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Add New Diagrams
Enterprise Architect provides a number of ways in which to create a new UML diagram, Extended diagram or MDG Technology diagram in your model. The principal method is to select the Package or element under which to create the diagram and select a menu option to add it, as explained here.
Add a new diagram to the model
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In the Project Browser, click on the Package or element under which to place the diagram.
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Do one of the following:
The New Diagram dialog displays.
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The Name field defaults to the name of the selected Package or element; if necessary, type a different name for the new diagram.
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In the Select From panel, click on the appropriate technology or category for the diagram. The Diagram Types panel displays a list of the diagram types for the selected category.
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In the Diagram Types panel, click on the type of diagram to create.
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Click on the OK button to create your new diagram. Enterprise Architect checks whether there is a template diagram for this diagram type in the Templates Package and, if so, applies the display characteristics defined in that template.
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Notes
| • | In the Corporate, Business and Software Engineering, Systems Engineering and Ultimate editions of Enterprise Architect, if security is enabled you must have Manage Diagrams permission to create new diagrams |
| • | The diagram type determines the default Toolbox associated with the diagram and whether it can be moved as a child of another element in the Project Browser (for example, a Sequence diagram under a Use Case) |
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