Objects
Objects Panel Location
The Objects panel is by default located in the lower-right corner of the screen, along with the Fragments, Validation and Compare Model panels.
This is where the objects are that you can drag & drop on the Canvas to expand the model.
Objects Panel Overview
The Objects panel is the most often used and the most important panel.
Within this panel there are several sections:
Large,
Small
Visibility
Role Visibility
Free Objects
Within the Large section, you see objects as full size objects, the way they look on the Canvas.
If you want to see more objects inside the Objects panel, without the need to scroll down, select the Small section.
Small objects have the same symbol as the corresponding large objects. They are reduced in shape only on the panel, when pulled out on the canvas they become full size objects.
Within the Visibility section is a display of all objects for the current model type.
You can turn on / off the visibility of certain types of objects on the Canvas by clicking on the objects inside this panel.
When the object is grayed out, it is turned off and not visible on the Canvas.
Any object that has the visibility turned off is invisible when you click on the Toggle surrounding objects icon located in the toolbar.
Within the Role Visibility section is a display of all objects for the current model type.
By selecting a role and clicking on the object inside this panel, you can turn on/off the visibility of the selected object type for the selected role.
When the object is grayed out, it is turned off for the selected role and not visible on the Canvas.
Any object that has the role visibility for your role turned off is invisible when you click on the Toggle role level visibility button in the toolbar.
For more details on how to manage role settings in the Administration tab visit page Role settings for models and objects.
Within the Free Objects section, there are basic object shapes from Free Model that you can customize to your needs.
Navigation Symbol
There is a unique object called Navigation Symbol, that is present in all of the models.
With Navigation Symbol you can create an assignment/link of the current model with another model so that that other model will become the parent of the current model.
Drag and drop Navigation symbol object to Canvas.
Click on Navigation symbol object on the Canvas and then in the Assignments panel select the option Link New Model or Link Existing Model.
Once the link of the current model to another model is created, the Up icon within the Model Toolbar will be enabled and by clicking on this icon you can navigate to the linked model.
For more details on Assignments panel visit page Assignments.