I know this is now an old thread, but I was searching for a little help on using VM3.1. I was trying to create a supertype/subtype relationship. As the VM help...
Brenda, It is much easier to do on the ORM side. Create the super-type (just a normal entity). Then create the subtypes - also just normal entities. Then...
Has anyone ever specified 'state' and 'operation' extensions to the 'data' notation of any ORM?...
Joseph Newcum
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Oct 23, 2001 8:18 pm
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I am a computer science student in Australia, currently studying Systems Analysis and Design/Case Tools. I realise that this list may not be the correct one...
I am trying to model product structure for cellular equipment. This involves cabinets with cages with racks with slots with cards etc. I am new to modeling...
The theories will live forever. Book sales, however, will definitely go down. <wink> ... Patrick K. O'Brien Orbtech "I am, therefore I think." ... From:...
albeit stating the obvious but the 2 are vastly different and what is prevalent in practice these days is a morphed fit for the particular project and a lot of...
msfrancisusa@...
Oct 27, 2001 8:07 pm
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Mike, Have you looked at the ISO 10303 family of standards (STEP)? These contain product modeling and related concerns and are implemented by most CAD vendors....
Is it possible to export an IMD file (normalized ER model) from VisioModeler 3.1 to Erwin 3.5.2? VM doesn't seem to offer a direct export, but perhaps there is...
Hi Charles, ... VM supports an export to ER/Win 2.6 and 3.0, in the ERX format (Tools | Add-ins | Export ERwin ERX Model). So, if you happen to have a copy of ...
Scot A. Becker
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Oct 30, 2001 2:09 am
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Is VisioModeler 3.x available to download as free-ware? If so, could u please send me the website. Thanks...
Amjad Bashir
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Oct 30, 2001 2:10 am
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Hi Amjad, ... http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=27489 HTH, Scot. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scot A. Becker Software...
Scot A. Becker
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Oct 30, 2001 2:24 am
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Charles, Scot gave a perfect explanation of the Visio to ERwin capabilities. In fact the story can be extended to today's ERwin 4.0 which can read a 3.52 ER1...
Christian Bremeau
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Oct 30, 2001 1:51 pm
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I really love the discussions that go on here. But do we have to have emails that have advertising links? This one has a huge orange one. Tim ... From: Joseph...
Tim O'Leary
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Nov 7, 2001 7:16 pm
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Patrick, Thank you for your response. I think I should have added that I am using the Logical Modeling Diagram with the settings on IDEF1X. Is the logical tool...
Can anyone suggest a way (quick and dirty is OK in this case) that I might export an IMD file (normalized ER model) from VisioModeler 3.1 to Erwin 3.5.2? I...
Orr, Charles
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Nov 7, 2001 7:16 pm
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Patrick Hallock Sr. Partner InConcept - Journal of Conceptual Modeling path@... www.inconcept.com 651-777-8494 ... From: Patrick K. O'Brien...
Mike, I will get back later today or Sunday. We are remodeling the house today. I will get out from the mess and send you some info yet this weekend. Thanks...
You can find it here - Go to http://download.microsoft.com, select "Visio 2000 Enterprise", select your operating system, and click "Find It!" Then, click on ...
(1) If is did, I didn't put it there. (2) Would you have an answer to the question? ... From: Tim O'Leary To: jcm@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 23,...
Joseph Newcum
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Nov 7, 2001 10:12 pm
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Yeah, I know you didn't. I guess it just comes with the territory of using yahoo groups. It was one of those days for me. I just wondered if there was an...
Tim O'Leary
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Nov 8, 2001 3:29 am
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Back to the question - State diagrams were considered an external addition. They were done outside ORM, but they were recognized as important. Operations -...
I am working my way through Terry Halpin's excellent text INFORMATION MODELING AND RELATIONAL DATABASES. I have a question related to the (for the moment)...
Dick, The arrow is automatic - it is not an option. When the second instance of the entity (object) changes on the drawing, the arrow (triangle) is ...
Hi Dick, When you create a new page, just copy the desired object into this new page and voila, you've got your arrow tip included on both the object and the...
Hi Dick, ... If you create 2 distinct object types with the same name, VisioModeler will not recognize that they are the same object type. In fact, you will ...
Scot A. Becker
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Nov 24, 2001 11:31 pm
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Dick, Dragging the object onto the page from the OT "object types" list is useful when you are a drawing oriented person. If you merely type in a new fact that...
A belated thank you to all who responded to my last question about object type duplication! I have a new question about adding an existing model to a project. ...
I had this problem too. My workaround was to create a new model in the project, close VM, delete the new file and then rename my exising file to the same name...
Hello, The project concept did not work well - but - good news for the next release. The newer version in Visual Studio .NET VSEA version there is the concept...