The Diagram View

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The Diagram View, located to the right of the Model View tree, is where you can place the graphical representations of the Business Process Modeling Notational elements, Conceptual elements, Reference Object elements, External Data Object elements, as well as elements from the Drawing Shapes palette. Each time you place an element in this area, it also appears in the Model View tree.

Displaying the Diagram View

The Diagram View is not displayed when you first open a workspace in the application. The diagram node appears in the Model View tree, but the actual Diagram View is closed. To display this area, do the following:

1 In the Model View tree, right-click the diagram name node.

2 Select Open and the Diagram View opens, including the Business Process or Conceptual Objects, Reference Objects, External Data Objects, and Drawing Shapes palettes.

Modifying the Diagram View

You can modify, position, and size the Model View. When you right-click the Model View tab, a shortcut menu opens displaying the following commands:

Command	Description
Restore	Restores a maximized window to its original size within the application.
Move	You can move a single view or an entire tab group. When you select this command, the select view or tab group is outlined with a gray box. Move the gray box to a selected location and click once. The view or tab group is placed in the new location.
Size	You can the resize the top, bottom, left or right side on a view. Click Size and then select one of the four available sides. The selected side is replaced by a wide bold line. Place the cursor on this line and the cursor changes to resize. Hold down the mouse button and move the side to the desired location.
Minimize	This command hides the view and only the icon and tab representing the view are displayed in the application window. Click once in the tab to restore the view to its original size and location.
Maximize	The view is expanded to fill the entire application window.
Close	This command closes the selected view. You can also click Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination located in the tab to close the view.
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Using the Diagram View

Once you have created a diagram in the Model View tree, you can design models using the notation elements available on the palette.

1 On the palette click the element you want to place in the Diagram View.

2 Click in the area to place an element. Each element placed in the Diagram View also appears on the Model View tree.

Note: The cursor is in the multi-drop mode Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination so you can place as many elements as you need. Press ESC to exit the multi-drop mode. The cursor changes from Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination  to Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination.

For more information, see Using Diagram Elements.