Applying the appearance of a shape to other shapes

You can apply the appearance of a shape to other shapes based on the primary selection so that the group of shapes looks identical in a Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagram.

To apply the appearance of a shape to other shapes:
  1. In the diagram editor, select the shape that you want to copy the appearance properties of.
  2. Select the shapes that you want to apply the appearance properties to.
  3. Click Diagram > Apply Appearance Properties.
Related concepts
UML shapes
Properties of UML diagrams
Related tasks
Changing the font for shapes
Changing the font color for shapes
Changing the background color for shapes
Specifying the stereotype style for shapes
Specifying the visibility style for attributes and operations
Making shapes the same size
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