Saving as PlantUML, activity or status diagram

Use shadowing in the created diagrams

Show the title of the decision table at the top of the created diagrams

Also present the texts of conditions, actions and their values in the created diagrams

Copy internally created PlantUML contents to system clipboard, e.g. in order to support du­ring the analysis of potential problems while converting to graphic formats such as SVG or PNG

Open the created graphic file with the default ap­pli­ca­tion specified for it in the operating system

Open the location (folder, directory) of the graphic file.
TIP: Default settings for these options can be changed using SaveAs key for PlantUML in a LFET.Project.ini file.

PlantUML has a preset size limit of 4096x4096 pixels when creating graphic formats which means that large diagrams may not be displayed completely

SVG is usually not affected by this limitation and is therefore the recommended format

SVG-files can be opened and displayed directly by all common browsers

SVG-files can also be imported and further processed in most common graphic programmes, e.g. Visio or Gimp
Should any errors occur, which is a rather rare case, you can copy and check internally ge­ne­ra­ted PlantUML contents in the PlantUML-Online-Server in order to run an analysis of problems.

To do this, retrieve the PlantUML Online Server https://www.plantuml.com/plantuml/uml/

Repeat generation with the option "Copy PlantUML to clipboard" and then paste the PlantUML content into the text field at the top of the online server, the easiest way to do this is with the keyboard shortcut CTRL + V

Error messages that are then displayed there usually help to identify the cause of the problem, e.g. that special characters are used in titles or texts in a decision table

Any information on problems that occurred help us improve LF‑ET, i.e. whenever possible, you are kindly requested to report any problems to us e.g. via e-mail at support@lohrfink.de