Contents

• Contents
• List of Figures
• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 An Overview of TCM
    • 1.1.1 The Purpose of TCM
    • 1.1.2 What is Included in TCM
    • 1.1.3 Using TCM in Software Specification
  • 1.2 How to Read this Manual
  • 1.3 How to Obtain the Latest Version of TCM
  • 1.4 TCM and the Unix Environment
    • 1.4.1 Getting Started
    • 1.4.2 Unix options, files and variables
    • 1.4.3 Graphical User Interface
  • 1.5 Questions and Comments
• 2 Document Editing
  • 2.1 The User Interface of TCM
    • Tiled buttons.
    • Menu bar.
    • Drawing area.
    • Document Type.
    • Document name.
    • Modified.
    • Status area.
    • Directory.
    • Zoom value.
    • Autoresizing.
    • In-line editor.
    • Arrow Buttons.
  • 2.2 Changing the Document Name
  • 2.3 Changing the Project Directory
  • 2.4 Loading and Saving Documents
  • 2.5 Editing Documents
    • 2.5.1 Editing Text in a Document
    • 2.5.2 The In-line Text Editor
    • 2.5.3 The Text Edit Dialog
  • 2.6 Viewing Documents
  • 2.7 Printing Documents
  • 2.8 The Zoomer
  • 2.9 The Grid
  • 2.10 The Page Layout
  • 2.11 The Text Menu
  • 2.12 Checking and Annotating Documents
  • 2.13 On-line Help
• 3 Diagram Editing
  • 3.1 Definitions
  • 3.2 Creating Nodes
  • 3.3 Creating Edges
  • 3.4 Selection Commands
  • 3.5 Editing Text
  • 3.6 Moving Shapes
  • 3.7 Resizing Shapes
  • 3.8 Deleting Subjects
  • 3.9 Cutting and Pasting Subjects
  • 3.10 Creating and Deleting Duplicates of a Node
  • 3.11 Other Edit Commands
  • 3.12 Undo and Redo
  • 3.13 The Generic Diagram Editor (TGD)
    • 3.13.1 Nodes and Edges
• 4 Data View Editors
  • 4.1 The Entity-Relationship Diagram Editor (TERD)
    • 4.1.1 Nodes and Edges
    • 4.1.2 Cardinality Constraints and Role Names
    • 4.1.3 Taxonomic Structures
    • 4.1.4 Constraint Checking
  • 4.2 The Class-Relationship Diagram Editor (TCRD)
    • 4.2.1 Nodes and Edges
    • 4.2.2 Classes and Relationships
    • 4.2.3 Attributes and Actions
    • 4.2.4 Taxonomic Structures
    • 4.2.5 Constraint Checking
• 5 Behavior View Editors
  • 5.1 The State Transition Diagram Editor (TSTD)
    • 5.1.1 Nodes and Edges
    • 5.1.2 States
    • 5.1.3 Transitions, Events and Actions
    • 5.1.4 Constraint Checking
  • 5.2 The Process Structure Diagram Editor (TPSD)
    • 5.2.1 Nodes and Edges
    • 5.2.2 The Process Tree
    • 5.2.3 Constraint Checking
  • 5.3 The Recursive Process Graph Editor (TRPG)
    • 5.3.1 Nodes and Edges
    • 5.3.2 Constraint Checking
• 6 Function View Editors
  • 6.1 The Data Flow Diagram Editor (TDFD)
    • 6.1.1 Main window
    • 6.1.2 Nodes and Edges
    • 6.1.3 Data Flow Diagram Levels and Indexes
    • 6.1.4 Minispecs
    • 6.1.5 Splitting and Merging Flows
    • 6.1.6 Constraint Checking
  • 6.2 The Data and Event Flow Diagram Editor (TDEFD)
    • 6.2.1 Nodes and Edges
    • 6.2.2 Constraint Checking
  • 6.3 The System Network Diagram Editor (TSND)
    • 6.3.1 Nodes and Edges
    • 6.3.2 Constraint Checking
• 7 Table Editing
  • 7.1 Editing Tables
    • 7.1.1 Definitions
    • 7.1.2 Selection Commands
    • 7.1.3 Editing Text
    • 7.1.4 Copying and Moving Text
    • 7.1.5 Cutting and Pasting Text
    • 7.1.6 Adding Rows and Columns
    • 7.1.7 Deleting Rows and Columns
    • 7.1.8 Moving Rows and Columns
    • 7.1.9 Sorting Rows and Columns
    • 7.1.10 Resizing Rows and Columns
    • 7.1.11 Undo and Redo
    • 7.1.12 Table Text Commands
    • 7.1.13 Table Layout Commands
  • 7.2 The Generic Table Editor (TGT)
  • 7.3 The Transaction Decomposition Table Editor (TTDT)
  • 7.4 The Transaction-Use Table Editor (TTUT)
  • 7.5 The Function-Entity type Table Editor (TFET)
• 8 Tree Editing
  • 8.1 Editing Trees
  • 8.2 Edit and View Mode
  • 8.3 The Generic Textual Tree Editor (TGTT)
  • 8.4 The Function Refinement Tree Editor (TFRT)
• A Frequently Asked Questions
  • A.1 What is the use of this FAQ?
