Organizing diagrams by model explorer

For small scale project, it would be easy to use Diagram Navigator to manage it. However, for middle to large scale project which has considerable numbers of diagrams and model elements, it would be better to use Model Explorer to organize the project.

BP-VA loads diagrams and model elements only when they are used. For example, opening a diagram will load all its diagram elements, and opening the specification dialog box of a model element will cause it (and the model elements it referenced) to be loaded. Besides, selecting a tree node in the Model Explorer will cause the corresponding element(s) to be loaded as well.

For this reason, we recommend you to group diagrams using Model instead of laying them flat in the project. This can avoid accidentally loading diagrams and model elements that you never use, and thus can speed up project loading and saving.

Creating model

To create a model, right click on the project node in Model Explorer and select Model from the pop-up menu. You can either create a custom model by selecting New Model..., or create a pre-defined Model (e.g. As-is Process) by selecting it on the list.

Create a new model

Creating diagram from model

To create a diagram from the model, right click on the model, select Diagram and then select a target diagram type from the pop-up menu.

Create a diagram from model

Moving diagrams between models

If you haven't organized project structure with model yet, you may want to do it now. You can move a diagram from root node into a model, or to transfer a diagram from one model to another.

To move diagram from one model to another, right click on the target model in Model Explorer and select Diagram > Add Existing Diagram... from the pop-up menu.

Add existing diagram to model

Select the diagrams you want to move in the Add Sub Diagrams dialog box and click OK.

Select a diagram to move

As a result, the selected diagrams will be moved to the target model.