CHAPTER 10: How can we work within the PowerDesigner environment?              103

Fundamentals of PowerDesigner              103

The Welcome Page              104

The Building Blocks              104

Not Just a Load Of Symbols              105

Names and Codes in PowerDesigner Objects              105

Interface Overview              107

Toolbars              109

Organizing Views              109

Changing Focus              115

Re-arranging the Canvas              116

Working with Objects              117

Looking at the Demo Workspace              118

The Toolbox              120

Working in the Browser              124

Contextual Menus              125

Object Property Sheets              126

Common Properties              130

Many Ways of Doing Things              132

Object Lists              132

Moving, Copying and Deleting Objects              137

Undoing Things              138

Working with Diagrams              139

Working with Symbols              145

Renaming Objects and Symbols              153

Accessing Objects from a Diagram              154

Showing and Hiding Symbols              154

Communicating Your Message              156

Laying Out Diagrams              173

Graphical Synonyms              177

Menus Depend on Models              178

Workspaces              178

Models              179

Projects              185

Opening a Model, Project, or Workspace              188

Moving Models Around              189

Partitioning a Model              191

Model Extensions              192

Finding Things Again              193

EXERCISE 8: Creating your own Workspace, Project and Models              196