General Techniques of Using Diagrams

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To select elements in diagram

To select an element, just click it in diagram.
To select multiple adjacent elements, keep ShiftShift pressed and click the desired elements, or just drag a lasso around the elements to be selected.
To select multiple non-adjacent elements, keep Ctrl+ShiftControl Shift pressed and click the desired elements.
To select a member of a node element, double-click the node element, and then use the arrow keys, or the mouse pointer.

To manage diagram layout

Right-click the diagram background, and choose Layout command of the diagram context menu. Next, select the desired layout from the submenu.
Use Drag-and-drop technique to lay out entities in diagram manually.
Apply the current layout selected on the context menu of the diagram, by clicking .

To zoom in and out, do one of the following

Use the and toolbar buttons.
Keeping CtrlControl key pressed, rotate your mouse wheel up or down.
Press NumPad+NumPad or NumPad-NumPad-.
Tip
As you zoom in or out, the size of the shadow area in the diagram preview changes accordingly.

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To use the magnifier tool

Keep the AltAlt key pressed, and hover your mouse pointer over the most interesting, or problematic areas of the diagram.

To jump from an element in diagram to the underlying source code

Select an element in diagram.
Do one of the following:
- On the context menu of the diagram, choose Jump to Source
- Press F4F4.
- Double-click selected element.
The source code of the corresponding source file opens in a separate tab in the editor.

See Also

Procedures:

Viewing Model Dependency Diagram

Reference:

Diagram Reference

Web Resources:

Knowledge Base