Opening and Closing Diagrams

When you open a UML Modeling project, all its diagrams are closed. You can work with a diagram and its elements only when the diagram is open. This can be useful in managing system resources.

To open a diagram, do one of the following:

To view two diagrams at the same time:

  1. Select a diagram tab and drag it to another location in the IDE.
  2. Size each diagram's pane for your convenience.

To close a single diagram, do one of the following:

To close a selection of open diagrams:

  1. In the Projects window, select the nodes of the diagrams you want to close.
  2. Right-click and choose Close.
    The IDE presents a confirmation dialog box for each diagram that has been edited, then closes all the selected diagrams.

To close all but a particular diagram:

  1. In the Diagram editor, select the diagram you want to stay open.
  2. Right-click the diagram tab and choose Close Other Documents.

To close all open diagrams:


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