Toolbar

Showing/Hiding toolbar(s)

A toolbar can be shown or hidden. To show a toolbar, right-click on any toolbar, and select the toolbar to show. Similarly, you can uncheck a toolbar to hide it.

Show or hide Standard toolbar

Repositioning toolbars

A toolbar can be repositioned by pressing on the handle of toolbar, which appears on the left hand side of a toolbar, and dragging to your target position.

Drag toolbar with the handle of toolbar

Locking toolbar

To freeze toolbars' position and make the toolbars not movable, right click on any toolbar and uncheck Rearrangable from the pop-up menu.

Uncheck the Rearrangable option

Standard toolbar

The Standard toolbar

Icon	Name	Description
	New Project	Create a project.
	Open Project	Open a project.
	Save Project	Save the changes made in the opening project.
	Print...	Select and print diagram(s) after configure the advanced printing set up.
	Print Active Diagram...	Select and print diagram(s) after configure the advanced printing set up.
	Quick Print...	Print the active diagram after configure the advanced printing set up.
	Cut	Cut selected diagram elements.
	Copy within VP-UML	Copy selected diagram elements ready to be used within VP-UML.
	Copy to Clipboard as Image (JPG)	Copy selected diagram elements as JPG image.
	Copy to Clipboard as Image (EMF)	Copy selected diagram elements as EMF image.
	Copy to Clipboard as XML	Copy selected diagram elements as XML data.
	Paste View	Paste copied diagram elements as view of original model element.
	Paste Model Element	Paste copied diagram elements as a new model element.
	Undo	Roll back undesired changes.
	Redo	Rerun an undone task.
	UML Modeling	Select and create a diagram type under UML Modeling, including: Use Case Diagram, Use Case Grid, Actor Grid, Class Diagram, Composite Structure Diagram, Object Diagram, Sequence Diagram, Communication Diagram, Activity Diagram, State Machine Diagram, Timing Diagram, Interaction Overview Diagram, Component Diagram, Deployment Diagram and Package Diagram.
	Business Process Modeling	Select and create a diagram type under Business Process Modeling, including: Business Process Diagram, Conversation Diagram, Data Flow Diagram, Event-driven Process Chain Diagram, Process Map Diagram, Organization Diagram and ArchiMate Diagram.
	Database Modeling	Select and create a diagram type under Database Modeling, including: Entity Relationship Diagram and ORM Diagram.
	Requirement Modeling	Select and create a diagram type under Requirement Modeling, including: Textual Analysis, Requirement Diagram, Basic Diagram, Open Requirements Grid, Open Glossary Grid and CRC Card Diagram.
	Impact Analysis	Select and create Matrix Diagram.
	Diagrams	Select and create other diagrams, including: EJB Diagram, Overview Diagram, User Interface and Mind Mapping Diagram.
	Format	Click it to open Formats dialog box. You can format font name, font style, font size, font color, line style, shape's foreground and background color and style, etc.
	Copier	Copy the selected diagram element's format and apply on another shape.
	Modeling	Click it to perform the following: Visual Diff, Animacian, Simulacian, Nicknames, Apply Design Pattern and Transit to New Diagram. Visual Diff: Launch Visual Diff for comparing diagrams. Animacian: Launch Animacian for animating the active diagram. Simulacian: Launch Simulacian for simulating the execution of business process. Nicknames: Manage and select the nickname to be applied on the working project. Apply Design Pattern: Apply the defined design pattern to the target diagram. Transit to New Diagram: Transit the current diagram to a new diagram.
	Generate HTML Report	Open the Generate HTML dialog box to generate HTML report.
	Generate PDF Report	Open the Generate PDF dialog box to generate PDF report.
	Generate Word Report	Open the Generate Word dialog box to generate Word report.
	Report Writer	Open Report Writer where you can create and edit your report(s).
	Project Publisher	Publish project to Web pages through Project Publisher.
	Open Teamwork Client	Open the Teamwork Client dialog box.
	Commit	Commit changes to server.
	Update	Update changes from server.
	Tag	Create a tag.
	Branch	Create a branch.
	Merge	Merge changes between trunk and branches.
