Manually Activating PowerDesigner Toolbars

Specific toolbars are available in the PowerDesigner perspective. If they do not appear, you can activate them manually.

1. Select Window > Customize Perspective or right-click the toolbar section and select Customize Perspective in the contextual menu, to open the Customize Perspective dialog box.
2. Select the Shortcuts tab, and:

   • Select New in the Submenus list, then select PowerDesigner in the Shortcut Categories list, and select Model and Modeling Project in the Shortcuts list.

   • Select Open Perspective in the Submenus list, and select PowerDesigner in the Shortcuts list.

   • Select Show View in the Submenus list, then select PowerDesigner in the Shortcut Categories list, and select Model Explorer, Modeling Output, Modeling Result List, and Tool Palette in the Shortcuts list.

3. Select the Toolbar Visibility tab, and select PowerDesigner Diagram, PowerDesigner Standard and PowerDesigner View in the Tool Bar Structure list.
4. Click OK.

   The PowerDesigner toolbars that are common to all PowerDesigner modules appear. Additional, module-specific toolbars will appear automatically when you open or create a model.