Your project may contain one or more framework diagrams and/or a framework matrix, which direct how your project should be built.
PowerDesigner provides a set of predefined framework diagrams and matrices, and users with framework design rights can also create their own (see Designing Framework Diagrams and Matrices). You complete a framework diagram or matrix by creating (or adding existing) documents in nodes, cells, and additional areas according to predefined rules:
Documents — can be of different types and can each be associated with multiple nodes, cells, and additional areas:
Model – a PowerDesigner model, such as a BPM or a PDM, created from scratch, based on a template, or generated from another model.
Diagram – a PowerDesigner model diagram, such as an OOM use case diagram.
Dependency matrix – a grid that displays the links between model objects (see Dependency Matrices).
List – a list of PowerDesigner model objects, such as BPM processes, or PDM tables.
File – an external file, such as a .doc or .txt file.