Extend dependency diagrams

You can write code to create and update dependency diagrams and to validate the structure of your program code against dependency diagrams in Visual Studio. You can add commands that appear in the shortcut (context) menu of the diagrams, customize drag-and-drop gestures, and access the layer model from text templates. You can package these extensions into a Visual Studio Integration Extension (VSIX) and distribute them to other Visual Studio users.

Requirements

You must have the following installed on the computer where you want to develop your layer extensions:

• Visual Studio

• Visual Studio SDK

• Modeling SDK for Visual Studio

Note

The Text Template Transformation component is automatically installed as part of the Visual Studio extension development workload. You can also install it from the Individual components tab of Visual Studio Installer, under the SDKs, libraries, and frameworks category. Install the Modeling SDK component from the Individual components tab.

You must have a suitable edition of Visual Studio installed on the computer where you want to run your layer extensions. To see which editions of Visual Studio support dependency diagrams, see Edition support for architecture and modeling tools.

Related content

• Dependency Diagrams: Reference
• Dependency Diagrams: Guidelines
• Create dependency diagrams from your code
• Validate code with dependency diagrams