The Assembly Diagram

Assembly diagrams document the dependency relationships between assemblies in your project. This is useful information when you need to refactor the contents of your assemblies into cohesive modules.

To create an assembly diagram

1. On the Diagrams menu, click New Assembly Diagram.

To add an assembly to the diagram

1. Add assemblies to your diagram using the Assembly Tree or the Auto Select Bar.

2. LumiCode will automatically layout your diagram anytime something is added to it.

To display the classes in the assemblies

1. Click on an assembly to select it.

2. Click on the items your want to display on the classes tab.

You can also use the Access Selection Bar to rapidly select class based on their access levels

To remove an assembly from the diagram

1. Click on the assembly you wish to remove to select it.

2. Press the Delete key to remove the selected assembly from the diagram.

3. Assemblies can also be toggled off and on the diagram with the Assembly Tree.

To show assembly details

1. Check the Show Details checkbox to display details for all the assemblies on the diagram.

To add a caption or comment to your diagram

Position the mouse over your diagram and then click the right mouse button. Select Caption or Comment. Enter your text into the Comment Editor and then click OK.

To adjust the layout of your diagram

When your diagram contains all the assemblies you wish to display, you can fine tune the appearance by dragging the assemblies on the diagram with the right mouse button.

If you spend time tweaking your diagram, and then add something, your tweaking will be lost! That’s the dark side of automatic layout. For this reason, you should get everything you need on the diagram before you begin tweaking.