About Resizing or Minimizing a 2D Representation

To enhance the display of your model, you can resize or minimize 2D representations.

This page discusses:

See Also
Working with the 2D Graph

Resize a 2D Representation with Ports

Any object in a 2D graph structure can be resized the same way as in any other window in any standard application.

You can resize functions or logical component from the 2D graph using the handles. When resizing a function or logical components, ports are not moved.

However, you can move the ports proportionately to the function or logical component by pressing the Ctrl key before resizing the 2D representation.

See the example below.

Before resizeAfter resize with handlesAfter resize with Ctrl+handles






Important: When reducing a 2D representation, the reduction is stopped when a port reaches the border of the 2D representation, whether you press the Ctrl key or not.

Minimize/Restore a 2D Representation

You can minimize functions, logical components, MUX/DEMUX and ports in the 2D graph. For this, select 2D Graph > Minimize from the context menu.

Representation of a minimized entity

These entities appear as follow:

EntityMinimized representation
Function and logical component
Functional and logical MUX/DEMUX
Port

Important:
  • These minimized representations can be moved, but not resized.
  • The same commands are available on a representation and on a minimized representation. As an exception, the Expand 2D Graph Sublevel command is not available on a minimized representation.

To restore a 2D representation, select 2D Graph > Restore from the context menu.

Representation of ports on a minimized entity

These entities appear as follow:

Entity with portsPorts' display on the minimized entity
If the minimized entity has ports, the ports are displayed on the four sides of the minimized representation, based on their position when the representation is not minimized.

If several ports are on the same side, and then a symbol is used to represent this group of ports.

If a group of ports is selected on a minimized entity, its content is displayed.
Note: To collapse again this group, double-click one of its ports.


Note: A port cannot be moved when the entity is in minimized mode. To change the port's position, restore the representation of the entity, move the port on the proper side of the box and minimize again the 2D representation.