Viewer: 2/Options

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Viewer Options

The Viewer has several options which influence the visual properties of the available diagrams.

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Display

  • Drop shadow: Turn on of off the shadowing of symbols drawn.
  • Show grid: Toggle the grid on of off
  • Hot Tracking: Moving the mouse will highlight symbols when hovered. Also a color may be set for this highlighting

Corner Style

  • Straight lines
  • Bezier
  • Curved

ERD

  • Primary Keys: Toggle primary key symbols on or off
  • Columns: Toggle the column information on or off
  • Foreign Keys: Toggle the foreign key indications on or off
  • Data Types: Toggle the datatype information on or off
  • Names: The naming of columns can be tweaked to different conventions.
  • Weak Tables: Tables where the primary key contains foreign keys the edges are drawn rounded.
  • Weak Relations: Foreign keys which are not mandatory are drawn with a dotted line.
  • Subtypes: Child tables can contain a subtype of a parent table, a small arc is drawn at the side of the parent table.

UML

  • Properties: Toggle the properties on or off
  • Methods: Toggle the methods on or off