Can't access the smartdesign function

Tracey,

at the bottom of this site, many possibilities to access smart design are described. Does none of these work? Then you must be crazy :D, which is my helddesk variant of "then I have no clue either".

hth, anyway,

Stefan

Do you have this problem in ARIS Express?

Did you configured some new SmartDesign meanwhile?

Do you have this problem in all models or just in that one you mentioned?

Michal

Stefan,

Well it seems to be working now. No idea what fixed it. Yes, I checked all the ways to access smartdesign - none of them worked! So perhaps I am crazy! Perhaps to coin the often abused helpdesk phrase "a reboot will fix it"...worked?

Michael - this is using Aris Express. The problem was in all models, which was why I was sooo frustrated.

Not to worry. its not an issue "at this particular point in time".

I am having similar difficulty accessing SmartDesign (ARIS Express) - always grayed-out from menu bar.

Hi Daniel,

In some situations it is normal that both SmartDesign buttons are grayed out.

If you select more that one elemnt  in model then SmartDesign will be grayed-out.

Tips:

You can "Insert SmartDesign" only if nothing is selected. 

You can "Edit SmartDesign" only if exactly one object is selected

If your SmartDesign buttons are grayed-out all the time then i will need more iformation.

Are you using ARIS Express 2.0 or some older version?

Do you have this problem in all model types?

Is it grayed-out all the time?

Hi Michal.  I am using ARIS 2.0.  Just checked the other models, looks like it is an inactive link for the BPMN type model only.   I am running Java version: 1.6.0_18. 

Thanks.

Hi Michal.  I am using ARIS 2.0.  Just checked the other models, looks like it is an inactive link for the BPMN type model only.   I am running Java version: 1.6.0_18. 

Thanks.

SmartDesign is available for all model types in ARIS Express except BPMN. This is a feature. It is partly because of complexity of BPMN. SmartDesign is not very usefull if you are modeling complex process and BPMN processes can be very complex.

Hi,

just one remark: for the whiteboard, there is also no SmartDesign available.

Bye

Frank

The ability to use SmartDesign in BPMN would be invaluable.  This is a feature I love about another modeling program that I use as well.  While I understand the point that SmartDesign is of limited use for an overall complex process, but it would be a great value to define the ST (straight-through) process first and have the major steps (with in/output docs, systems, etc.), pools, and swim lanes auto-generated.

In my opinion, the lack of SmartDesign in initial BPMN mapping is the only major feature preventing Aris Epress from being the dominant modeling program in the larger BPMN community--which means that Software AG is missing out on prospects who go with other modeling programs.

Thoughts?