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Creating a Database Diagram from the Conceptual Model

To create a physical database from the conceptual model you just created, you must open a new Visio document database model diagram. From this new diagram, you add the ORM model. Follow these steps to get started:

1.	From the File menu, select New, Database, Database Model Diagram (US Units). You're now at an empty Database Diagram model, with the Entity Relationships stencil docked to the left of the Visio IDE.
2.	To add the ORM model, select Project, Add Existing Document from the Database menu. You're prompted with the Add Document to Project dialog box. Navigate to the saved ORM model, which in my case is Drawing1.vsd in the My Documents folder.

After the drawing is added, the Project ...