Model Control

The Model Control option enables you to set drawing options when creating a system model diagram.

It is shown when you select Model Control from the System Model Manager tree in the Preferences dialog box of a system model project. It is also shown in the Properties dialog box of a project and the New Project wizard.

Model Control property


Model Control property

Field/Option NameDescription

Level of detail

To specify the level of detail you want to provide in the system model diagram. For example, you can choose block from the Level of detail drop-down list to display only layers and block, but hiding all the blocks' contents.

Printed Resolution

To specify the print quality in DPIs of the system model. It enables you to select a value from the drop-down list or specify a custom value.

To specify the print quality (DPI) of the system model when printing from the Adobe Viewer. A value 300 is recommended used on an A3 size paper and a value 600 is recommended on an A1 size paper.

Highlight Core OS

To highlight the layers that constitute the core OS.

Note: This option is automatically enabled if you are using Symbian OS v9.3 or later. When using custom models, you can manually enable this option to highlight the Core OS layers.

Suppress Mouseover Effects

To suppress the mouseover effects that appear when you hover the mouse over the system model diagram.

Fix Items Size

To fix the width of the items at the specified level of detail. For example, if you specify collection as the level of detail, all the collections have the same width.