When you open an existing project with outdated symbol styles, the dialog described below will show.
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Which versions work?
Versioning is now available for updating a project's symbol styles programmatically.
Updating symbol styles in older projects works with version 18.0 SP3 and laterand , but it is not compatible in version 18.0 SP2 or earlier.
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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 Defaultand 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the styles, or make Concept Modeler ask you or stop asking you about updating them by setting the Ask to update outdated symbol styles options to true or false. Expand the instructions below to see how to update the styling.
The The Ask to update outdated symbol stylesoptions options, which open the the Update 'Default' symbol styledialog or dialog or Update 'Defined Elsewhere' symbol styledialog dialog asking you to update symbol styles when loading a Concept Modeling project with an older set of symbol styles, are set to to trueby by default. If you set them to to false, those dialogs will not open.
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Enabling/Disabling the options
To enable/disable
the
the Ask to update outdated symbol styles
options
options
On the main menu,
click
click Options
>
> Project.
In
the
the Project Options
dialog
dialog, on the left pane,
click
click General
then
then Styling.
Select
the
the Ask to update outdated 'Default' symbol styles
or
option and the Ask to update outdated 'Defined Elsewhere' symbol styles
option
option to set
it to
them to true. Image Modified
Click
Click OK.
In the the Update 'Default' symbol styledialog and dialog and Update 'Defined Elsewhere' symbol styledialog dialog, if you select select Yes, Concept Modeler the modeling tool will update the symbol styles. If you select No, 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
