Display Model Element’s Description with Note
Details of model elements can be documented in written form via the Description Pane or inside the Specification dialog. In order to avoid putting too much information on the diagram by default descriptions are not showing on the diagram. Instead of unfolding the description manually on diagram by writing textual annotation, you can make use of the Note element to display the description its connecting model element.
Retrieve Flow Sequence in Business Process Diagram using Open API
Visual Paradigm’s Open API is a powerful tool which allow user to extend the functionalities of Visual Paradigm software. Open API provide full access to the model information within the project, and user can retrieve the diagram and model information in programmatic approach. For most of the case user can obtain the diagram and model information as a collection where the elements are sorted based on the creation order. But in Business Process Diagram there is a special way to retrieve the elements according to their flow order. In this article we will show you how it works. Read more
Create Package Diagram using Open API
Package Diagram in Unified Modeling Language is helps to model the dependency relationships between different packages in your system. It is particularly useful for illustrate the functionality of a system as well as their relationships. Instead of creating package diagram manually, you can also create it programmatically using Open API. In this article we will show you how to create package diagram with Visual Paradigm’s Open API. Read more
Create Class Diagram using Open API
Class Diagram from Unified Modeling Language is a typical diagram used to model the structure of a system. Class Diagram is one of the major diagram in object oriented modeling. The classes being modeled in class diagram can become the main objects in your system, describing the interactions of the application as well as the classes needed to be implement. Instead of creating class diagram manually, you can also create it programmatically using Open API. In this article we will show you how to create class diagram with Visual Paradigm’s Open API. Read more
Create Use Case Diagram using Open API
Use Case Diagram in Unified Modeling Language is a great tool in requirement analysis. It gives user a visual presentation about the users of the system as well as the functions they are interested in order to achieve a “goal”. Instead of creating use case diagram manually, you can also create it programmatically using Open API. In this article we will show you how to create use case diagram with Visual Paradigm’s Open API. Read more
Export active diagram as image via Open API
Visual Paradigm’s Open API is a powerful tool which allow user to extend the functionalities of Visual Paradigm software. With Open API you not just allow to access the model information, but also allow to export diagram into images. Read more
Progressively Develop Conceptual, Logical and Physical ERDs
Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs) come in 3 types in general. They describe data models on 3 levels of abstraction – conceptual, logical and physical, ranging from high-level ideas to details required for implementation. With Visual Paradigm, you can systematically and easily progress through these stages of development in data modeling.
Far from a copy & paste function only, you can actually develop a logical or physical design from a conceptual diagram, with the design tracing ability.
For example, if a new staff comes on board to work on a project’s physical design ERD, he/she can click on a database table to trace where this idea originally comes from in the conceptual diagram (to which it is inherently linked by Visual Paradigm). This function will not only bring relief to the staff but also help safeguard the project’s quality along the way.
In this article, we will show you an example on how to create a conceptual ERD and transit it to a physical ERD, from which you can generate a DLL file for database implementation. Read more
How to Register your Visual Paradigm Community Edition Software
Visual Paradigm Community Edition is a FREE UML drawing tool for you to create professional-look UML diagrams easily and quickly thought its award-winning diagramming interface. Visual Paradigm Community Edition supports not only UML but also ERD and SysML. Students and UML beginners like to learn and practice UML and modeling skills with Visual Paradigm Community Edition. Open source and community groups use Visual Paradigm Community Edition to document their software projects and publish the output to their Web pages/blogs. In this article we will show you how to register and activate your Visual Paradigm Community Edition. Read more
Control diagram preview image in Doc. Composer using Open API
The Doc. Composer allows you to create document for your model in a fully customized way. For diagrams presented on a Doc. Composer, instead of showing the entire diagram you may want to have it focused on a specific part of a diagram. Instead of adjust the zoom ratio and scroll position manually in Doc. Composer, you can also do it with the Open API. In this article we will show you how to make use of Open API to adjust the zoom ratio and scroll position of the diagram image in Doc. Composer. Read more
Permission error when perform IDE Integration
When perform IDE Integration you may receive error complain Visual Paradigm didn’t have sufficient permission for perform the integration.
No permission to perform IDE Integration
