Archi Tutorial
(base on User Guide 5.6.0)
Archi® is an Open Source, cross-platform tool to create ArchiMate models
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02 Installing and Launching Archi
04 Creating a New ArchiMate Model
05.01 Adding Elements Directly to the Model Tree
05.02 Specialized Elements in the "New" Menu
(see:30 Preferences)
05.03 Folders and Organization
(see:05.01 Adding Elements Directly to the Model Tree06.11 Adding New Elements to the View from the Palette)
05.03.01 User Sub-Folders
05.04 Working in the Model Tree
05.04.03 Deleting Objects from the Model Tree
05.04.04 Renaming an Object in the Model Tree
(see:08 The Properties Windows)
05.04.05 Duplicating an Element or View in the Model Tree
05.05 Changing an Object's ArchiMate Concept Type in the Model Tree
(see:30 Preferences)
05.06 Editing Properties for an Object in the Model Tree
05.07 Concepts in the Model Tree and Views
(see:08 The Properties Windows)
05.08 Synchronizing Selections in the Model Tree and a View
05.11 Searching and Filtering in the Model Teee
05.11.01 Filtering Object Types
05.11.02 Filtering User Properties
05.11.03 Filtering Specializations
05.11.04 Show All Folders
05.11.06 Match Regular Expression
05.11.08 Find and Replace
06.02 Creating a New View
06.04.02 Using the Keyboard Instead of the Mouse in a View
06.04.03 Automatic Scrolling in a View
06.04.05 find and Replace
06.06 Specialized Concepts in the Palette
06.07 The Detached Palette
06.08 Palette Selection Tools
06.09 Palette Creation Tools
06.09.02 Notes and Groups
06.09.03 ArchiMate Elements
06.11 Adding New Elements to the View from the Palette
06.11.01 Adding Elements to the View Automatically Adds thme to the Model Tree
06.12 Editing the View's Elements' Properties
06.13 Adding New Relationships (Connections) to the View from the Palette
06.14 Information about Connections
06.15 Adding Circular Relationships (Connections)
06.16 Adding New Relationships and Elements to the View using the Magic Connector
06.17 Adding Elements and Relations from the Model Tree to a View
06.20 Adding a Note Connection
06.22 Adding a Reference to Another View
06.23 Connection Bend-points
06.24 Setting the Properties of a Connection
06.25 Setting the Connection Router Type for a View
06.26 Container Elements and Nested Element Relationships
06.27 Creating, Showing and Hiding Relationships between Nested Parent/Child Elements
06.27.01 Example - Nested sub-processes in a Composite Relationship
06.27.02 Adding new elements to a parent element
06.27.03 Moving existing elements to a parent element
06.28 Setting the Order of Overlapping Elements
06.29 Selecting Elements in a View
06.30 Copying and Pasting Elements in a View
06.30 Copy As Image to Clipboard
06.31 Deleting Elements and Relationships (Connections) in a View
06.32 Delete from View (keep children)
06.34 Changing an Object's ArchiMate Concept Type in a view
06.35 Select in Model Tree
06.36 Alignment Tools, Guides and the Grid
06.37 Showing a View in Full Screen Mode
06.38 Export View As Image
08 The Properties Windows
10 The Visualiser Windows
14 Generate a View from Elements
16 Specializations Manager
19 Opening, Saving and Printing
20 Exporting and Importing the Model in CSV Format
21 Importing Another Model into the Current Model
22 The Open Group Exchange File Format
27 Relationships in ArchiMate
29 The Canvas Modelling Toolkit
31 Appearance, Colours, and Fonts Preferences
32 Canvas Modelling Toolkit Preferences
33 Connections Preferences
36 Jasper Reports Preferences