Overview of Menu Items
Structure and function of menu items in the ribbon.
Please note that dynamic menu items derived from the model configuration are not listed.This affects e.g. the New Diagram and New Element submenus.
Register Application Menu
Register Application Menu
Select a model from an active repository and log-in there.
Continue working in a different user role.
Release all open documents within the current model and terminate the login to this model.
Show and Open Diagrams in the Overview
Backstage View Information
Recent logins and list of documents recently edited in the current model
Publish model documentation
Backstage View Administrative Tasks
Backstage View Help
Customize display, notation and other program settings.
Release all open documents, log-out from all open models and terminate this application.
Register Start
Register Start
Group Clipboard
Insert the clipboard's elements as copies into the model.
Insert the clipboard's elements as copies into the model.
The buffered elements are pasted below the selected element.
Insert the clipboard's elements as copies into the model without copying their nested elements.
Insert references to the clipboard's elements at the selected position.
Model references are used in the various mapping types to create associations of elements in different models.
Cut the selected elements and paste them in a different location; it is also possible to paste in a different Innovator model.
Copy the selection to the clipboard.
The copied elements can be inserted into all similar models, i.e. they can even be inserted into a different model of an arbitrary repository as long as this model's type matches the original model (Enterprise Edition only).
Copy the diagram or a section of it to the clipboard as a graphic.
Copy the diagram as a graphic to the clipboard.
Applications which support this, e.g. Word processors, can immediately paste this graphic from the clipboard into their documents.
Using a rubberband, select a section of the diagram and copy it as a graphic to the clipboard.
Applications which support this, e.g. Word processors, can immediately paste this graphic from the clipboard into their documents.
Group New
Create a new diagram by choosing a create template.
If the desired diagram type is not allowed in the area selected in the model structure, alternative storage locations are provided.
Create a new model element by choosing a create template.
If the desired element type is not allowed in the area selected in the model structure, alternative storage locations are provided.
Group Organize
Click here to re-sort the selected container's content in a certain way.
Sort the current content of this container alphabetically.
Sort the current content of this container by element type.
Sort the current content of this container by creation date.
Sort the current content of this container by last modification date.
Move the selected elements to another container.
Select a container which a reference to the selected element will be created in.
Change the name of the selected element.
Convert the selected element to an element of a different type.
Click here to create or edit file attachments.
Select a file and import it to attach to the selected element.
Export the selected attachment to a file.
Import the work file
Deletes the selected elements from the model.
This command cannot be undone!
The deleted elements may only be restored by importing a previously saved version file.
Group Editing
Open this document in edit mode.
other users can only open this document in read-only mode while it is being edited.
View the document without editing it.
Any number of users may simultaneously open this document in read-only mode.
Open and edit the textual specification of the selected element.
Open specification with input/output area for text templates.
Edit relationships to model elements which are dependent on the selected elements.
Edit relationships to the model elements which the selected elements are dependent on.
Group Documentation
Create a documentation of the selected part of this model by choosing a template.
Group Browse
Look for model elements within the current model.
Look for model elements within the current model.
Look for occurrences of text in specification texts.
Look for model elements by their properties.
Look for occurrences of text in annotations.
Find all annotated diagrams
Go to an occurrence of this model element or elements linked with the model element in the model structure or in diagrams.
Find and select the unique occurrence of this element within the model structure.
The position in the model's hierarchy determines the namespace and the qualified name of an element.
Find occurrences of the same element in other diagrams.
Find other model elements that are linked to this element in the model structure or in diagrams.
Find and select the referenced element in the model structure.
Manage Saved Queries.
Register Review
Register Review
Group Verify Model
Group I/O Specifications
Check consistency and completeness of I / O specifications.
Defective items will be displayed after the test in the results pane.
Group Annotations
Find all annotated diagrams
Find all annotated diagrams
Look for occurrences of text in annotations.
Show/Hide the annotation window.
Add an annotation to the selected elements.
Delete the selected annotation.
Group Access Control
Activate the exclusive edit mode for the selected elements.
Activate the exclusive edit mode for the selected elements.
Other model users cannot change this element while this mode is set for an element.
Activate the exclusive edit mode for the selected elements, including all subordinated elements.
Other model users cannot change this element while this mode is set for an element.
Remove exclusive edit modes set by me for the selected elements.
Remove exclusive edit modes set by me for the selected elements.
Remove exclusive edit modes set by me for the selected and all subordinated elements.
Remove all exclusive edit modes set by me in this model.
Group Change log
Terminate the curent Change-Set, and create a new one.
The data requested in the dialog describes the old change set which is automatically closed by the action.
Group Compare
Activate the tool window for comparing two models.
Register View
Register View
Group Synchronize
The window contents is updated to the version saved on the server.
All changes made by entries into other windows or by other users will be added.
All graphical changes made since the last server update will be lost during the process.
Group Document Views
Show print preview and adopt changes made to pages before printing.
Show the document in full screen mode to maximize the available space for reading or editing.
