Visio Concepts
The main Visio concepts are:
• Page: A page contains the description of a diagram. A Visio file can contain one or more description pages.
• Template: This is the default model provided when you initialize a diagram. Templates guide users in describing a diagram by identifying the purpose of the diagram and displaying the stencils necessary for creating diagrams.
• Stencil: These zones contain the shapes available to create a diagram. A stencil is made up of masters.
• Master: This is a shape representing a concept that can be created in a diagram. In MEGA, a master gives rise to a MetaClass.
• Shape: A shape represents the use of a master class in a page. In MEGA, this corresponds to the instance of a MetaClass.
• Connector: This represents a link in a diagram used to connect two shapes graphically.
• Property: A property attached to a shape in a diagram is used to provide additional information to a diagram description. Properties entered by the user in Visio are imported as comments in MEGA.
Mapping Visio and MEGA concepts
Importing Visio diagrams consists of mapping Visio diagrams, shapes, connectors and properties with MEGA objects (Metaclasses, links, paths, etc.), and creating the diagrams in the MEGA repository.
When a Visio diagram is imported, a mapping is established between the Visio concepts and MEGA objects. This mapping can be saved as Configuration files for subsequent use.