DB Visual ARCHITECT 3.1 SP1 release notes

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All types of diagram allows you to create diagram elements from any diagram types. For example, you can draw classes, use cases, and sequence diagram lifelines all in a single diagram. This facilitates a more flexible modeling process, and you can now express your real idea by mix-and-matching the desired elements together.

Jumping to shape/model

In order to let you locate the desired shape/model easier and faster, the jump to shape/model facility is introduced. You can selected either jump to a shape in the active diagram, or jump to any shape/model in the current project.

Quick Connect

The resource-centric interface in Visual Paradigm products is a helpful feature that it dramatically increase the efficiency of diagram editing, especially for making connections between shapes. However, for a complex diagram it is often infeasible to make use of resource-centric to connect with a target shape. In the new version of our products, the quick connect feature is introduced to overcome this problem.

Scrolling to connected shape

Editing complex diagrams has always been a headache to serious software/business process modelers, especially for those with lots of connections that span multiple screens. It is hard to see where a connector comes from and where it goes to unless you scroll the diagram manually. The "scroll to" feature is therefore introduced in Visual Paradigm's diagram editing to relieve your headache.

Lazy property fetching in Java ORM (Java and Professional Edition)

Property can to be fetched lazily from database when it is first accessed. It can be useful if your table contains many columns and most of them are not read frequently.
Lazy property fetching requires build-time bytecode instrumentation; otherise, the lazy property settings will be ignored.

Better Database type mapping

For different database, they have their own database types for the columns.
O/R Type Mapping is useful for mapping the Java type of attribute to an appropriate column data type of the database you desired.

Rich format Documentation Pane

Documentation is important for describe the background detail of element. Sometimes its content is very complex, you can make it more clearly by applying style.

Several issues related to documentation pane
Unable to move association class connector that is in the rectilinear style
Dangling association end
Missing icon image for HTML report
Able to switch between diagrams even no diagram window is opened
Copy and paste caused Z-order problem
Unable to attach dependency end to a shape inside a package
ORM runtime error caused by role name
Report Writer style overwrite problem
No PHP Edition for installer and edition manager
Unable to resolve short host name for floating license server
Instant Reverse failed to reverse engineer MS Access database through JDBC
Problem in reversing XML Schema
On and Off for wrapping servlet request
Separator between copy options in menu
Instant Reverse of CORBAL IDL supports module constants
Align entity column in ERD
Plugin supports exporting diagrams with a specific range
Shows ... at the end of an entity column
Open Template Parameter specification dialog box after clicked Add | Template Parameter from popup menu
Version checking for VP Suite update
C++ Instant Reverse supports multi-line comment
Position of Move/Copy Member popup menu
Shows the selected class' name in Move/Copy Class Member dialog box

DB Visual ARCHITECT 3.1 SP1 Release Notes

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