Create a new architecture view
From the view list
Click the Main menu and select the Views tab.
Click the Create view button on the right side of the view list.
Choose Archimate view or Logical data view.
BlueDolphin allows users to choose from the list of our premade templates when creating a new Archimate view:
Capability Architecture
Project Application Design
Project Process Design
Project Technology Design
Capability Canvas
Business Model Canvas
Project Delivery
Project Data Design
Customer Journey Map
C4 Methodology Project Delivery
Team Canvas
Or select Blank to start with an empty canvas.
If you choose Logical data view, BlueDolphin opens an empty canvas by default.
From an existing view
In the toolbar of a view, click the Create new view icon
.
Select the Architecture view type
The Create new Architecture view panel opens, showing the following templates:
Capability Architecture
Project Application Design
Project Process Design
Project Technology Design
Capability Canvas
Business Model Canvas
Project Delivery
Project Data Design
Customer Journey Map
C4 Methodology Project Delivery
Team Canvas
4. From the selection of available templates, click the one that you want to use for your new view. If you want to start modeling from scratch, select Blank instead.
A new Architecture view based on the template will be created. You can change the name of the view in the text box on the far left of the toolbar.
More information on the available templates and how to make the best use of them can be found in this blog.
Make a view private
You can make a view private using the lock button next to the view title.
You can also toggle a view's privacy directly from the view list. See Toggle view privacy for the steps.
Only the owner of a private view can open it. Other users' private views are not shown in the list of views for an object.
An administrator can preview, transfer ownership, or delete other users' private views from the Main menu > Admin > Views.
If any existing view is linked to a project, you cannot make it private. If you attempt to do so, the system displays an error message indicating that the view is already connected to the Project and cannot be made private.
If you still want to make the view private,
Disconnect the view from the project
Change the view from public to private.
This ensures that project-linked views remain accessible to relevant stakeholders while still allowing you to control privacy when needed.