PowerDesigner v15.1 includes new core features available for all models.
The New Model dialog has been completely redesigned to provide greater visibility to the diagrams that are available in each type of model. The new dialog is customizable so that you can:
The new Welcome page gives you one-click access to all your recent projects, workspaces, and models, as well as providing a direct link to the New Model and New Project dialogs and a range of help materials.
You can now quickly add extensions to your PowerDesigner models with wizards available directly from object property sheets. You can specify new attributes and lists of associated objects and the changes to the underlying PowerDesigner metamodel are automatically saved in an extension file, which can be deployed to other users and edited in the Resource Editor.
Dependency matrices, which allow you to analyze the dependencies between different kinds of objects, now display the hierarchy of parent objects. You can now display dependencies between types of objects that are not directly related by constructing complex paths traversing the PowerDesigner metamodel using the new Dependency Path Definition dialog.
The Customize Columns and Filter dialog now includes a new Operator column with a list of common operators to simplify writing filter expressions.
The PowerDesigner RTF editor provides improved support for tables and bulleted lists and the preservation of Word formatting. It now allows the insertion of pictures anywhere RTF input is supported.