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 (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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Binding Delete Key on Mac Keyboard

deletet-keyIn the past, the keyboards on Mac share similar layout as the standard PC keyboard which have both backspace and delete buttons. But since it has changed to a compact keyboard (without number pad), a single delete button is used to serve both delete and backspace functions. Starting from Visual Paradigm version 12.0 (build 20141226bu), new users will automatically have the delete button for deleting objects in their diagrams as well as backspace while editing of the textual content of the model element. For existing users, the delete function is bound with the tradition delete key, which no longer exists on the keyboard. This causes the new delete button (previously was the backspace key) cannot be used to delete objects in diagram. To solve this, user can manually bind the delete functions back to the new delete button. In this article we will show you how it works. Read more

How to Switch between Sleek User Interface and Classic User Interface?

tomcat-thumbIn version 12.0, Visual Paradigm has introduced a new user interface, Sleek User Interface. A suite of new tools have been introduced to improve the modeling efficiency as well as the diagram editing spaces have been increased for users’ convenience to edit their designs. In the following, we will teach you how to switch from Classic User Interface to Sleek User Interface, so that you can enjoy the new features in the new user interface. In case some users would like to switch back to Classic Interface, we will also show you how to switch from Sleek User Interface to Classic User Interface. Read more

Downgrade your evaluation version of Visual Paradigm to Community Edition

tomcat-thumbVisual Paradigm Community Edition is a FREE CASE tool for you to create professional-look UML diagrams. Visual Paradigm Community Edition not just supports UML but also SysML as well as ERD. You can easily switch from free Community Edition to higher edition for 30 days free evaluation and to try out the advanced features. You can always switch the evaluation software back to Community Edition in few clicks. In this article we will show you how to switch the evaluation software back to Community Edition. 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

No permission to perform IDE Integration

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Running Visual Paradigm in Android Studio on MS Windows

tomcat-thumbAndroid Studio is the official IDE for the development of Android applications. It is based on JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA. Starting from Visual Paradigm version 12.2 user can make use of Visual Paradigm IntelliJ IDEA Integration to integrate with Android Studio. But since Android Studio do have some fundamental differences with IntelliJ IDEA, some extra configuration will need in order to run Visual Paradigm in Android Studio on MS Windows (Linux and Mac users can simply integrate VP with Android Studio without extra configuration). This article will teach you how to integrate Visual Paradigm with Android Studio and perform the necessary configurations. Read more

How to run VP Server with SSL certificate

VP Server is a critical component for a team since it serve as both Teamwork Server (on-premises setup of VPository) for team collaboration development, as well as the License Server for floating license environment. Thanks for that VP Server was using a standard Apache Tomcat webserver as its base, you can easily protect the communications with VP Server by configure it to run with your own SSL certificate.

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Changing the IDE for your VP IDE Integration

Visual Paradigm not just can run as a standalone modeling software, but also can embedded into your favorite IDE via Visual Paradigm IDE Integration, including Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA, Android Studio as well as Microsoft Visual Studio. You may need to upgrade your IDE from time to time when it got new release, but sometimes you might not want to directly upgrade your IDE software but prefer to have a clean start with the new version by reinstall it. In this article you will learn how to change your existing VP IDE Integration to your new IDE. Read more

Showing newly added class members/entity columns to other views

Visual Paradigm project is running in model repository basis, where a model element in the project can presented in different diagrams, we call each of its presentation as a view. Making changes on one of the view will automatically reflect to other views in your project.

Member not showing in all views

Member not showing in all views

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