PowerDesigner v16.5 SP02 includes new core features available for all
models.
64-Bit PowerDesigner
PowerDesigner is now available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions to
allow you to take full advantage of your 64-bit Windows machine.
Documented in:
- Installation Guide > Installing PowerDesigner
Porting the Repository to a Different DBMS
PowerDesigner now provides a mechanism for porting an existing
repository to a new DBMS, retaining all your repository folder and branch structure
and version histories.
Documented in:
- Installation Guide > Installing the Repository
Other Features
- The new Show
shortcuts general option allows you to enable or disable the
display of shortcuts in the Browser.
- The new Apply profiles repository general option
reapplies UI preference and general preference profiles at every repository
connection to help ensure modeling consistency.
- You can now compare models that target different DBMS or
language definition files, allowing you to, for example, compare a PDM
targeting an Oracle DBMS with a PDM targeting an SAP® Sybase® Adaptive Server® Enterprise
DBMS.
- Code uniqueness rules have been loosened for the glossary
model, which now allows multiple terms to have the same code.