eXERD Editor

This is a basic editor for .exerd file. It is optimized to make E-R diagram and provides intuitive and convenient interface.

The tool bar on top of the editor provides almost all the functions needed. On mouse-over on each button, simple explanation and the shortcut key is shown.

If you select a table or a column and open the pop-up menu(context menu), you can execute various edit commands as follows:

Zoom In / Out of Diagram

You can use zoom control in the bottom of the editor to zoom in/out diagram fast.

• Clicking ratio (Red Circle) of zoom control makes screen 100%.
• Clicking on the right mouse button change screen ratio to specific ratio fast.
• Clicking right/left side of slider of zoom control increases/decreases 10% screen ratio per click.
• If you decrease screen ratio less than 50%, the editor shows only table names so you can easily identify them.

Adding a Diagram

You can add/edit by using pop-up menu on the diagram tab in the bottom of the editor.

Arranging Diagram Tab

You can change tab order by using Sort on the pop-up menu of diagram tab in the bottom of editor.

You can change the order directly or arrange ascending/descending order.

Diagram Editor Settings

You can set diagram rendering quality and notation of relationship line at Diagram Editor Settings in pop-up menu.

Or go to the menu Window > Preferences > eXERD > Diagram Editor

• You can control rendering quality. If your PC has low specifications, you had better set it Low.
• You can set relationship view to IE or Barker.
• You can set the size of space between tables when using auto alignment.
• You can turn on/off the table snapping function.
• You can set basic theme for tables to create.