  • A.2 What is TCM?
  • A.3 Where can I get TCM?
  • A.4 How do I install TCM?
  • A.5 How do I start up TCM?
  • A.6 Where can I find the user manual of TCM?
  • A.7 What else can I read about the methods supported in TCM?
  • A.8 On what systems does TCM currently run?
  • A.9 What should I do when I do not have Motif?
  • A.10 Can I obtain the source code of TCM?
  • A.11 Can TCM be ported to my system?
  • A.12 Do I have to obtain a license for TCM?
  • A.13 In what programming language is TCM written?
  • A.14 Can I receive e-mail notification when TCM is updated?
  • A.15 Why is Motif used for the GUI?
  • A.16 Did you use other tools or widget sets to build TCM?
  • A.17 Will there be a version for Win95, Macintosh etc. in the future?
  • A.18 How can I configure TCM?
  • A.19 Can I set X Resources for TCM?
  • A.20 Why does TCM sometimes show fewer or different colors?
  • A.21 Why does TCM crash with ``X Error of failed request''?
  • A.22 Why won't TCM start saying ``libBlaBla.so: can't open file''?
  • A.23 Why does TCM complain about old versions when I load a diagram?
  • A.24 How can I print my TCM documents?
  • A.25 How can I include my TCM document in L^ATEX?
  • A.26 Is it possible to create process decompositions in TDFD?
  • A.27 Are there plans for consistency checks across diagrams?
  • A.28 Is it possible for the user to define its own symbols?
  • A.29 Do you have any plans to support other methods?
  • A.30 Do you have plans for code generation?
  • A.31 Is it possible to drag and drop with TCM?
  • A.32 What file formats does TCM generate?
  • A.33 I want to draw an XYZ diagram, which tool should I use?
  • A.34 Is it possible to make an editor for XYZ diagrams?
  • A.35 Why did you make TCM while there are already better drawing programs?
  • A.36 How can I have more influence on the layout?
  • A.37 How can I connect an edge with an edge?
  • A.38 Why are there black pixels left in the drawing area?
  • A.39 Why doesn't the BackSpace key function correctly in Linux?
  • A.40 Why don't the menu accelerators function in Linux?
  • A.41 Why does TCM now have a tea pot as logo?
  • A.42 What has become of the tiny dragons?
  • A.43 What do these ``Assertion failed:'' messages produced by TCM mean?
  • A.44 TCM does not behave as I expected. What should I do now?
  • A.45 TCM crashed. What should I do now?
• B TCM File format
  • B.1 Introduction
  • B.2 Elements of a TCM document
  • B.3 Storage and Document Information
    • Storage section
    • Document section
  • B.4 Diagram Editor File Format
    • Node sections
    • Edge sections
    • View sections
    • Node shape sections
    • Line sections
  • B.5 Table Editor File Format
    • Table section
    • Row sections
    • Column sections
• C Mini-tutorial on Notation Techniques
  • C.1 Data View Notations
    • C.1.1 Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs)
      • Entity types
      • Binary relationships
      • Cardinality constraints
      • Relationships of higher arity
      • Value types
      • Attributes
      • Is-a relationships
    • C.1.2 Class-Relationship Diagrams (CRDs)
      • Classes
      • Relationships
      • Is-a relationships
  • C.2 Behavior View Notations
    • C.2.1 State Transition Diagrams (STDs)
    • C.2.2 Process Structure Diagrams (PSDs)
    • C.2.3 Recursive Process Graphs (RPGs)
  • C.3 Function View Notations
    • C.3.1 Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs)
      • The components of a DFD
      • Hierarchical DFDs
      • Combining DFDs with ERDs
    • C.3.2 Data and Event Flow Diagrams (DEFDs)
      • Control processes
      • Event flows
      • Discrete and continuous flows
    • C.3.3 System Network Diagrams (SNDs)
  • C.4 Tabular Notations
    • C.4.1 Transaction Decomposition Tables
    • C.4.2 Transaction-Use Tables
    • C.4.3 Function-Entity Type Tables
  • C.5 Function Refinement Trees (FRTs)
• References
• Index