Executing Rules

Rules and rule sets are controlled by the Diagrams Rules toolbar which allows the turn on/off of several options and to manually execute rule sets.

Diagrams Rules Toolbar

To manually execute the rule set on current selection or the whole drawing if no shapes are selected, the appropriate value (name of the rule set to be executed) should be selected from the drop down on the toolbar and after that the Apply rules button should be clicked.

To select the proper Rule Set to execute, the kind of rule should be selected from the left drop down list (Formatting Rules or Consistency Rules). Then, the second drop down menu will be updated with all Rule Sets available for the selected kind of rule. To execute all rules of a given kind, the All rule sets should be selected in the second drop down.

Note:
Only active rule sets (having checked the ‘active’ check box in the tree in the Rule Definitions window) are executed by this command.

Another method to execute a single rule or rule set is issuing the Apply command with the Right Mouse button menu on the appropriate item in the Auto Formatting Rules window. This will also work for currently selected shapes or for the whole drawing if nothing is selected on it.

There is a number of options configuring the execution of rules. They are specified for Formatting Rules and for Consistency Rules and the execution of every kind or rule can be performed in a different way.