Export Images of Diagrams

In Visual Studio Ultimate, you can save modeling diagrams in read-only formats so that you can share them with stakeholders, users, or project team members who do not use Visual Studio Ultimate or Visual Studio Premium. 

To copy a diagram or part of a diagram to another application

1. On the diagram, select some or all the shapes.

2. Right-click your selection, and then click Copy.

3. Paste your selection into the application that you want.

To export an image as part of an automated process

• See How to: Export UML Diagrams to Image Files.

To save a modeling diagram as an XML Paper Specification (.xps) file

1. On the File menu, click Print to open the Print dialog box.

2. In the Name list, select Microsoft XPS Document Writer, and then click OK.

3. In the Save the file as dialog box, save the file as an XPS Document (*.xps) file.

See Also

Concepts

Developing Models for Software Design

Other Resources

Sharing Models and Exporting Diagrams