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The Ultimate Guide to upgrade to Sparx Enterprise Architect 15
Sparx Systems has recently released its latest version of Enterprise Architect 15. Sparx Systems have added various new features in this version.
Here is a guide with list of menus, frequently used by EA practitioners would be very helpful. This ultimate guide focuses highly up on how to access those frequently used options from menu bars along with some shortcuts. Since there are many changes in menus for frequently used options like Package Baseline, Export/Import of XMI, Linked Documents and others.
You can also find the full comparison between Enterprise Architect version 13.5, 14 and 15 in the below link.
Full Comparison between (EA13.5, EA14, EA15) on Frequently used menus in Enterprise Architect
Below table details the commonly used option of Enterprise Architect.
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Enterprise Architect Features |
Enterprise Architect 15 |
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Start |
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Project Browser |
Start | Design | Browser |
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Explore | Portals | Windows | Explore | Project Browser |
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Ctrl+1 |
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Context Browser |
Start | Desktop | Design | Browser | Context Explore | Portals | Windows | Explore | Context Browser |
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Diagram Browser |
Start | Desktop | Design | Browser | Diagram Explore | Portals | Windows | Project Browser | Diagram |
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Element Browser |
Explore | Portals | Windows | Explore | Element Browser Start | Desktop | Design | Browser | Element |
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Preferences / Settings |
Start | Preferences | Preferences |
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Ctrl+F9 |
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Menu Customize |
Start | Preferences | Other Options |
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Summary |
Start | Design | Common | Summary |
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Resources (Alt +6) |
Start | Share | Publish | Resources |
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Notes (Ctrl + Shift + 1) |
Start | Design | Common | Notes |
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Tagged Values (Ctrl + Shift + 6) |
Design | Element | Editors | Properties | Tags |
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Element Browser (Alt + 9) |
Explore | Portals | Windows | Explore | Element Browser |
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Start | Design | Browser | Element |
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Relationships (Ctrl + Shift + 2) |
Start | Design | Details | Properties |
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Element Properties (Alt + 1) |
Start | Design | Common | Properties ( Element Tab ) |
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Find in Project (Ctrl + f) |
Start | Search |Model |
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Workspace |
Start | Workspace |
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Visual Style |
Start | Visual Style |
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Perspective |
Start | Portals | Perspective |
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Design |
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Traceability (Ctrl + Shift + 4) |
Design | Trace | Traceability |
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Relationship Matrix |
Design | Matrix | Relationship Matrix |
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Gap Analysis Matrix |
Design | Gap Analysis | Gap Analysis Matrix |
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Toolbox |
Design | Diagram | Toolbox |
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Change Diagram Type |
Design | Diagram | Manage | Change Type |
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Specification View |
Design | Specify |
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List View |
Design | List View |
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Gantt View |
Design | Gantt |
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Change Element Type |
Design | Element | Manage | Change Type |
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Layout |
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Diagram Layout |
Layout | Diagram Layout |
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Pan and Zoom |
Layout | Pan and Zoom |
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Diagram Filter |
Layout | Diagram Filters |
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Publish |
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Glossary |
Publish | Glossary |
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Configure |
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Project Options |
Configure | Options |
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UML Types (Stereotypes / Tagged Values / Cardinality Values) |
Configure | UML Types |
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Project Types |
Configure | Model Types |
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Database Datatypes |
Configure | Settings | Database Datatypes |
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Namespace Roots |
Configure | Settings | Namespace Roots |
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Preprocessor Macros |
Configure | Settings | Preprocessor Macros |
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Manage Security |
Configure | Administer |
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Project Transfer |
Configure | Transfer | Project Transfer |
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Export Reference Data |
Configure | Transfer | Export Reference Data |
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Import Reference Data |
Configure | Transfer | Import Reference Data |
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Enable Audit |
Configure | Auditing |
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Project Integrity |
Configure | Integrity | Project Integrity |
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Reset ID |
Configure | Integrity| Reset IDs |
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Repair .EAP file |
Configure | Integrity| Manage .EAPX/.EAP file | Repair .EAPX/.EAP file |
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Compact .EAP file |
