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	Business Process Modeling   1. Business process diagram   2. Data flow diagram   3. Entity relationship diagram      4. Event-driven process chain diagram   5. Process map diagram   6. Textual analysis   7. Overview diagram   8. Export business process diagram to BPEL   9. Identify candidate business process elements using textual analysis   10. Automatically stretch pools and lanes to fit diagram   11. Smart routing for connecting objects   12. Extend business process model with stereotype and tagged value   13. Set state for data object   14. Organization charts   15. Relocate a branch of unit through drag and drop   16. Nested lanes support   17. Conceptual, logical and physical ERD support   18. Diagram base Business Process Element ID    Animacian   1. Animate business process using Animacian   2. Travel along execution path with slider   3. Step forward and backward in an animation   4. Auto validate execution path   5. Auto calculate all possible execution paths   6. Eliminate paths using filter   7. Dim non-execution path   8. Support Full and Compact Mode   9. Protect diagram when animating   10. Export selected path to flash format   11. Animate and navigate animation in exported flash   12. Configurable animation shape color      13. Configurable speed of playing animation    Visual Modeling   1. Reference other projects' model elements   2. Freehand shape support   3. Justify shape name   4. Support enable or disable minimum shape size   5. Layer support to show/hide set of shape with single click   6. Support showing line jump in Arc, Square, Skip or normal   7. Align Connector Caption Base on Connector Orientation   8. Annotation with callout shapes   9. Annotation with freehand shapes   10. Organize model elements and diagrams using Model Explorer   11. Bookmark support   12. Handi-Selection tool   13. Customizable data types for use with multiple programming languages   14. Resource-centric interface   15. Model sharing   16. Cut, copy and paste   17. Copy diagrams as images for use in other applications   18. Undo and redo options   19. Mouse gestures   20. Reverse connector directions   21. Group creation support   22. Jump to feature for selecting a particular shape or model   23. Quick connect feature   24. Easy navigation to connected elements   25. Model commenting   26. Duplicate shapes and models   27. Selectable/non-selectable toggling for shapes   28. Diagram locking   29. Reference to any type of artifact   30. Advanced file and directory selector   31. Advanced tree support   32. Duplicate, move and reconnect connectors   33. Package headers for all types of diagram   34. Sub-diagrams and reference indicators   35. Rectilinear, round rectilinear, oblique, round oblique and curve connector styles   36. Space reclamation or elimination using Sweeper feature   37. Attract shapes using Magnet feature   38. Create shapes with user-defined initial sizes   39. Drag-and-drop creation of shapes using trees in diagrams   40. Auto-fit shape sizes   41. In-line editing   42. Spell checking   43. Visual alignment guides   44. Numerous grid options   45. Diagram information display in diagram   46. Jump to diagram feature   47. Open view from model element   48. Diagram renaming boxes   49. Add folders as favorites   50. Display Undo/Redo action names   51. Inverse shape selection   52. Automatic reroute connector when overlapped with other shapes   53. Hide shapes or type of shapes on a diagram   54. Visualize related model element   55. Enforcing master view between model element and shape   56. Pinnable connector end   57. View different portion of diagram by splitting diagram    Visual Diff   1. Compare and show difference between diagrams visually   2. Support compare by name, id and transitor options   3. Compare view, model element or both kinds of properties   4. Filter result by displaying all, addition, modification or deletion of items Design Pattern Support   1. Design pattern support for entity relationship diagrams   2. Design pattern support for business process diagrams   3. Sharing Design Patterns through team collaboration support Model Element Nicknaming   1. Assign nicknames to model elements   2. Export and import nickname to XML    Model Transitor   1. Generate and link model elements   2. Trace the origin of model elements (model traceability)   3. Diagram Transitor   4. Transit Entity relationship diagram from Conceptual to Logical to Physical Style and Formatting   1. Manage and apply styles within project   2. Customizable shape style and formatting   3. Shape format copier   4. Image incorporation in diagram   5. Rich text documentation   6. Add rich text elements to diagrams   7. Enrich model documentation with images   8. Save/load template for model documentation   9. Display stereotyped model element as image icon Team Collaboration with VP Teamwork Server   1. Concurrent and collaborative modeling with VP Teamwork Server   2. Import projects to VP Teamwork Server   3. View projects from VP Teamwork Server   4. Commit project changes to VP Teamwork Server   5. Update local project copy using VP Teamwork Server   6. Review past revisions using VP Teamwork Server   7. Compare past revisions using VP Teamwork Server   8. Undo committed changes by reverting revisions   9. Detect and resolve