How do you create a code card diagram of your project in Visual Studio Community 2015?

Question

Microsoft's documentation is incredibly confusing or doesn't show us how to create a code structure / code card.

In visualstudio.com, in the table “Compare Visual Studio 2015 Application” in the “Architecture and Modeling” section, it is shown that “Visualize solutions with dependency graphs and Code Maps ” is supported in the Visual Studio community.

Old examples show that Code Maps are on the Architecture Explorer tab, but I don't have this tab in my VS. I also tried to find the codes in Quick Launch and got nothing.

The only thing I can do is go to “File”> “Create”> “File” and create a new document with a direct graph (.dgml). I can drag classes into it, but this is not a generated diagram, this is a new empty one.

PS: The same thing happens for Visual Studio Enterprise 2015, and not just for the 2015 community.

[EDIT] Apparently, there is a tab “Architecture” in VS Enterprise 2015. I tried to call something “ Blend for Visual Studio Enterprise 2015”, which seems to be just Visual Studio Community 2015 ... Great things.

Answer 1

You cannot create code cards with the VS community or the VS 2015 professional. To create them, Enterprise is required. You can view them in Community or Professional Edition after they were created with VS 2015 Enterprise.

This is described in the Compare Visual Studio 2015 Suggestions Page . If you look at the Architecture and Modeling section, you'll see that there is a footnote no in the Community and Professional columns in the Code Map. 3. It says: "Read-only charts."

Answer 2

Try

Fast Diagram Tool for C #. and map generator

I'm trying just now, not sure what will be enough, but hey, this is something ...