Re: Suggested Functional Improvements

[Pierre Pronchery <khorben defora org>]

On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 16:55, rob campbell att net wrote:
> --- Quote ---
> Decompositions of diagrams into smaller and more detailed
> diagrams seems a very important feature in most modelling
> situations. Take older style Data Flow Diagrams for
> instance? Perhaps, one feature could be to allow Objects
> to be double clicked and to open up other Models? As I
> work with models quite a bit, I feel this to be almost a
> necessary feature. Whilst I agree you wouldn't find such
> features in SmarDraw or Visio, I can't see why it
> wouldn't be and why this would be hard to code.
> Realistically, any decent modelling project consists of
> many models, not just one. Electrical Engineering?
> Modules into sub-modules etc?
> --- End Quote ---
>
> I know there was discussion of this on the mailing list,
> but I searched and didn't turn anything up.  Someone was
> interested in working on this functionality, supported by
> either a company or a university.  I think in Canada.  I
> thought there was even some working code.  Does anyone
> have more information?  This would be a neat feature to
> roll in to the next or a 1.0 release, if available.
With an extensive use of layers, maybe this is already quite
manageable?

--
Pierre