Creating and modifying viewpoints for UML modeling

You can create new viewpoints, or modify existing user-defined viewpoints, to include specific capabilities to provide only the tools that you need to work with models.

About this task

To create or modify a viewpoint:

Procedure

  1. Click Window > Preferences.
  2. In the Preferences window, expand Modeling and click Viewpoints.
  3. Complete one of the following steps:
    • To create a new viewpoint, click New. In the Create New Viewpoint window, type a name for the new viewpoint and click OK.
    • To modify an existing viewpoint, from the Viewpoints list, select a viewpoint.
      Note: You cannot modify the predefined viewpoints.
  4. Select the check boxes for the capabilities to include in the viewpoint.
  5. Click Apply.
  6. Click OK.

Results

The new viewpoint that you created is included in the list of available viewpoints on the toolbar.
Note: You cannot modify the Model viewpoint by using the Viewpoints preferences. The capabilities that are associated with the Model viewpoint are defined by the workbench capabilities or by the model itself. To update the Model viewpoint, you must update the workbench capabilities or the capabilities that are associated with the specific model.

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