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SDE-VS User’s Guide (Part 1) Chapter 7 – Export and Import
Chapter 7 - Export and Import
SDE-VS facilitates excellent interoperability by allowing exchange of UML diagrams and models via XMI. Apart from this,
you also can import models created previously from IBM Rational Rose.
This chapter guides you through the process of importing and exporting a VP project, an XML file or an XMI file. You can
also learn how to export a VP project as an image and how to import a IBM Rational Rose Project.
In this chapter:
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• Image Exporter
• VP Project Importer and Exporter
• XML Importer and Exporter
• XMI Importer and Exporter
• Rose Importer
• ERwin modeler project file Importer
• Oracle workflow engine BPEL generator
• JBoss workflow engine BPEL generator
Exporting Diagram as Images
The images exported can be inserted to external documents for easier distribution. Here are the types of image SDE-VS support
exporting:
• JPG
• PNG with background
• PNG without background
• SVG
• EMF
• PDF (diagram per page)
• PDF (diagram per file)
Exporting the Active Diagram as an Image
This feature exports the active diagram as an image file. To export the active diagram as an image file, perform one of the
following actions:
• Select File > Export > Active Diagram as Image...from main menu.
A file chooser dialog box will appear where you can specify the output of the image file.
Exporting Diagrams as Images
This feature exports one or more diagrams as images. To export the active diagram as image file, perform one of the following
actions:
• Select File > Export > Diagrams as Image...from main menu.