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Show the Enterprise Architect Toolbox
The Toolbox is an often-essential part of the Enterprise Architect interface. There are several ways to bring up the Toolbox in Enterprise Architect. This tutorial will cover all 4 of them.
1. Via the Ribbon
Ribbon > Design > Diagram > Toolbox.
2. Using Shortcut Keys
Pressing Alt+5 displays the Diagram Toolbox.
3. Pressing the Space Bar
Brings up the Diagram Toolbox in-place via a context sensitive menu.
4. Switching between Docked Dialogues
If you like to dock the Toolbox and Project Explorer together in the same spot, the guillemets arrow can allow you to swap back and forth between the two.
P.S. A quick note about Perspectives...
Perspectives in Enterprise Architect are used to tailor toolsets for domain-specific modeling scenarios. So essentially, you can apply a Perspective to display functions/tools appropriate to the task you're performing and hide all the rest.
Sometimes people can't find the tool they're looking for because they have a perspective set and aren't aware. If you ever find yourself in this position, check the perspectives display down the bottom right of the program.
Then either select the new relevant perspectives required or set the perspective back to default by Perspective > Activate All.
Happy Modeling!
The Ultimate Guide to upgrade to Sparx Enterprise Architect 14
Sparx Systems has released Enterprise Architect 14. Sparx Systems have added various new features in this version.
It is high time for Enterprise Architect users to upgrade from Enterprise Architect 13.5 to Enterprise Architect 14. We thought 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. Below table shows comparison between Enterprise Architect 13.5 and Enterprise Architect 14.
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Enterprise Architect Features |
Version |
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Enterprise Architect 13.5 |
Enterprise Architect 14 |
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Start |
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Project Browser (Alt + 0) |
Start | Browser |
Start | Browse | Project Browser |
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Preferences / Settings (Ctrl + F9) |
Start | Preferences |
Start | Preferences |
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Menu Customize |
Start | Preferences | Customize |
Start | Visual Style | Customize |
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Summary |
Start | Summary |
Start | Properties | Summary |
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Resources (Alt +6) |
Start | Resources |
Start | Browse | Resources |
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Notes (Ctrl + Shift + 1) |
Start | Notes |
Start | Properties | Notes |
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Tagged Values (Ctrl + Shift + 6) |
Start | Tagged Values |
Start | Properties | Tagged Values |
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Element Browser (Alt + 9) |
Start | Element Browser |
Start | Browse | Element Browser |
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Relationships (Ctrl + Shift + 2) |
Start | Relationships |
Start | Trace | Relationships |
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Element Properties (Alt + 1) |
Start | Properties |
Start | Properties |
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Find in Project (Ctrl + f) |
Start | Search | Search In Model |
Start | Search |Model |
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Workspace |
Start | Perspectives |
Start | Workspace |
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Visual Style |
Start | Visual Style |
Start | Visual Style |
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Perspective |
Start | Perspectives |
Start | Perspective |
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Design |
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Traceability (Ctrl + Shift + 4) |
Design | Traceability |
Start | Trace | Traceability |
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Relationship Matrix |
Design | Matrix |
Start | Trace | Relationship Matrix |
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Gap Analysis Matrix |
Design | Gap Analysis |
Start | Trace | Gap Analysis Matrix |
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Toolbox (Alt + 5) |
Design | Toolbox |
Design | Toolbox |
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Change Diagram Type |
Design | Diagram | Manage | Change Type |
Design | Diagram | Edit | Change Type |
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Specification View |
Design | Specification View |
Design | Specification |
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List View |
Design | List View |
Design | List |
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Gantt View |
Design | Gantt View |
Design | Gantt |
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Change Element Type |
Design | Element | Manage | Change Type |
Design | Element | Edit | Change Type |
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Layout |
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Diagram Layout |
Layout | Diagram Layout |
Layout | Diagram Layout |
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Pan and Zoom |
Layout | Pan and Zoom |
Layout | Pan and Zoom |
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Diagram Filter |
Layout | Diagram Filters |
Layout | Diagram Filters |
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Publish |
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Glossary (Alt + 2) |
Publish | Glossary |
Publish | Glossary |
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Import MDG Technology |
Publish | Technology | Publish | Import MDG Technology |
Specialize | Technologies | Publish | Import MDG Technology |
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Generate MDG Technology |
Publish | Technology | Publish | Generate MDG Technology |
Specialize | Technologies | Publish | Generate MDG Technology |
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Configure |
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Project Options |
Configure | Options |
Configure | Options |
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UML Types (Stereotypes / Tagged Values / Cardinality Values) |
Configure | UML Types |
Configure | UML Types |
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Project Types |
Configure | Project Types |
Configure | Project Types |
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Database Datatypes |
Configure | Settings | Database Datatypes |
Configure | Settings | Database Datatypes |
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Namespace Roots |
Configure | Settings | Namespace Roots |
Configure | Settings | Namespace Roots |
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Preprocessor Macros |
Configure | Settings | Preprocessor Macros |
Configure | Settings | Preprocessor Macros |
