New Project - Opens a new project with a blank class diagram. If a project is already open, it will prompt for a save.
Quick Key - Ctrl-N
Open Project - Opens a browser dialog to select a file to open.
Quick Key - Ctrl-O
Save Project - Saves the project to its last saved location.
Quick Key - Ctrl-S
Save Project As... - Opens a save dialog to save a project with a new name and/or location.
Merge Project into Current... - Opens a browser dialog to select a project to combine with the project currently open in Poseidon.
The file types that may be merged are: zuml, zargo, and xmi.
Import Files - Opens a browser dialog to select files to incorporate into the project currently open in Poseidon.
The file types that may be imported are: java, jar, mdl.
Note: Not available in the Community Edition
Export Project to XMI - Opens a browser dialog to select the location to which to save the xmi file.
Save Graphics - Opens a browser dialog to save the diagram as a graphic.
The file types that may be used to save graphics are: ps, pdf, wmf, svg, png, eps, gif, and jpg.
Print... - Opens the printer dialog.
Quick Key - Ctrl-P
Note: Not available in the Community Edition
Print Diagrams... - Opens a tree of the diagrams. Use Ctrl-click to select multiple diagrams to print at one time.
Note: Not available in the Community Edition
Page Setup... - Opens a dialog to select page options such as paper size and orientation.
Note: Not available in the Community Edition
Print Options... - Opens the Print Options dialog to select options such as scaling.
Note: Not available in the Community Edition
Exit - Exits Poseidon. If there are any edited projects, a save prompt will appear.
Undo - Steps backwards in the edit history.
Quick Key - Ctrl-Z
Note: Limited functionality in the Community Edition
Redo - Steps forwards in the edit history.
Quick Key - Ctrl-Alt-Z
Note: Limited functionality in the Community Edition
Cut - Removes the selected element(s) to the Poseidon clipboard. The element will remain in the model.
Quick Key - Ctrl-X
Copy - Places the element(s) into the Poseidon clipboard without altering the element selection.
Quick Key - Ctrl-C
Paste - Places the element(s) currently in the Poseidon clipboard into the model.
Quick Key - Ctrl-V
Select -
Select All - Selects every element in the current diagram.
Quick Key - Ctrl-A
Invert Selection - Selects all unselected elements while de-selecting all selected elements.
Quick Key - Ctrl-I
Copy to Windows Clipboard - Places the element(s) into the Windows clipboard without altering the element selection.
Quick Key - Ctrl-Alt-C
Note: Not available in the Community Edition
Find... - Opens the Poseidon search dialog.
Quick Key - F3
Delete from Model - Removes the selected element(s) from the model completely. All instances of the element(s) will be removed from every diagram.
Quick Key - Del
Remove Diagram - Removes the selected diagram from the project without deleting the elements contained within that diagram.
Jump to Element - Opens a dialog to quickly navigate to a specified element
Quick Key - Ctrl-J
Settings... - Opens the Settings dialog, where you can change some of the default properties of Poseidon.
Go To Diagram... - Opens the diagram navigation dialog.
Quick Key - Ctrl-G
Details Tabs -
Next Details Tab - Changes the active tab to be the next tab to the right.
Individual Tabs - List of individual tabs for navigation.
Adjust Grid... - Opens the grid dialog, where the grid display can be modified.
Zoom -
Zoom Factors - List of zoom factors to change the diagram display.
Go To Contained Diagram... - Navigates to the sub-diagram of the current element. If the element has more than one sub-diagram, the diagram navigation dialog will open, filtered on the current element.
Quick Key - Ctrl-Alt-G
Show Rapid Buttons - Toggles rapid button display.
Quick Key - Pause
Class Diagram - Creates a new blank diagram.
Quick Key - Ctrl-L
Use Case Diagram - Creates a new blank diagram.
Quick Key - Ctrl-U
State Diagram - Creates a new blank diagram.
Quick Key - Ctrl-T
Activity Diagram - Creates a new blank diagram.
Quick Key - Ctrl-Y
Collaboration Diagram - Creates a new blank diagram.
Quick Key - Ctrl-B
Sequence Diagram - Creates a new blank diagram.Limited functionality in the Community Edition
Quick Key - Ctrl-Q
Deployment/Object/Component Diagram - Creates a new blank diagram.
Quick Key - Ctrl-D
Vertically -
Align Tops - Moves selected elements so that top edges are aligned. Horizontal placement is not affected.
