Qualiware Tips and Tricks

Look and Feel

Relationship Connector Labels

Do not rename the relation instead, set the relationship connector "Symbol Label"

• Right click the relationship connector, select "Appearance", select "Edit System Label"

• Set the label, Click Ok

Resetting the look and feel of elements and views

• Inside a view, right click, select Appearance, select "Apply default appearance"

Functionality

Quick Add

To quickly drop a similar type of element that has already been created. Hold down shift and double click said element. A second element will appear.

View radar map/ Preview mode

The radar map helps you to navigate large models. To use it click and hold in the area(not sure if this area has a name) show in the screen shot. Its in the bottom right corner of the viewing window, where the scroll bars meet

The radar map will appear and you can drag the view around.

Redrawing a model and its connections.

If you have create a view and you want to use it somewhere else, you can get Qualiware redraw the diagram.

• Select and copy the element you would like to re draw.

• In a new view, paste the copied element.
• Right click the element, Select Actions, Expand from other diagram

• Select the view that contains the elements you want to redraw, click Ok.

• Qualiware will recreate the relationships

[Warning] If the view you're trying to recreate has quite a few connections then this redrawing process will take a long time.

Fixing relationship connectors

If you have a connector that looks like this

Select the connector and pound the spacebar a couple of times.

Reuse/Duplicate a view

• Create a blank model.
• Select the model you wish to duplicate
• Right click, hold and drag a model over top the model you want to duplicate,.
• Release the right click

• Open your view, you're done

Duplicate a view alternative 1a

• Select the model you want to copy
• Right click, hold and drag to white space in resource explorer
• Release right click

• Select "New Copy of Object"

• Select Yes to create duplicate copies of elements in the model
• Select No to reuse the elements from the original model
  • You should probably do this one ...

Keyboard Short Cuts

Shortcuts in bold are Most Used/ Most Useful

Text Editor

F8	Open the extended text editor for the selected field. Press F8 to close it again.
CTRL + N	Remove formatting from the selected text.
CTRL + B	Embolden the selected text.
CTRL + I	Italicize the selected text.
CTRL + U	Underline the selected text.
CTRL + D	Insert a picture with a link to a diagram in the repository.
CTRL + L	Insert a link to an object in the repository.
CTRL + T	Create a table.
CTRL + C	Copy the selected text or object.
CTRL + V	Insert the copied text or object.
CTRL + X	Cut out the selected text or object.
CTRL + Z	Undo.
CTRL + Y	Redo.
CTRL + F	Open the Search Dialog.
F3	Go to the next item in search.
CTRL + A	Select everything.
CTRL + S	Save.

Object/Symbol Property Dialog

F8	Open the extended text editor for the selected field. Press F8 to close it again.
CTRL + Tab	Go to the next field in the current properties tab.
CTRL + SHIFT + Tab	Go to the previous field in the current properties tab.
CTRL + PageDown	Switch to the next properties tab.
CTRL + PageUp	Switch to the previous properties tab.
Esc	Close the Properties tab.

General QLM Shortcuts

F1	Open Help information pertaining to the selected object.
F2	Rename the selected object.
F3	Search.
F5	Refresh the screen.
ALT + F4	Exit QualiWare.

Repository Explorer

	Toggle whether all templates are shown in the repository explorer.
Enter	Open the selected object.
CTRL + B	Open the properties for the selected object.
CTRL + L	Display all properties and links in the Message window for the selected object.
CTRL + F	Open the Search Dialog.
ALT + 1	Open the previous revision of the selected object.
ALT + 2	Open the revision dialog for the selected object.
ALT + 3	Open the subsequent revision of the selected object.
ALT + 4	Open the default revision dialog for the selected object.

Canvas

1	Reset the zoom level to default.
<	Zoom out.
>	Zoom in.
Z	Change the cursor to the zoom tool.
Shift + Z	Automatically zoom to view the entirety of the model.
CTRL + G	Toggle the drawing grid.
CTRL + SHIFT + G	Change the grid size (default: 10).
Left Arrow-key, Right Arrow-key, Down Arrow-key, Up Arrow-key	Move the selected object in the arrow key direction.
J	Align the selected objects respective of the first selected object.
S	Copy the Size of the first selected object to all the subsequently selected objects.
Spacebar	Automatically re-draw the selected connections.
ALT + Left-click	Selecting an object and ALT+ Left-clicking on an object’s label opens the label editor.
CTRL + A	Select all objects in the diagram.
CTRL + F	Find a symbol in the diagram.
B	Open the properties dialog for the selected object.
L	Display all properties and links in the Message window for the selected object.
SHIFT + A	Display all Audit information in the Message window for the selected object.
SHIFT + B	Open a dialog window with recently opened diagrams.
SHIFT + R	Open a new Repository Explorer tab.

Work Arounds

Extend the syntax of a viewpoint

If the viewpoint of the model you are using doesn't have the elements you need ... you're working outside the standard archimate viewpoints and you need all the archimate elements. You can "Extand Syntax"

• Open the model
• Right click the white space
• Select "Actions", Select "Extend syntax"

• Voila!

All the elements are now available on the right

Creating "Folders"

Alternate method to creating folders

• In Qualiware, goto the "All" category

• In the Repository Explorer Window, click "Show all templates"

• Scroll down to "Repository Folder"

• Right click "RepositoryFolder" and select "New Folder"