Adding Elements to the Child Diagram

To add elements to a child diagram after you have created it, you can drag and drop Class, Primitive Type or Enumeration elements from the parent Business Object Model model in Project Explorer (you can drag and drop from other Business Object Models but then you can only create copies or subclasses).

Drag the element, and when you drop it, you will see a dropdown menu:

  • To create a view of the element in this diagram, select Create View. This means that you can see the element in this diagram, as well as in the main (parent) Business Object Model diagram.
  • To make a new copy of the element in the diagram select Copy Elements. In this case, a new copy of the element will appear in this diagram, and also in the main (parent) Business Object Model diagram
  • (when dragging and dropping a Class) To create a subclass of the selected class, select Create Subclasses. In this case, the subclass will appear in this diagram, and also in the main (parent) Business Object Model diagram.

You can also use the Palette to add Elements, Children, and Relationships to the diagram, by dragging and dropping the elements from the palette onto the child diagram. When you do this, the elements are new elements, and will appear in the child diagram and also in the main (parent) Business Object Model diagram.