Create variants for individual objects
You can create variants of individual items.
Procedure
Directly in the model
Prerequisite
The item for which you want to create a variant has already been saved.
Procedure
- Right-click the item and hold down the mouse button.
- Drag the mouse pointer to the position where you want to place the variant.
- Release the mouse button. The pop-up menu is displayed.
- Click Create variant here.
The variant is created.
In the model by pasting
- Select one or more objects in the model.
- Right-click in the selection and select
Copy. - Right-click. The pop-up menu opens.
- Click Paste as>
Variants. A preview frame is displayed. - Click the position where you want to paste the variants.
The objects will be pasted as variants.
On the Explorer tab
- Click ARIS >
Explorer. The Explorer tab opens. - In the relevant database, navigate to the item you want to create a variant of.
- Right-click the item and hold down the mouse button.
- Drag the mouse pointer to the group in which you want to place the variant.
- Release the mouse button. The pop-up menu is displayed.
- Click Create variant here. The Create variant dialog opens.
- Specify your settings.
- Click OK.
The variant is created.
On the Explorer tab by pasting
- Click ARIS >
Explorer. The Explorer tab opens. - In the relevant database, navigate to the group containing the objects that you want to create as variants.
- Select the relevant objects in the Details pane.
- Right-click in the selection and select
Copy. - Right-click the group in which you want to create the variants. The pop-up menu opens.
- Click Paste as > Create variant here. The Create variants dialog opens.
- Specify your settings.
- Click OK.
The variants are created.
You have created variants of individual items.