The PowerDesigner Plugin for Eclipse

During your installation of PowerDesigner, you can choose to install a plugin to allow you to use PowerDesigner within your Eclipse environment. The PowerDesigner plugin for Eclipse is available for Eclipse v3.2 to v3.6.

The PowerDesigner plugin for Eclipse has the following limitations:

You cannot use the Copy/Paste/Rename features available in the Eclipse contextual menu for PowerDesigner resources.
In the standalone PowerDesigner application, you can modify the source code of a class or interface from its property sheet Preview tab. This feature is not available in the plugin for Eclipse.
You cannot export an Eclipse project containing PowerDesigner resources. If you want to export a project, you must deselect any PowerDesigner resources on the File system page of the Export wizard or the export will fail.

Note: The PowerDesigner plugin for Sybase Workspace, which is called Enterprise Modeling, includes all the features of the standard PowerDesigner plugin for Eclipse. When modeling within the Sybase Workspace environment, we recommend that you use the Enterprise Modeling perspective.

Activating the PowerDesigner Perspective
Click the title bar of a view to make it active. (The title bar turns blue). The name of the active perspective is shown in the title bar of the window and its icon is pushed-in in the shortcut bar. We recommend you use the PowerDesigner perspective.
Creating a Modeling Project in Eclipse
You can create a modeling project in Eclipse to group together all your models and other resources.
Creating a Model in Eclipse
A model is the basic work unit in PowerDesigner. Every model is contained within a project, and contains at least one diagram and any number of other objects. Though a model may be split into packages for organizational reasons or may contain several diagrams, it remains the fundamental basis for your modeling work.
Importing an Existing Model into Eclipse
To open an existing model you have to import it into Eclipse.
Generating an Eclipse Java Project from an OOM
You can model the structure of your Java application (including EJBs, Servlets, and JSPs) in a PowerDesigner OOM and then generate an Eclipse Java Project in which you will complete the implementation of the classes, and from which you will compile, package, deploy, and debug the application.
Synchronizing an OOM with Its Java Source
You can synchronize an Object Oriented Model (OOM) with its Java source code, so that each time you modify the model, a source code file is automatically created or updated, and when you modify and save a source code file, the changes appear in the model. Synchronization is only available for Java OOMs.

Parent topic: The PowerDesigner Interface