Jack; We can consider this as a feature request for future versions of Composer. In the meantime, start by choosing a key class you want to create a diagram for or choose rdfs:Resource as a starting point with minimal class definitions.
-- Scott On Jun 8, 5:59 pm, jackatarc <[email protected]> wrote: > Proposed Feature: New Blank Diagram option for model visualization > > Explanation: When I am modeling it is nice if I can drag classes and > properties into a blank diagram to visualize those connections I wish > to see. Currently I have to diagram a class and then remove any > unwanted classes and properties prior to performing my aggregation > through drag and drop. I think of this as creating a document by > opening an existing document and removing what I do not want and then > adding what I do want. No one developing a text formatter would > require this of users, but it is required in TBC for modelers. > > It has been suggested that the current approach is the correct > approach, and to limit what comes up I should modify my preferences. > That is extremely inconvenient. My preferences are set so that I can > visualize existing classes and their connections. I do not want to > change my preferences. > > Possible Mitigation: The preferred solution is to provide a new > feature to the diagramming tool. This would be the most direct and > simple solution. Alternatively, if TQ believes that preferences are > the way to go, then this feature could be provided by providing > configurable preferences. I believe that this latter approach would > cause implementation issues and really be more difficult to implement > and support. > > Featur Viability: The modeler I work with all the time creates these > types of diagrams in every joint session we have. Since he is an > expert TBC user, I know that this is a viable feature to include. > > Thank you for your consideration, > > Jack Hodges, ARC -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group "TopBraid Suite Users", the topics of which include TopBraid Composer, TopBraid Live, TopBraid Ensemble, SPARQLMotion and SPIN. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/topbraid-users?hl=en