Group Show
Display with default colors
Colorize with colors of configured element types
Colorize with colors of label values
Colorize diagram content with individual colors
Group Smart Icons
Show smart icons for access rights in diagrams.
Show smart icons for edit modes in diagrams.
Show smart icons for specification texts in diagrams.
Turn off smart icons.
Group Zoom
Zoom the diagram to fit the entire diagram into the window.
Enlarge the zoom factor by 10%.
Zoom the diagram to 100% of the original size.
Reduce the zoom factor by 10%.
Click here to set the zoom mode manually.
Group Window
Create, delete and restore perspectives.
Move the active document to a new vertical tab container.
Move the active document to the next tab container.
Move the active document to the previous tab container.
Activate tool windows.
Activate the tool window for displaying the model contents.
Activate the tool window which contains the search engine's result region.
Activate the tool window for displaying details about a model element.
Activate the tool window for editing a model element's properties.
Activate the tool window for managing dependencies to other elements.
Activate the tool window for a preview of element specifications.
Activate the tool window which contains the diagram overview.
Activate the tool window for importing tables from a DBMS.
Activate windows.
Activate the start page.
Register Add-Ins
Register Add-Ins
Group Engineering Actions
Execute engineering action. The menu contains the engineering actions which are configured for the active window.
Group Map Model
Edit Mappings
Register Diagram Tools>Design
Register Diagram Tools>Design
Group Access Control
Turn on Edit Mode for this document.
Other model users can only open this document in read-only mode while this mode is active.
Turn off Edit Mode for this document.
Group Create Diagram Content
Drag an element from the gallery and drop it into the diagram to create a new element of this kind.
Drag an element from the gallery and drop it into the diagram to create a new element of this kind.
Enclose selection with a predefined shape, e.g. a rectangle.
Create 'Rectangle' shape
Group Model Elements
Open and edit the textual specification of the selected element.
Apply a pattern to refactor this part of the model.
Creates a new diagram and moves the definition into that new diagram.
Moves the subprocess' contents into a new process and substitutes the subprocess with a call activity to that new process.
If you have already defined animation paths, Innovator will not correct them automatically.
Transforms the process called into an embedded subprocess moving its content to the subprocess.
The process must not contain link events or lanes.
The process and its animation paths will be deleted from the model.
Convert the selected element to an element of a different type.
Group Show/Hide
View or hide existing relationships between model elements in the diagram.
Click on a relationship edge to make it visible in this diagram.
Show/hide comments.
Show connections to model elements not in this diagram.
Group Arrange
Arrange elements in the diagram by changing where they are placed in relation to each other.
The element which is selected first sets the position which the other elements align themselves with.
Align the selected objects at the left edge of the primary selection.
Align the selected objects at the horizontal center of the primary selection.
Align the selected objects at the right edge of the primary selection.
Align the selected objects at the top edge of the primary selection.
Align the selected objects at the vertical center of the primary selection.
Align the selected objects at the bottom edge of the primary selection.
Change elements to their size in the diagram.
The element which is selected first sets the size which the other elements become.
Adjust the selected objects' width to the width of the primary selection.
Adjust the selected objects' height to the height of the primary selection.
Adjust the selected objects' size to the size of the primary selection.
Optimize the selected elements' sizes.
The operation is applied to all diagram elements if no selection is made.
Automatically arrange the selected diagram elements and their interconnections.
Automatically arrange the selected diagram elements and their interconnections.
Align the nodes of the subordinate hierarchy level side by side.
Align the nodes of the subordinate hierarchy level one below the other, pointing to the left.
Align the nodes of the subordinate hierarchy level one below the other, pointing to the right.
Group Editing
Go to an occurrence of this model element or elements linked with the model element in the model structure or in diagrams.
Find and select the unique occurrence of this element within the model structure.
The position in the model's hierarchy determines the namespace and the qualified name of an element.
Find occurrences of the same element in other diagrams.
Find other model elements that are linked to this element in the model structure or in diagrams.
Select all diagram elements of similar type.
Copy the diagram or a section of it to the clipboard as a graphic.
Copy the diagram as a graphic to the clipboard.
Applications which support this, e.g. Word processors, can immediately paste this graphic from the clipboard into their documents.
Using a rubberband, select a section of the diagram and copy it as a graphic to the clipboard.
Applications which support this, e.g. Word processors, can immediately paste this graphic from the clipboard into their documents.
Removes the selected graphical element from this diagram without physically deleting the displayed model element from the model.
Edges without links are also deleted.
Deletes the selected elements from the model.
This command cannot be undone!
The deleted elements may only be restored by importing a previously saved version file.
Register Diagram Tools>Print View
Register Diagram Tools>Print View
Group Print
Show print preview and adopt changes made to pages before printing.
Select a printer, the number of copies and other print options before printing and then print the active document using these settings.
Select a printer, the number of copies and other print options before printing and then print the active document using these settings.
Ignore all defined page breaks and print the entire diagram on a single page.
Using a rubberband, select a section of the diagram and print it.
Send the diagram directly to the current printer without adopting the changes.
Export the diagram or a section of it as a graphics file.
