Diagram Specification Dialog

You can customize the settings of each diagram you created in diagram specification dialog box. Those settings include: general diagram information, grid setting, references, project management and comments. Diagram specification dialog box is similar with model element specification dialog box in which you can also enter general information, add/ remove references, enter project management and add/ remove comments.

Opening diagram specification dialog box

1. Right click on the target diagram on Diagram Navigator and select Open [diagram name] Specification... from the pop-up menu.
   

   Open a diagram's specification dialog box

2. As a result, the diagram specification dialog box prompts out.

The overview of diagram specification dialog box

A diagram specification dialog box consists of 5 tabs: General, Grid Setting, References, Project Management and Comments respectively. You may notice that an icon named Maximum located at the right hand side of dialog box. We'll introduce it after giving you a brief on 5 tabs.

Diagram specification

General tab

You can specify diagram name, select zoom ratio and diagram background color, and enter documentation for the diagram. Furthermore, you can record voice documentation for the diagram. You can set all shapes including existing and future shapes to be fit size automatically.

Grid Setting tab

You can visualize the grid of diagram background by checking Grid visible. Moreover, you can set the size and select the color for the grid of diagram background.

References tab

You can add/ remove internal and external references for the diagram. Those references refer to file(s), folder(s), URL, diagram(s), shape(s), model element(s) and A³ resource(s).

Project Management tab

You can specify diagram process, priority, status, etc for project details.

Comments tab

You can add/ remove comment(s) for the diagram.

Maximum tab

Click  to enlarge the specification dialog box to the maximum screen size. After that, click it again to reduce it to the default size.