Configure | Integrity| Manage .EAPX/.EAP file | Compact .EAPX/.EAP file |
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Update .EAP file Indexes |
Configure | Integrity| Manage .EAPX/.EAP file | Update .EAPX/.EAP file Indexes |
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Construct |
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Discussion |
Start | Discussions |
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Team Review |
Start | Reviews |
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Resource Allocation |
Construct | Resources |
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Develop ( Code in older Versions ) |
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Code Templates |
Develop | Options | Edit Code Templates |
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Code Engineering Datatypes |
Develop | Options | Configure Code Engineering Datatypes |
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Import Source Code |
Develop | Files | Import Source Directory |
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Specialize ( Extend in older Versions ) |
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Manage Add-ins |
Specialize | Add-Ins | Manage |
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PCS Integrations |
Specialize | Tools | Systems integrations |Open External Data |
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Import MDG Technology |
Specialize | Technologies | Publish-Tech | Import MDG Technology |
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Generate MDG Technology |
Specialize | Technologies | Publish-Tech | Generate MDG Technology |
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Manage Technology |
Specialize | Technologies | Manage-Tech |
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Scripting |
Specialize | Scripting |
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Others |
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Linked Document |
Start | Design | Document |
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Export XMI |
Publish | Export-XMI |
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Import XMI |
Publish | Import-XMI |
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Apply Auto Naming to Elements |
Design | Manage | Auto Naming |
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Turn on Level Numbering |
Design | Manage | Level Numbering |
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Package Baseline - New |
Design | Manage | Manage Baselines |
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Package Control |
Publish | Package Control | Package Configure |
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Generate Source Code |
Develop | Source Code | Generate |
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Project Browser Search |
Project Browser | Drop Down | Find in Browser |
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Document Generation |
Publish | Report Builder | Generate Documentation |
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Project Browser Drop Down | Documentation | Generate Documentation (RTF/PDF/DOCX) |
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Diagram Properties Dock |
Start | Design | Properties |
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Context Browser (Alt + 0) |
Start | Desktop | Design | Browser | Context |
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Explore | Portals | Windows | Explore | Context Browser |
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Inline Specification |
Design | View As | Inline Specification View |
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Images Assets and Custom Diagrams in EA 15
Images Assets and Custom Diagrams in EA 15
Using images to add relevance to any architecture diagram is a very common practice. Enterprise Architect has always supported modellers to set ‘Alternate Image’ or ‘Default Image’ for elements to create such diagrams. However the users have always sought for an ability to manage a set of image assets in a catalogue and reuse it across multiple diagrams.
The New approach in EA 15 to manage and reuse images in diagrams is a significant enhancement. The ‘Image Asset’ element lets users create a model item to store an image. These items can then be used to apply overlays on other model elements.
Image Assets
The Image Asset images can be used as alternative images in place of the standard UML notation for elements on diagrams. They can also be used in documentation by inserting hyperlinks to the Image Asset element. When a report is generated, the hyperlinked Image Asset element is rendered using its 'owned image'
To create an image asset, Select the 'Artifacts' section in toolbox | select 'Image Asset' | click on the diagram, or Drag an 'Image Asset' Artifact from the toolbox onto a diagram.
Figure 1 Image Assets Catalogue
Custom Diagram
The new ‘Custom Diagram’ option in EA 15 allows users to create a highly customizable, graphic-rich diagram that is on-par with any modern drawing tools. Custom Diagram enables the most options to use the Image Assets.
Using Image Assets
The Image Assets from the repository can be used to perform the following actions
- Set as Icon – As an icon of an Existing Element
- Set as Alternate Image – As an alternate Image on an existing element
- Add as element with Icon
- Add as element with Image
- Add as link
Figure 2 Options to Use Image Assets
Set As Icon
Use Image Asset to set it as an icon for an existing element or a new element (This is my favourite!). In the previous versions, users must rely on shapescripts to achieve such visualization.
Figure 3 Set Image as Icon
Set as Alternate Image
You can also use the Image Asset to set it as an alternate image for an existing element or create a new element with the image as alternate image.
Figure 4 Set Image as Alternate Image
Updating Image Asset
There are two key benefits in using the ‘Image Assets’
- Ability to drag and drop from project browser to apply image as an icon or alternate image
- Ability to update the image asset and also cascade the change across all diagrams where the image asset is used
You can ascertain the impact of modifying a Image Asset by using ‘Find In All Diagrams’ (Element Usage, similar to any other element usage)
Figure 5 Image Asset – Usage
Summary
Using the new enhanced ‘Custom Diagram’ and ‘Image Asset’ of EA 15, I’ve created a deployment diagram (below) which was in-par with a graphic rich diagram created using any drawing tool, at the same time retaining the benefits of a modelling repository.
Figure 6 Prolaborate Architecture Diagram created using EA 15 Image Assets