Export the Diagram to an EMF, PNG, GIF or TIFF file.
Using a rubberband, select a section of the diagram and export it to an EMF, PNG, GIF or TIFF file.
Group Page Settings
Select page orientation.
Sets the page orientation to portrait and modifies the page accordingly
Sets the page orientation to landscape and modifies the page accordingly
Select a paper size for the printout.
Shows a dialog for the page settings
Group Page Breaks
Adds a new horizontal page break.
Adds a new vertical page break.
Deletes all page breaks.
Resets all page breaks.
Register Animation Tools>Animation
Register Animation Tools>Animation
Group Access Control
An animation path can be defined when in Edit Mode.
An animation path can be played when in Play Mode.
Group Define Path
Move one step forward.
Run path definition until no longer possible.
Step into the subprocess or the call activity.
Step over the subprocess or the call activity.
Delete animation path from this node.
Save animation path.
Group Play
Play single step from the path.
Start path animation.
Pause path animation.
Cancel path animation.
Set speed which a path should be played.
Set speed which a path should be played.
Set speed which a path should be played.
Set speed which a path should be played.
Group View
Path progress in tree view with inventory of objects and conditions being cycled.
Register Table Tools>Design
Register Table Tools>Design
Group Access Control
Turn on Edit Mode for this document.
Other model users can only open this document in read-only mode while this mode is active.
Turn off Edit Mode for this document.
Group New
Group Font
Increase the font size.
Decrease the font size.
Clear all the formatting from the selection leaving only the plain text.
Use bold font weight for the selected text.
Use italic font style for the selected text.
Use underline decoration for the selected text.
Draw a line through the middle of the selected text.
Group Paragraph
Add bullet points to selected paragraphs
Number Selected Paragraphs
Decrease the paragraph indent.
Increase the paragraph indent.
Left-align selected paragraphs.
Center selected paragraphs.
Right-align selected paragraphs.
Justify selected paragraphs.
Group Print
Show print preview and adopt changes made to pages before printing.
Select a printer, the number of copies and other print options before printing and then print the active document using these settings.
Select a printer, the number of copies and other print options before printing and then print the active document using these settings.
Using a rubberband, select a section of the diagram and print it.
Send the diagram directly to the current printer without adopting the changes.
Shows a dialog for the page settings
Group Editing
Save data in the repository.
Register Specification Tools>Text
Register Specification Tools>Text
Group Access Control
Turn on Edit Mode for this document.
Other model users can only open this document in read-only mode while this mode is active.
Turn off Edit Mode for this document.
Group Font
Increase the font size.
Decrease the font size.
Clear all the formatting from the selection leaving only the plain text.
Use bold font weight for the selected text.
Use italic font style for the selected text.
Use underline decoration for the selected text.
Draw a line through the middle of the selected text.
Group Paragraph
Add bullet points to selected paragraphs
Number Selected Paragraphs
Decrease the paragraph indent.
Increase the paragraph indent.
Left-align selected paragraphs.
Center selected paragraphs.
Right-align selected paragraphs.
Justify selected paragraphs.
Group Print
Show print preview and adopt changes made to pages before printing.
Select a printer, the number of copies and other print options before printing and then print the active document using these settings.
Select a printer, the number of copies and other print options before printing and then print the active document using these settings.
Using a rubberband, select a section of the diagram and print it.
Send the diagram directly to the current printer without adopting the changes.
Shows a dialog for the page settings
Group Editing
Save data in the repository.
Register Database Tools>Database Connection
Register Database Tools>Database Connection
Group Connection
A dialog box appears; you can use this dialog box to connect to a DBMS database.
Tables from this database then appear in the left-hand list for further editing.
Group Actions
The tables which already exist in the right-hand DB schema are overwritten.
Missing tables are created.
Only those tables which are selected in the left-hand list are affected.
Tables missing from the right-hand DB schema are created.
All tables which already exist are not modified.
Only those tables which are selected in the left-hand list are affected.
The appropriate DDL file is written onto the hard drive.
Only tables which are in the left-hand list are affected.
Differences to the left and right tables are highlighted in the left-hand table.
If you select a table, the changes are also highlighted in the Details area, as are any differing values.
Only tables which are selected in the left-hand list are affected.
Register Mapping Tools>Mapping
Register Mapping Tools>Mapping
Group Mapping
Group Map Model
The elements in the left-hand list determine which elements should actually be mapped.
Simulates the mapping procedure and highlights pending modifications in the right-hand tree.
Extends the mapping by interconnecting matching elements of both models.
Implements the mapping and highlights modifications in the right-hand tree.
After 'Preview' or 'Execute', modifications are highlighted in the right-hand tree.
You can also set whether the tree shows elements without any changes.
Register Diff Tools>Compare
Register Diff Tools>Compare
Group Compare
The contents of the two models selected are compared.
Exports the comparison into a file.
Group Filter
You can exclude model information which is the same in both models if you which.
Filter elements that only exist in the left model
Filter elements that only exist in the right model
You can set which element types should be shown and which elements should be explicitly excluded here.
Group Browse
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