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Manage Technology |
Configure | Technology | Manage |
Specialize | Technologies | Manage |
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Manage Security |
Configure | Security | Manage |
Configure | Administer |
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Project Transfer |
Configure | Transfer | Project Transfer |
Configure | Transfer | Project Transfer |
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Export Reference Data |
Configure | Transfer | Export Reference Data |
Configure | Transfer | Export Reference Data |
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Import Reference Data |
Configure | Transfer | Import Reference Data |
Configure | Transfer | Import Reference Data |
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Enable Audit |
Configure | Audit |
Configure | Auditing |
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Project Integrity |
Configure | Check Integrity | Project Integrity |
Configure | Integrity Check | Project Integrity |
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Reset ID |
Configure | Check Integrity | Reset IDs |
Configure | Integrity Check | Reset IDs |
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Repair .EAP file |
Configure | Check Integrity | Manage .EAP file | Repair .EAP file |
Configure | Integrity Check | Manage .EAPX/.EAP file | Repair .EAPX/.EAP file |
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Compact .EAP file |
Configure | Check Integrity | Manage .EAP file | Compact .EAP file |
Configure | Integrity Check | Manage .EAPX/.EAP file | Compact .EAPX/.EAP file |
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Update .EAP file Indexes |
Configure | Check Integrity | Manage .EAP file | Update .EAP file Indexes |
Configure | Integrity Check | Manage .EAPX/.EAP file | Update .EAPX/.EAP file Indexes |
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Construct |
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Discussion |
Construct | Discussion |
Start | Discussions |
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Team Review |
Construct | Team Review |
Start | Reviews |
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Resource Allocation |
Construct | Resources Allocation |
Construct | Resources |
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Code |
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Code Templates |
Code | Configure | Code Template Editor |
Code | Options | Edit Code Templates |
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Code Engineering Datatypes |
Code | Configure | Code Engineering Datatypes Or Configure | Settings | Code Engineering Datatypes |
Code | Options | Configure Code Engineering Datatypes Or Configure | Settings | Database Datatypes |
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Import Source Code |
Code | Import Code Or Package Context Menu | Code Engineering | Import Source Directory |
Code | File | Import Directory |
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Scripting |
Code | Scripting |
Specialize | Scripting |
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Extend |
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Manage Add-ins |
Extend | Manage Add-Ins |
Specialize | Add-Ins | Manage |
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Others |
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Linked Document |
Element Context Menu | Linked Document |
Start | Properties | Linked Document |
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Export XMI |
Package Context Menu | Import/Export | Export package to XMI file |
Publish | Export XMI |
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Import XMI |
Package Context Menu | Import/Export | Import package from XMI file |
Publish | Import XMI |
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Apply Auto Naming to Elements |
Package Context Menu | Advanced | Apply Auto Naming to Elements |
Design | Edit | Advanced | Apply Auto Naming |
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Turn on Level Numbering |
Package Context Menu | Advanced | Turn on Level Numbering |
Design | Edit | Advanced | Toggle Level Numbering |
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Package Baseline - New |
Package Context Menu | Package Control | Package Baseline |
Design | Edit | Manage Baselines | Manage Baselines |
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Package Control |
Package Context Menu | Package Control | Configure Or Publish | Package Control | Configure |
Publish | Package Control | Configure |
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Generate Source Code |
Package Context Menu | Code Engineering | Generate Source Code |
Code | Generate |
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Project Browser Search |
Project Browser | Drop Down | Find in Project |
Project Browser | Drop Down | Find in Project |
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Diagram Properties Dock |
NA |
Start | Properties |
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Context Browser (Alt + 0) |
NA |
Start | Browse | Context Browser |
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Dynamic Document |
NA |
Start | Properties | Dynamic Document |
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Inline Specification |
NA |
Design | View As | Toggle Inline Specification View |
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Sparx Systems Releases Enterprise Architect 13
Sparx Systems is proud to announce the full release of Enterprise Architect Version 13.
This groundbreaking build focuses on streamlining the user interface, agile teams, model management and parametric simulation.
In its 15 years of continuous development, Enterprise Architect has become the pre-eminent visual modeling platform, bringing together all aspects of the development cycle. Its feature-set has evolved to provide traceability, from the initial design phase through to deployment, maintenance, testing and change control. Version 13 delivers significant new capabilities in these areas and delivers them, in a streamlined and agile interface.
Enterprise Architect 13, represents many years of research, consultation and development - working with a broad community of customers, partners and industry observers. This has helped make this release what Sparx Systems has identified as truly defining.
Sparx Systems is confident, that the combination of distributed agile modeling and design, cloud based repository, Kanban project management, simulation, software development and database engineering capabilities of Version 13, will represent a powerful platform for realizing even the most ambitious projects.
A full list of updates and enhancements in Enterprise Architect 13 can be found at the Sparx Systems website.
Additional resources:
- Webinar Recording - Enterprise Architect 13 Release Highlights: Visit Webinars Section
- Enterprise Architect Product Brochure: Download Brochure Here
- Newsletter - Enterprise Architect 13 Released: View Newsletter Here