Difference between revisions of "Using the Diagram View"
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This page contains tips, tricks, and some details on how to use the diagram view in ProcessDB. This only works for ProcessDB releases based on yFiles, not releases based on TSP (Tom Sawyer Perspectives). See the Help->About within ProcessDB to see which graph layout library your release uses. | This page contains tips, tricks, and some details on how to use the diagram view in ProcessDB. This only works for ProcessDB releases based on yFiles, not releases based on TSP (Tom Sawyer Perspectives). See the Help->About within ProcessDB to see which graph layout library your release uses. | ||
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| + | = In Relation to TSP = | ||
| + | If you are using the Tom Sawyer Perspectives (TSP) version of ProcessDB in conjunction with the yFiles version (you can ignore this section if you don't know about TSP) then this section describes things to know about going between the two. | ||
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| + | All edits and creations of things in the TSP version of ProcessDB are available in the yFiles version of ProcessDB. The only requirement is to save the changes in the TSP version and reload or restart the yFiles version (a reload should be sufficient). This includes creation of molecules/places/models/processes, edits to diagrams, and deletions of anything. It includes notes. | ||
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| + | There are some things that are not yet displayed in the yFiles version of ProcessDB. As of this writing, things like the shapes of states. These will not be displayed in ProcessDB yF no matter what until the code has been written to display them. | ||
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| + | Diagram layouts are not shared between TSP and yFiles. These layouts are also independent. So a TSP diagram layout will be preserved even if a yFiles layout is saved to the database and vice versa. | ||
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| + | Be careful when editing in both versions of ProcessDB at the same time. The edits can conflict and overwrite each other. For instance, if you add a state as a product to a process in the ProcessDB yF and remove that process in ProcessDB TSP, and do both these things without saving, then you may encounter a problem. Save in ProcessDB yF and then in ProcessDB TSP and the process will just be gone and the added product will not be present either. Though the state will remain in the model if it is involved in another process. | ||
= Tasks = | = Tasks = | ||
Revision as of 14:19, 23 December 2023
This page contains tips, tricks, and some details on how to use the diagram view in ProcessDB. This only works for ProcessDB releases based on yFiles, not releases based on TSP (Tom Sawyer Perspectives). See the Help->About within ProcessDB to see which graph layout library your release uses.
In Relation to TSP
If you are using the Tom Sawyer Perspectives (TSP) version of ProcessDB in conjunction with the yFiles version (you can ignore this section if you don't know about TSP) then this section describes things to know about going between the two.
All edits and creations of things in the TSP version of ProcessDB are available in the yFiles version of ProcessDB. The only requirement is to save the changes in the TSP version and reload or restart the yFiles version (a reload should be sufficient). This includes creation of molecules/places/models/processes, edits to diagrams, and deletions of anything. It includes notes.
There are some things that are not yet displayed in the yFiles version of ProcessDB. As of this writing, things like the shapes of states. These will not be displayed in ProcessDB yF no matter what until the code has been written to display them.
Diagram layouts are not shared between TSP and yFiles. These layouts are also independent. So a TSP diagram layout will be preserved even if a yFiles layout is saved to the database and vice versa.
Be careful when editing in both versions of ProcessDB at the same time. The edits can conflict and overwrite each other. For instance, if you add a state as a product to a process in the ProcessDB yF and remove that process in ProcessDB TSP, and do both these things without saving, then you may encounter a problem. Save in ProcessDB yF and then in ProcessDB TSP and the process will just be gone and the added product will not be present either. Though the state will remain in the model if it is involved in another process.
Tasks
Here are a list of tasks and how to accomplish these tasks in the diagram view.
Zooming
Zoom using the mouse wheel on a mouse or two finger up/down gesture on a trackpad. Pinch to zoom is not supported.
Panning
Press Ctrl + click-drag using a mouse or trackpad on Windows. Press Command + click-drag on macOS. Without the Ctrl or Command another action will be initiated depending on what is clicked and dragged. See Selecting / Deselecting and Moving Objects.
Selecting / Deselecting
- Click a state, process, place, or edge to select it and clear the previous selection.
- Use Ctrl + click on Windows (Command + click on macOS) to add or subtract something from the selection.
- Click and drag from any non-selected node / area in the graph to use a lasso selection. This will also clear the previous selection.
Moving Objects
- Select one or more objects. See Selecting / Deselecting
- Click and drag starting on a selected object. If you initiate the click on an object or area that isn't selected then a different action will be initiated and no objects will be moved.