Below is an overview of the general ribbon commands in Enterprise Studio, sorted by functionality.
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General editing
COMMAND | FUNCTION |
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Home > Clipboard: | |
Cut Selection | Remove the selection from the active model, and place it on the Clipboard. |
Copy | Copy the selection to the Clipboard. |
Paste Paste | Insert the contents of the Clipboard. |
Paste Special | Insert the contents of the Clipboard, with special paste options available:
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Format Painter | Copy the graphical properties of an object. |
Home > Editing: | |
Find Advanced find | Search for (specific) elements in the model, diagram or view, or selection. |
Editing objects and relations
text layout
COMMAND | FUNCTION |
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Home > Font: | |
Font | Change the font face. |
Font Size | Change the font size. |
Font Color | Change the color of the text. |
Rotate label left | Rotate the text in the selected object or relation by 90 degrees left. |
Rotate label right | Rotate the text in the selected object or relation by 90 degrees right. |
Bold | Make the selected text bold. |
Italic | Italicize the selected text. |
Underline | Underline the selected text. |
Align text left | Align text to the left. |
Center | Center text. |
Align text right | Align text to the left. |
Number | Create a numbered list. Only available for the Documentation pane. |
Bullet | Create a bulleted list. Only available for the Documentation pane. |
Insert Link | Create a link to a file, web page, model object, or e-mail message. Only available for the Documentation pane. |
object and relation markup
COMMAND | FUNCTION |
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Home > Markup: | |
Fill Color | Change the fill color of the selected object(s) and relation(s) with a fillable relation endpoint (like an arrowhead). |
Transparency | Change the transparency of the selected object(s) and relation(s). |
Line Color | Change the color of the selected line(s) of an object, relation, or edge. For objects, the function is only available if the Derive line color from fill color setting is deactivated (graphics options for diagrams and views). The function is not available for node graphics (like junctions). |
Line Weight | Change the weight of the selected line(s) of an object, relation, or edge. |
Line Style | Change the style of the selected line(s) of an object, relation, or edge. |
Hide Icon | Hide the icon displayed in the selected object(s). |
Image | Add an image to the selected object(s) and relation(s). |
Reset | Reset the graphical attributes of the selected object(s) and relation(s) to their default values. |
object and relation layout
COMMAND | FUNCTION |
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Home > Layout: | |
Align
| Align the edges of multiple selected objects: left, right, top, bottom, center, middle, same width, same height, same size, space across, and space down. |
Snap to Grid | Snap (a selection of) objects to the closest intersection of the grid. |
Grid | Show or hide the grid in the diagram or view. |
Guides | Show or hide the drawing guides in the diagram or view. |
Grid and Guides | Open the window with grid and guides settings. |
Automatic Page Breaks | Show or hide automatic page breaks in the diagram or view. |
Attach Label
| Change the position of the label in the selected object(s): top left corner, top spot, top right corner, left spot, center spot, right spot, bottom left corner, bottom spot, bottom right corner, and outside. |
Rotate | Rotate the selected object(s) 90 degrees for horizontal/vertical modeling. Only available for objects displayed with specific graphic shapes, like a cylinder, flow arrow, and trigger. |
Right-Angled Lines | Automatically create angles where applicable when drawing lines. |
Make Room | Stretch up the selected object to make room for new elements or add space to the diagram or view. |
Automatic Layout Automatic Layout Settings | Automatically lay out the objects and relations in the view. Only available for ArchiMate® views. |
Relation Layout Bends Layout withRight Angles Layout withStraight Lines Layout with | Automatically lay out (a selection of) relations in the view: using bended lines, right angles, or straight lines. Only available for ArchiMate views. |
Analysis
view filters
COMMAND | FUNCTION |
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View > View Filter: | |
Colors | Generate a color view. |
Compare | Generate a compare view. |
Relation Colors | Generate a relation color view. |
Labels | Generate a label view. |
Highlight | Create a highlight view. |
Tooltips | Generate a tooltip view. |
Relation Roles | Generate a relation roles view. |
Show Contents | Show the contents of the selected collapsed object(s). |
analysis functions
COMMAND | FUNCTION |
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View > Analysis: | |
Show Relations | View the possible relations in the diagram or view, and add them to the model. Only available in ArchiMate, ERD, and UML models. |
Advanced > Inspect: | |
Compare | Compare two selected models or model packages, and show the differences in a workset. |
Advanced > Tables: | |
Derive Relations | View derived relations from the (selected) model via specific profile attributes, or via relations between concepts. |
Tables
COMMAND | FUNCTION |
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Home > Tables: | |
Properties | Edit user-defined properties in table format. |
Cross-references Profiles Relations Cross-model Relations | Edit relations, profile relations, or cross-model relations. |
Advanced > Language: | |
Translation Table | Edit translations of textual properties. |
Advanced > Tables: | |
Links | Edit links in the model. |
Diagrams and views
display and zoom
COMMAND | FUNCTION |
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View > Canvas: | |
Refresh | Refresh the contents of the current diagram or view. |
View Filter Legend | Switch the view filter legend on and off. |
Workspace
display tool panes
COMMAND | FUNCTION |
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Window > Pane: | |
Messages, Navigator, Viewpoints, Create, Hide, Model Browser, Worksets, Documentation, Properties | Show or hide the pane. |
Dock Floating Windows | Dock all floating windows in the Enterprise Studio interface. |
arrangement diagrams and views
COMMAND | FUNCTION |
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Window > Diagram: | |
Cascade | Arrange the diagrams and views in an overlapping cascade from top to bottom. |
Stacked | Arrange the diagrams and views horizontally from bottom to top. |
Side by Side | Arrange the diagrams and views vertically from right to left. |
Previous Diagram | Go back to the previous open diagram or view. |
More Diagrams | Open the Arrange Diagrams window for advanced arranging the open diagrams and views. |
Script and inspection
COMMAND | FUNCTION |
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Advanced > Script: | |
Query Tool | Create scripts using the built-in script editor and debugger. |
Advanced > Inspect: | |
Scan | Inspect the model package for problems using the Check and Repair function. |
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