	Switch	Switch between trunk, branches and tags.
	Revert	Click it to undo all non-committed changes in working project.
	Instant Reverse	Reverse Engineering Class Diagram from many kinds of source code, including: Instant Reverse, Java, C++ Source, .Net dll or exe files, CORBA IDL Source, Ada 9x Source, XML, XML Schema, JDBC, Hibernate, PHP 5.0 Source, Python Source, Objective-C and Java to Sequence Diagram.
	Instant Generator	Generate source code from the opening project, including: Instant Generator, Java, C#, VB.NET, PHP, ODL, ActionScript, IDL, C++, Delphi, Perl, XML Schema, Python, Objective-C, Objective-C 2.0, Ada95 and Ruby.
	Reverse DDL...	Reverse data definition language file and form ERD.
	Generate Code...	Select Code > Java Round-trip > Generate Code.... Generate Java from class diagram for the whole project.
	Reverse Code...	Select Code > Java Round-trip > Reverse Code.... Reverse Java back into the opening project.
	Generate Code...	Select Code > C++ Round-trip > Generate Code.... Generate C++ from class diagram for the whole project.
	Reverse Code...	Select Code > C++ Round-trip > Reverse Code.... Reverse C++ back into the opening project.
	Generate Code...	Select Code > State Machine Code > Generate Code... Generate state machine code from class diagram and state machine diagram.
	Reverse Code...	Select Code > State Machine Code > Reverse Code.... Reverse state machine code back into the opening project.
	Interoperability	Import: VP-UML Project...: Import a VP-UML project into the opening project. Rose Project...: Import diagrams and model elements from a Rose model. XMI...: Import diagrams and model elements from XMI. XML...: Import diagrams and model elements from XML. ERwin Project (XML)...: Import diagrams and model elements from ERwin Project. Telelogic Rhapsody Project...: Import diagram and model elements from Telelogic Rhapsody Project. Telelogic System Architect...: Import diagram and model elements from Telelogic System Architect. Rational Model...: Import diagram and model elements from Rational Model. Rational DNX...: Import diagram and model elements from Rational DNX. MS Word to Use Case Model...: Import Use Case Report (MS Word) back into the opening project. PowerDesigner DataArchitect...: Import diagram and model elements from Power Designer Data Model. Visual UML...: Import diagram and model elements from Visual UML XML file. Excel...: Import Excel file back into the working project. Visio...: Import Visio diagrams into VP-UML. NetBeans UML Project...: Import NetBeans UML diagrams into VP-UML. Linked Project...: Import dependent projects into the opening project. Export: VP-UML Project: Export the open project into a VP-UML project file. XMI: Export XMI from the opening project. XML: Export XML from the opening project. Active Diagram as Image: Export active diagram as image file. Diagrams as Image: Export any diagram(s) as image file(s). Selection as Image: Export selection on active diagram as image file. Use Case Model to MS Word: Export Use Case Report (MS Word) from Use Case diagrams and use case models. Active Diagram to Excel: Export active diagram into Excel report. Excel: Export any diagram(s) into Excel report(s).
	Wizards...	Open the ORM Wizards.
	Database Configuration...	Open the Database Configuration dialog box to configure database connections.
	Reverse Database...	Reverse engineering from database.
	Reverse Java Classes...	Reverse engineering from Java Class.
	Reverse Hibernate...	Reverse engineering from Hibernate mapping file.
	Reverse Enterprise Object Framework...	Reverse engineering from Enterprise Object Framework.
	Synchronize to Class Diagram	Synchronize from Entity Relationship Diagram to Class Diagram.
	Synchronize to Entity Relationship Diagram	Synchronize from Class Diagram to Entity Relationship Diagram.
	Ignore Entities when Synchronizing...	Open Ignore Entities when Synchronizing dialog box to select entities to ignore during synchronizing.
	Ignore Classes when Synchronizing...	Open Ignore Class when Synchronizing dialog box to select classes to ignore during synchronizing.
	Generate Database...	Open the Database Code Generation dialog box to generate database.
	Generate Code...	Open the Database Code Generation dialog box to generate code.