Archi User Guide

Version 1 Introduction Archi is a free, open source, cross-platform tool to create ArchiMate models. The Archi modelling tool is targeted toward all levels of Enterprise Architects and Modellers. It provides a low cost to entry solution to users who may be making their first steps in the ArchiMate modelling language, or who are looking for a free, cross-platform ArchiMate modelling tool for their company or institution and wish to engage with the language within a TOGAF or other Enterprise Architecture framework. Since its introduction, Archi has been widely adopted for real-world use in the commercial and educational sectors and is used in-house by major global companies and consultants. It is rapidly becoming the de facto open source ArchiMate modelling tool. The ArchiMate modelling language is an open and independent Enterprise Architecture standard that supports the description, analysis and visualization of architecture within and across business domains.

5 Creating a New ArchiMate Model To create a new, blank ArchiMate model in Archi do the following: Select "Empty Model" from the main "File->New" menu or from the button on the main toolbar: The "New" button A model entitled "(new model)" will be created and visible in the Models Tree window with the "Default View" open with a blank drawing canvas and palette:

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