> From: Lars Clausen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/08/12 Tue AM 01:59:11 EDT > > Not being able to change it would certainly be annoying in a Dia context; I > guess ERwin doesn't think of connections as first-class citizens, but > merely an indication that the two entities are related.
Yes. A relationship in IDEF1X or IE is meaningless if there are not attached entities on both ends to relate to. > Not a behaviour I think we want to copy. Yes. It's one of those features that would only make sense within the context of certain sheets. I don't really miss it. Sometimes I prefer the Dia interface actually. One feature I do miss however, is being able to identify which class(es) a particular relationship is attached to by opening the relationship's "Properties" dialog. The "Side A" and "Side B" labels are rather arbitrary and unhelpful IMHO. I was experimenting with a patch to label these based on what class the relationship was attached to, but I got to the point where I realized labeling the "Direction" option field would get very thorny, and I never came up with a good "NULL" label to indicate that the relationship was not attached to anything. On ERwin this not a problem of course, because relationship direction is a fixed property and a relationship always has something attached to both of its endpoints. Andy _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia
