When using Together for visual modeling, the Diagram pane is your focal point. This pane is hidden, replaced by the Editor pane, until you open a project and a diagram. If the Saved Desktop option is enabled in your configuration, any diagrams open in your previous project session open automatically. Otherwise you need to open diagrams yourself by double-clicking on them in the Explorer.
A tab is added to the Diagram pane each time you open or create a diagram. The tab displays an icon for the UML diagram type, and the name of the diagram. If the tabs for all the diagrams you open won't fit in the horizontal space available, a new row is created. You can switch between open diagrams by clicking on the tab of the one you want to see.
You can hide or show the Diagram pane using the Main toolbar or the View menu. To increase the size of the workspace you can hide the Editor pane and/or the Explorer pane.
The Diagram Elements Toolbar displays at the left side of the Diagram pane. You use it to place or draw icons representing the structural and behavioral elements and interactions of your model on the background of the Diagram pane.
The Diagram Elements Toolbar is static but its composition varies dynamically depending on the type of diagram currently selected in the Diagram pane. Principal elements defined by the UML for the current diagram type are displayed along with any Together-specific enhancements (Class from Pattern in Class diagram, for example). Use the mouse-over tool-tips to identify the toolbar icons. Note and Note Link elements are common to all diagram types.
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The Diagram pane showing Diagram Elements toolbar for a Class diagram |
Diagrams themselves are objects that have properties. You can view a diagram's properties in the diagram properties Inspector. Click on the diagram workspace (this deselects any selected diagram elements) and choose Properties on the speedmenu.
The diagram's speedmenu which contains a number of commands that operate within the context of the diagram. You can access such functions as adding elements, Zoom, Auto-layout, un-hiding elements, clipboard operations, and Quality Assurance. You can also access diagram-specific configuration options and, when properly configured, version control and external tools.
Related topics
Reference: Diagram Elements Toolbar
User Guide:
Creating diagrams in projects
User Guide: Opening
diagrams for editing