Pleasurable Diagramming

Drawing tools that make your diagramming experience a pleasure.

Rich Text documentation

Write detailed description to model elements with rich formatted text. The latest release highlights and links glossary terms from documentation to glossary grid.

Reference model element in documentation

Insert model element references to rich text documentation pane. The referenced model elements will be linked and highlighted.

Layer support

Layer is a feature to help categorizing shapes into different distinct layers. We can use a separate layer for annotation; We also can place alternative paths of a flow in a separate layer. Since layers can be shown or hidden, it provides an ideal solution for controlling the portion of diagram to appear on diagram.

Documentation indicator

You may want to know which model elements in a diagram have textual description missing, or filled. The documentation and comment resources help to identify which model elements do not have documentation and/or comments input yet.

Show/hide shapes on diagram

Show and Hide Diagram Element feature allows you to show only elements on the diagram editor which you are interested for performing some operations more conveniently in a temporary state, and later you can make them visible again for normal operations.

Showing tagged values with shape

A tagged value is a combination of a tag and a value that gives supplementary information to the model element it is attaching to. A tagged value can be used to add properties to any model elements and can be applied to a model element or a stereotype. Besides defining tagged values, an option is provided to let you decide whether to make them visible on diagram or not.

Showing diagram information

Diagram info shape provides a place to document and display diagram information in diagram. Modeler can add diagram info shape to any diagram to document a diagram. Information displayed in a diagram info shape is linked with the diagram's specification. You may add more items to the info shape to add more useful information for a diagram.

Various connector routing style

	Curve

	Round Oblique

	Oblique

	Round Rectilinear

	Rectilinear

Smart Development Environment for Eclipse supports Curve, Oblique, Rectilinear, Round Oblique and Round Rectilinear connector routing styles. Using different routing styles increases the readability of diagrams. The following screenshot shows all supported connector routing styles in one diagram. You may also try out different routing styles at the right hand side.

Various line jump options

Line Jump Options:

	Off

	Arc

	Gap

	Square

When drawing a complex diagram with many shapes and connectors, connectors may intersect with each other. Line jump feature is designed for decorating the intersection, which makes it easier to identify connection paths. Smart Development Environment for Eclipse supports arc, gap and square line jump options. The following screenshot shows all line jump options and you can try different line jump in left hand side pane.

Showing caption along the connector

By having many connectors between two shapes, this make it very difficult to identify which caption is belonging to which connector. Smart Development Environment for Eclipse provides an option to show connectors' captions along the connectors. The following screenshot shows all caption placement options.

Justify shape name

Different languages have different preferences on direction. Smart Development Environment for Eclipse support justifying the caption of shapes in all directions. The following screenshot shows all possible justifications of the shape caption.