Extending your Modeling Environment

You can customize and extend PowerDesigner metaclasses, parameters, and file generation with extensions, which can be stored as part of your model or in separate extension files (*.xem) for reuse with other models.

To access extension defined in a *.xem file, simply attach the file to your model. You can do this when creating a new model by clicking the Select Extensions button at the bottom of the New Model dialog, or at any time by selecting Model > Extensions to open the List of Extensions and clicking the Import an Extension tool.

In each case, you arrive at the Select Extensions dialog, which lists the extensions available, sorted on sub-tabs appropriate to the type of model you are working with:


Select Extensions

To get started extending objects, see Core Features Guide > The PowerDesigner Interface > Objects > Extending Objects. For detailed information about working with extensions, see Customizing and Extending PowerDesigner > Extension Files.