Hyperlinking Diagrams
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Select Hyperlinks from the diagram context menu to create, view, remove, and browse hyperlinks.
To create a hyperlink to an existing diagram or element
- In the Diagram View or Model View, locate the model element from which to create a hyperlink to another diagram or element.
- Right-click the model element from which to create a hyperlink and choose Hyperlinks > Edit on the context menu. The Edit hyperlinks for elements dialog box opens.
- Tip: To select the entire diagram in the Diagram View, click the diagram background to deselect all elements.
- Tip: In the Model View, do not select the actual namespace to create a hyperlink. Rather, expand the namespace node, and select the desired diagram.
- Select the Model Elements tab. The
Project
sub-tree contains all modeling elements available in yourProject
modeling project. - In the tree, select the desired diagram or element, and click Add. The selected element is added into the Selected pane to the list of elements selected to be hyperlinked.
- To remove an element from the list of elements selected to be hyperlinked, select the element in the Selected pane and click Remove.
- Click OK to close the dialog box and create the hyperlink.
- Result: The Modeling creates hyperlinks from the selected model element to the model elements placed into the list in the Selected pane.
To create a hyperlink to a new diagram
- In the Diagram View or Model View, right-click the model element from which to create a hyperlink to a new diagram and choose Hyperlinks > To New Diagram on the context menu. The Add New Diagram dialog box opens.
- In the Add New Diagram dialog box, select the diagram type, enter the diagram name, and click OK.
- Result: The Modeling creates the new diagram of the selected type and hyperlinks it from the selected model element.
To create a hyperlink to an external URL or file
- In the Diagram View or Model View, right-click the model element from which to create a hyperlink to an external URL or file and choose Hyperlinks > Edit on the context menu. The Edit hyperlinks for elements dialog box opens.
- Select the External Documents tab to view the Recently used Documents pane, which contains a list of previously selected files or URLs.
- To add a file or URL to the Recently used Documents list:
- Click URL; the Choose URL dialog box opens.
- Click Browse; the Open dialog box opens.
- Navigate to a file and click OK to add this file into the Recently used Documents and Selected panes.
- Enter a URL and click OK to add the URL into the Recently used Documents and Selected panes.
- Click OK to close the dialog box and create the hyperlinks to the files and URLs added into the Selected pane.
To browse hyperlinks
- In the Diagram View or Model View, right-click the model element whose hyperlinks you want to browse.
- On a diagram, names of diagram elements that have hyperlinks are displayed in a blue font.
- The context menu shows names of all items (model elements, files, and URLs) hyperlinked from this model element.
- Point to an item name; the list of all diagrams containing this item opens.
- Select the diagram you want to open. The diagram opens in the Diagram View. The Diagram View scrolls the diagram to the hyperlinked element and selects it.
To remove a hyperlink
- In the Diagram View or Model View, locate the model element from which you want to remove a hyperlink.
- Right-click the model element and choose Hyperlinks > Edit on the context menu. The Edit hyperlinks for elements dialog box opens.
- In the Selected pane, click the name of an item to remove a hyperlink that points to the item.
- Click Remove.
- Click OK to close the dialog box.
- Result: The Modeling deletes the hyperlink from the selected model element to the item removed from the Selected pane.