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Creating an item in the dictionary
Most items can be directly scoped to a Package or the Model. For example, Actors and Use Cases.
Some items have to be child items of another item type. For example, A Column must be a child item of a Table. You must create child items through the parent item.
Some link items are a child of two parent items. For example, an Association is a child of the two items it links. These link items must be created through diagrams.
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Each dictionary item reference topic provides information about creating items of that type. From the Help contents, see the 'Reference (including model parts, diagrams, dictionary items and properties) > Dictionary items' section.
To create an item scoped to a Package:
Right-click the Package, select New.
To create an item directly scoped to the Model:
In the Packages or Relationships pane, right-click the Model, select New, point to the required submenus and then click the command for the required item type.
To create a child item:
Right-click the parent item, select New , and then click the required item type.