Setting IAM Display Preferences

PowerDesigner display preferences let you customize the format of object symbols and the information that appears on them. To set IAM display preferences, select Tools > Display Preferences, or right-click the diagram background, and select Display Preferences.

These display preferences are available for analysis objects:

Preference

Description

Model name

Displays the model name of the analysis object.

Object type

Displays the type of the analysis object.

Action

Displays the action name of the analysis object.

Highlight initial object

Displays a dotted line around the symbol of the initial object.

The following display preferences are available for analysis links:

Preference

Description

Name

Displays the name of the link.

For information about changing the format of symbols, see Format Display Preferences.