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titleNoteWhen does this apply?
  • When you open an existing project with outdated symbol styles, the dialog described below will show.
Versioning is now available for updating a project's symbol styles programmatically.
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titleWhich versions work?
  • Updating symbol styles in older projects works with version 18.0 SP3 and later and , but it is not compatible in version 18.0 SP2 or earlier.
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titleNote
  • Versioning is now available for updating a project's symbol styles programmatically.
  • Updating symbol styles will overwrite the existing styles. If you have manually made changes or added new features to the existing styles, those values will not be retained.

Cameo Concept Modeler diagrams Modeling Diagrams are intended to be as non-technical as possible for subject matter experts. However, symbol styles may sometimes expose technical details that are not appropriate for that kind of audience.   Concept ModelerThe modeling tool, therefore, offers to tweak the symbol styles called called Default and  and Defined Elsewhere, which you

You can update the symbol styles, defer updating the styles, or make Concept Modeler ask you or stop asking you about updating them by setting the the Ask to update outdated symbol styles options to  options to true or  or false. Expand the instructions below to see how to update the styling.

The The Ask to update outdated symbol styles options options, which open the the Update 'Default' symbol style dialog or  dialog or Update 'Defined Elsewhere' symbol style dialog  dialog asking you to update symbol styles when loading a Concept Modeling project with an older set of symbol styles, are set to to true by  by default. If you set them to to false, those dialogs will not open.


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titleEnabling/Disabling the options

To enable/disable

the

the Ask to update outdated symbol styles

options

 options


  1. On the main menu,
click
  1. click Options
>
  1.  > Project.
  2. In
the
  1. the Project Options
dialog
  1.  dialog, on the left pane,
click
  1. click General
then
  1.  then Styling.
  2. Select
the
  1. the Ask to update outdated 'Default' symbol styles
option
  1.  option and
the
  1. the Ask to update outdated 'Defined Elsewhere' symbol styles
option
  1.  option to set them
to
  1. to true.
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Click
  1. Click OK.

In the the Update 'Default' symbol style dialog and  dialog and Update 'Defined Elsewhere' symbol style dialog dialog, if you select select Yes, Concept Modeler the modeling tool will update the symbol styles. If you select select No, you will defer updating the styles, and the dialogs will continue to appear next time when loading a Concept Modeling project with an older set of outdated symbol styles.

The message dialog when loading a Concept Modeling project
with an older set of
with outdated symbol styles.
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