Model Manipulation
ORM Designer has some features known from IDEs (Integrated Development Environments). Developers will be familiar with a project tree. It's a tree representation of database model with regions, columns, indexes and foreign keys. Project tree is not only another visualization of database model it can be used to run all model management tasks. ORM Designer also has advanced searching tools which are able to search through relations, columns, regions and tables. Database model can be printed in a predefined zoom level or to fit model to a number of papers.
Navigate
- Model navigator:
Scroll fast to the part of the model you want to see with minified model in model navigator. - Fluent zoom: Zoom model in or out with fast zooming. With one click you can fit the whole model to the visible area or change to 100% zoom.
Explore
- Project tree:
Project tree contains all plugins, tables, table fields, foreign keys and indexes in a tree view. - Quick tasks: You can do all common tasks through project tree (e.g. creating tables, adding columns etc.).
- Hide meta data: You can hide/show meta data (regions and comments) in the project tree.
Search
Summary window
- Search for tables, columns, indexes and relations.
- Search by name, parent name, location and description
Locate object
- Project tree:
Click go to on any object (table, column, plugin) in project tree and view area will scroll to required object. - Object highlight: Found objects are highlighted and you can also locate with a single click visual object in project tree.
Modify
- Context menu:
Each object has context menu with common tasks. - Object manipulation: Some of the most used operations can be run on more objects at a time.
- Printing:
You can print database model to any printer. - Zoom level: When printing you can set zoom level at which the model is printed.
- Fit to paper: You can also set number of horizontal and vertical papers at which the model is printed.
