Display Notes of Custom Stereotypes in Enterprise Architect

Question

I want to create my own custom toolbox. Therefore I created a metaclass and a stereotype. In the stereotype I wrote a note that gives some instructions about how to populate the object. Problem is, when I create my MDG Technology, the Notes won't display in the objects I create in my diagram.. How can I fix this and display the Notes for every object I create?

Answer 1

You can either

• Write and MDG-Addin to populate the notes for your elements.
• Add an element with your stereotype to the template package and add the required notes there. This will have to be done on each model that uses your MDG.

Answer 2

Firstly I'm assuming that you can see the notes you seek on the Properties page of an element you create using your toolbox i.e. the notes field is populated.

If it is, check that notes visibility is turned on by doing these two things:

1) Select the element and go to Element->Feature and Compartment Visibility. Check the Show Notes box. Hit OK

2) Right click on an element and choose Advanced->Use Rectangle Notation