
8.2 Displaying the ORM Model Graphically
To obtain a diagram for a reverse engineered ORM model, it is better to drag object
types onto the drawing window rather than dragging fact types out. In the business rules
window, each object type is depicted as an entity type (solid circle with dark blue fill)
or a value type (dotted circle with light blue fill). After reverse engineering, each object
type depicted as an entity type corresponds to a base table or view. If the reverse-
engineered schema is large, it should normally be displayed on many pages, each of
which displays a submodel whose elements have high semantic cohesion.
After reverse engineering, ...