axaptapedia: Reverse Engineering Tool

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== Introduction ==
As explained in the [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc618797.aspx Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 SDK]:
''"The Reverse Engineering tool enables you to visualize the application model in Microsoft Dynamics AX by allowing you to create various types of models. You can use the Reverse Engineering tool to create UML data and object models in Microsoft Office Visio. You can also use the Reverse Engineering tool to generate an .erx file that can be imported into a modeling tool such as Microsoft Office Visio or CA ERwin Data Modeler."''

== Creating the Models ==

=== Visio UML Data Model ===

See [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa552178.aspx How to: Create a Visio UML Data Model]

=== Visio UML Object Model ===

See [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa610960.aspx How to: Create a Visio UML Object Model]

=== ERX ER Data Model ===

See [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc604309.aspx How to: Create an ERX ER Data Model]

=== Enterprise Architect Model ===

[http://www.sparxsystems.com/products/ea/index.html Enterprise Architect] is a high performance modeling, visualization and design platform.

==== Required Software ====

This was tested with the following software versions:

* Microsoft Dynamics AX 5.0.1500.2985
* Enterprise Architect 8.0.860
* Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003 (11.8161.8172) SP3
* [http://www.sparxsystems.com/bin/VisioImporter.exe MDG Link for Microsoft Visio 1.5.0.0]
* [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/e...displaylang=en Visio 2003 UML To XMI Export 1.0.0.1]

==== Steps ====

# Install the [[#Required Software|required softare]]
# [[#How to: Create a Visio UML Object Model|Reverse engineer]] a Dynamics AX project
# Manually copy each exported Visio project class into a new UML drawing
# [http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/downl...isioImport.pdf Import the new Visio UML drawing into Enterprise Architect]

The AX reverse engineering tool seems to export more than the selected project, Visio is very slow when deleting many classes and the import from Visio into Enterprise Architect is either slow or doesn't work with large visio files. Thus, it seems to work when one pastes the desired classes from the model explorer into a new Visio drawing which is then imported into Enterprise Architect.

This might work also with Visio 2007 and the [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/ff655021.aspx Visual Studio 2010 Feature Packs]


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