Bottoms - Moves selected elements so that bottom edges are aligned. Horizontal placement is not affected.
Center - Moves selected elements so that center points are aligned. Horizontal placement is not affected.
Horizontally -
Align Lefts - Moves selected elements so that left edges are aligned. Vertical placement is not affected.
Align Rights - Moves selected elements so that right edges are aligned. Vertical placement is not affected.
Center - Moves selected elements so that center points are aligned. Vertical placement is not affected.
Size -
Greatest Current Width and Height - Uniformly resizes selected elements so that each is the size of the largest selected element.
Smallest Current Width and Height - Determines the size of the smallest element that can display the information of each of the selected elements and uniformly resizes the selected elements.
Minimum Possible Width and Height - Determines the smallest possible size for each of the selected elements and uniformly resizes them so that each is the size of the largest minimized element.
Width Only -
Greatest Current Width - Uniformly resizes selected elements so that each is the width of the largest selected element.
Smallest Current Width - Determines the width of the smallest element that can display the information of each of the selected elements and uniformly resizes the selected elements.
Minimum Possible Width - Determines the smallest possible width for each of the selected elements and uniformly resizes them so that each is the width of the largest minimized element.
Height Only -
Greatest Current Height - Uniformly resizes selected elements so that each is the height of the largest selected element.
Smallest Current Height - Determines the height of the smallest element that can display the information of each of the selected elements and uniformly resizes the selected elements.Note: this is not functional in the current version of Poseidon.
Minimum Possible Height - Determines the smallest possible height for each of the selected elements and uniformly resizes them so that each is the height of the largest minimized element.
Distribute -
Distribute Horizontal Spacing - Places a uniform vertical gutter between elements. Vertical spacing and element size are not changed.
Distribute Horizontal Centers - Places a uniform amount of space between the center vertical axes of the selected elements. Vertical spacing and element size are not changed.
Distribute Vertical Spacing - Places a uniform horizontal gutter between elements. Horizontal spacing and element size are not changed.
Distribute Vertical Centers - Places a uniform amount of space between the center horizontal axes of the selected elements. Horizontal spacing and element size are not changed.
Ordering -
Bring To Back - Places the selected element(s) on the bottom layer of the diagram display.
Bring To Front - Places the selected element(s) on top of the diagram display.
Send Backward - Moves the selected element(s) down one layer in the diagram display.
Send Forward - Moves the selected element(s) up one layer in the diagram display.
Align to Grid - Snaps the top and left edges of an element to the grid. Element size is not changed.
Design Issues... - Opens the issues dialog, where you can specify the importance of each design criterion. This affects the order of critiques.
Design Goals... - Opens the goals dialog, where you can specify the importance of each design goal. Note: this is not functional in the current version of Poseidon.
Browse Critiques... - Displays a list of all possible critiques. Here you can toggle the critiques and change their importance.
Generated Sources: File Check Interval -
Interval Listing - Determines the length of time between comparison of the source code and the current project.
Note: Available in the Professional and Enterprise Editions only
Reload the Templates - Refreshes the templates if they have been altered.
Note: Available in the Professional and Enterprise Editions only
Language Listing - Opens the generation dialog of the selected language.
Community Edition: Java
Standard Edition: Java, UMLdoc
Embedded Edition: Java, UMLdoc, Embedded
Professional and Enterprise Editions: UMLdoc, Java, PHP, Delphi, Perl, VB.Net, C++, CSharp, CorbaIDL, SQL
Plug-Ins Panel - Opens the Plug-Ins Manager, where you can add, remove, enable, and disable the plug-ins.
Profiles Panel - Opens the Profile Manager, where you can enable and disable profiles.
Note: Not available in the Community Edition
About Poseidon for UML - Displays Poseidon version information and credits.
Open Default Example - Opens the Stattauto project.
Open Users Guide - Opens the local html version of the Poseidon User Guide.
Open FAQs - Opens the local html version of the FAQ.
Tip of the Day - Opens the Tip of the Day dialog.
Send a Support Request - Opens the Support Request web page at the Gentleware web site. Poseidon will launch a web browser, if necessary.
Note: Not available in the Community Edition
License Manager - Opens the License Manager, where you can add and remove keys, serial numbers, and register your copy of Poseidon.
Note: Not available in the Community Edition
Purchase - Provides links to the Gentleware Web Store. This is a separate menu in the Community Edition.
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