Model template

Model templates contain basic settings that change the appearance and attribute placements of models and contained items all at once. This enables you to apply settings defined once to all relevant models. When users assign templates to models, the settings made in the templates overrule all default settings for models and contained elements as well as database-related settings, such as font formats. All new objects and connections added to such models appear like defined in the template that was assigned last. When settings were changed for individual object definitions, these settings remain even if templates are applied. A template assigned to a model type is automatically applied to newly created and imported models of this model type.

Moreover, you can assign multiple templates to models. All changes from templates are valid that are assigned one after another. This means that you can assign a template to a model to change the size of objects, for example, and another that places the required attributes above the objects. Both changes take effect.