Laying Out Selected Shapes in a Diagram

1 Select the shapes and relationships in the diagram that you want to rearrange.

Shapes will be rearranged either in an order based on their relationships if the relationships between them are selected or in horizontal rows if only the shapes are selected. If you are working in an activity diagram or a three-tier diagram, all shapes that you select must be within the same swimlane.

2 Click Format > Layout Selected Shapes.

Rational Rose rearranges the selected shapes within the area of the diagram that they currently occupy.

Note: To undo the layout, select Edit > Undo.

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Adorning the Diagrams

You can select which adornments (symbols) to display on the diagram through the shortcut menu. The shortcut menu is displayed by right-clicking an icon. You can click the menu choices to enable and disable them; a check mark indicates that a choice is enabled. You can also adorn your diagram with annotations that you add. This annotation or adornment is typically a note to yourself or others about specification features or functions not noted by Rational Rose.