Viewing the pattern overview diagram

You can use the overview diagram to understand how to apply the pattern. It illustrates the relationship of the elements in the pattern model.

The pattern author can attach an image file to each pattern. The overview diagram always appears on the Overview page in the Pattern Explorer view. It also appears in the bottom compartment of the instantiation in the diagram editor and in the Properties view when the pattern is selected in the Pattern Explorer view.

To access the overview diagram, do one of the following steps:

A pattern instance with the diagram compartment open.
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Reusable Asset Specification (RAS) pattern assets
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Viewing the short descriptions
Viewing the pattern help documentation
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