conflicts using VP Teamwork Server   10. Branch and tag projects using VP Teamwork Server   11. Merge branch changes using VP Teamwork Server   12. Export multiple revisions from VP Teamwork Server   13. Run VP Teamwork Server on common Java web servers   14. Element based revision history   15. Preview local and server changes before commit or update Team Collaboration with CVS Repository   1. Concurrent and collaborative modeling with CVS Repository   2. Import projects to CVS Repository   3. View projects from CVS Repository   4. Commit project changes to CVS Repository   5. Update local project copy using CVS Repository   6. Review past revisions using CVS Repository   7. Compare past revisions using CVS Repository   8. Undo committed changes by reverting revisions   9. Detect and resolve conflicts using CVS Repository   10. Branch and tag projects using CVS Repository   11. Merge branch changes using CVS Repository   12. Export multiple revisions from CVS Repository   13. Element based revision history   14. Preview local and server changes before commit or update Team Collaboration with Subversion Repository   1. Concurrent and collaborative modeling with Subversion Repository   2. Import projects to Subversion Repository   3. View projects from Subversion Repository   4. Commit project changes to Subversion Repository   5. Update local project copy using Subversion Repository   6. Review past revisions using Subversion Repository   7. Compare past revisions using Subversion Repository   8. Undo committed changes by reverting revisions   9. Detect and resolve conflicts using Subversion Repository   10. Branch and tag projects using Subversion Repository   11. Merge branch changes using Subversion Repository   12. Export multiple revisions from Subversion Repository   13. Element based revision history   14. Preview local and server changes before commit or update Team Collaboration with Perforce   1. Concurrent and collaborative modeling with Perforce Repository   2. Import projects to Perforce Repository   3. View projects from Perforce Repository   4. Commit project changes to Perforce Repository   5. Update local project copy using Perforce Repository   6. Review past revisions using Perforce Repository   7. Compare past revisions using Perforce Repository   8. Undo committed changes by reverting revisions   9. Detect and resolve conflicts using Perforce Repository   10. Branch and tag projects using Perforce Repository   11. Merge branch changes using Perforce Repository   12. Export multiple revisions from Perforce Repository   13. Element based revision history   14. Preview local and server changes before commit or update Documentation Generation   1. PDF report generation   2. MS Word report generation      3. HTML report generation      4. Project publisher      5. Ad Hoc report creation   6. Intelligent element sorting during report generation Printing   1. Print multiple diagrams   2. Preview printable pages   3. Print clip marks   4. Page margin, size and orientation alteration support   5. Fit-to-pages option   6. Fit-to-ratio option   7. Customizable page header and footer   8. Project name and diagram name display in header or footer   9. Print with frame or border support   10. Toggle gradient color printing   11. Quick print support Shape Editor   1. Design arbitrary shapes   2. Import SVG shapes   3. Incorporate different shapes into UML diagram   4. Organize shapes by gallery, category and stencil   5. Advanced shape design capabilities Layout Facilities   1. Automatic diagram layouts   2. Shape alignment and centering   3. Uniform shape width and height maintenance   4. Automatic shape distribution Interoperability   1. Command-line operations   2. Import and export XML   3. Import and export VP project file format   4. Generate BPEL code for Oracle workflow engine   5. Generate BPEL code for JBoss workflow engine   6. Export diagrams as JPG, PNG, SVG and EMF image files   7. Export diagrams as PDFs   8. Slice exported diagrams into smaller segments   9. Copy diagram elements as XML   10. Import Visio drawings into Visual Paradigm   11. Import and export Microsoft Excel file for entity relationship diagram   12. Import and export Microsoft Excel file for business process diagram   13. Import and export Microsoft Excel file for data flow diagram   14. Import and export Microsoft Excel file for epc diagram   15. Import and export Microsoft Excel file for process map diagram   16. Import and export Microsoft Excel file for organization chart Intuitive User Interface   1. Group diagrams by category   2. Advanced property pane   3. Dockable user interface windows.   4. New project generation using predefined templates   5. Easy-to-use "New Diagram" dialog   6. Flexible zooming   7. Palette-style toolbar   8. Collapsible toolbar   9. Display tool names for toolbar buttons   10. Expand grouped toolbar buttons   11. Display various diagram categories in toolbar   12. Display stereotyped model types in toolbar   13. Numerous looks-and-feels   14. Import user preferences from existing workspaces   15. Multilingual support   16. Searchable options   17. Customizable program shortcuts Automatic Updates   1. Automatic online updating   2. Maintain local update server with update synchronizer Open Architecture   1. Plug-in support (Java)   2. VP model and XML interaction