Tons of Tips for SparxSystems Enterprise Architect

Introduction

1. Preface
2. Copyright notice
3. Thanks to
4. Dedication
5. About the author

The rules of the game ‘Werewolves of Woodhurst Willow’

1. The goal of the game
2. The basic rules
3. The preparation of the game
4. The Laws of WoWW
5. The village and its professions

Chapter 1: Elementary, My Dear Watson

1. Tip 1.1: Understanding elements and their place in the EA model
2. Tip 1.2: Adding elements by putting them on diagrams
3. Tip 1.3: Bookmarking elements
4. Tip 1.4: Finding elements in the Project Browser
5. Tip 1.5: Finding elements in all diagrams
6. Tip 1.6: Deleting elements from the model
7. Tip 1.7: Nesting elements
8. Tip 1.8: Locking elements
9. Tip 1.9: Easily importing elements
10. Tip 1.10 A bit more advanced importing
11. Tip 1.11: An elements default appearance
12. Tip 1.12: Auto name counters
13. Tip 1.13: Finding orphans

Chapter 2: Connecting Things

1. Tip 2.1: Using the quick linker
2. Tip 2.2: Repeat connector
3. Tip 2.3: Adding related elements
4. Tip 2.4: Put target element in diagram
5. Tip 2.5: Exact placement of connectors
6. Tip 2.6: Adding some bends
7. Tip 2.7: Even curvier: the bezier curve
8. Tip 2.8: Prompting on connector deletes
9. Tip 2.9: Adding notes to connectors
10. Tip 2.10: Docking elements
11. Tip 2.11: Parent-child relationships, drag-and-drop style
12. Tip 2.12: Showing the ‘namespace’ of linked elements
13. Tip 2.13: Converting a linked element to a local copy
14. Tip 2.14: Creating a link directly from the Project Browser
15. Tip 2.15: Reusing the information model to label information flows
16. Tip 2.16: Some tricks with the relationship matrix

Chapter 3: The Diagram has it!

1. Tip 3.1: Copy a diagram to the clipboard
2. Tip 3.2: Same size
3. Tip 3.3: Manual layouting
4. Tip 3.4: Using autolayout
5. Tip 3.5: My favorite diagram!
6. Tip 3.6: Change diagram type
7. Tip 3.7: Package on a diagram
8. Tip 3.8: Quick zooming
9. Tip 3.9: A real copy or only a reference?
10. Tip 3.10: Pardon my French
11. Tip 3.11: A simple legend
12. Tip 3.12: A more advanced legend
13. Tip 3.13: Status colors on diagrams
14. Tip 3.14: Putting the same element on the diagram twice - really?
15. Tip 3.15: Copying diagrams in different ways
16. Tip 3.16: Attribute notes on the diagram

Chapter 4: Toolbox, Types and Tagged Values

1. Tip 4.1: Toolbox Visibility
2. Tip 4.2: Create your own toolbox
3. Tip 4.3: General Types
4. Tip 4.4: Stereotypes visualized
5. Tip 4.5: Tagged Value Types
6. Tip 4.6: Inheriting tagged values
7. Tip 4.7: Applying a tagged value to multiple elements
8. Tip 4.8: Adding a diagram property to the toolbox
9. Tip 4.9: The order of the elements in the toolbox
10. Tip 4.10: Setting a default element size
11. Tip 4.11: An icon for elements in the toolbox
12. Tip 4.12: Working with metatypes
13. Tip 4.13: The shapescripting canvas
14. Tip 4.14: Some shapescripting limitations
15. Tip 4.15: Hiding connector labels

Chapter 5: Workflow Management

1. Tip 5.1: Searching for work
2. Tip 5.2: The slideshow
3. Tip 5.3: Filtering
4. Tip 5.4: Discuss it!
5. Tip 5.5: Visualize workflow the old way
6. Tip 5.6: Visualize workflow - the new Kanban style!
7. Tip 5.7: A simple todo list

Overview of shortcuts

Bonus: the shapescripter app