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

  1. Right-click the item and hold down the mouse button.

  2. Drag the mouse pointer to the position where you want to place the variant.

  3. Release the mouse button. The pop-up menu is displayed.

  4. Click Create variant here.

The variant is created.

In the model by pasting

  1. Select one or more objects in the model.

  2. Right-click in the selection and select Copy Copy.

  3. Right-click. The pop-up menu opens.

  4. Click Paste as> Paste Variants. A preview frame is displayed.

  5. Click the position where you want to paste the variants.

The objects will be pasted as variants.

On the Explorer tab

  1. Click ARIS > Explorer Explorer. The Explorer tab opens.

  2. In the relevant database, navigate to the item of which you want to create a variant.

  3. Right-click the item and hold down the mouse button.

  4. Drag the mouse pointer to the group in which you want to place the variant.

  5. Release the mouse button. The pop-up menu is displayed.

  6. Click Create variant here. The Create variant dialog opens.

  7. Specify your settings.

  8. Click OK.

The variant is created.

On the Explorer tab by pasting

  1. Click ARIS > Explorer Explorer. The Explorer tab opens.

  2. In the relevant database, navigate to the group containing the objects that you want to create as variants.

  3. Select the relevant objects in the Details pane.

  4. Right-click in the selection and select Copy Copy.

  5. Right-click the group in which you want to create the variants. The pop-up menu opens.

  6. Click Paste as > Create variant here. The Create variants dialog opens.

  7. Specify your settings.

  8. Click OK.

The variants are created.

You have created variants of individual items.