Mobile Application Diagram Preferences

You can set various preferences for the Mobile Application Diagram by selecting an option in the left pane and making your selections.

Global settings

Use this section of the Preferences page to enable (or disable) global settings used by the Mobile Application Diagram, including:

Show connector handles
Show popup bars
Enable animated layout
Enable animated zoom
Enable anti-aliasing
Show status line

Appearance

Use this section of the Preferences page to edit colors, fonts, and size of objects in the Mobile Application Diagram.

Section	Description
Colors and fonts	Modify the colors and fonts for various Mobile Application Diagram objects by selecting Change, and setting the desired color and font.
Size	Select Auto size to use the default size setting for the Mobile Application Diagram, or unselect this option to define a different size.

Connections

Set the line style used to define connections within the Mobile Application Diagram: either oblique or rectilinear.

Pathmaps

Use the New, Edit, and Remove buttons to modify path variables used for modeling artifacts. Pathmaps is a subset of the path variables used in the Linked Resources preferences page.

Printing

Define print settings for the Mobile Application Diagram.

Section	Description
Orientation	Either Landscape or Portrait.
Units	Either inches or millimeters.
Size	Select a size from the drop down list. A default value appears for the width and height, that you can accept or override by entering a different value.
Margins	Enter a value in inches for the margins.

Rulers and grid

Edit rulers and grid settings.

Section	Description
Rulers options	To show ruling lines, select Show rulers for new diagram, then select ruler units from the drop-down list.
Grid options	To modify grid settings, select Show grid for new diagrams or Snap to grid for new diagrams, then enter the grid spacing in the text box.