository to New Version
From time to time Visual Paradigm release new version of Visual Paradigm and VPository (Teamwork Server on the cloud) which cover bunch of new features and enhancements. As a subscription user, you can upgrade to new version without extra cost all the way through your subscription period. This article will teach you how to upgrade your Visual Paradigm in subscription license and your VPository to new version.
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Control Shape Line Style using Open API
When creating diagrams sometimes you might want to have the shape showing different line styles, i.e. to have better presentation for your diagram with important elements easily spotted out. In this case you may adjust the line style to make the element looks different. To do this you can specify the line style of the individual element via the user interface. But instead of manually specify the line style shape by shape, you can also do this via the Open API. In this article we will use Class as sample to demonstrate how to control its line style with Visual Paradigm’s Open API. Read more
How to reset model element ID and ID generator
Having unique ID for your model elements are extremely useful in structure of your models in systematic way, also ease the communications with your teams. Visual Paradigm support generate unique ID for all model elements. Once configured, unique ID will be assigned to the model element upon creation. But during your development process the ID of your model elements could become cluttered (i.e. model elements being deleted) and the ID no longer generated in sequence. To solve this problem you can reset the ID of your model elements as well as the index in the ID generator. Read more
