Naming options are a property of the Model.  So if you select the Model object at the top of the Model Explorer or select Edit Naming Options in the Shortcut Taskbar  you will see the Naming tab in the Property Browser.

The Naming page allows you to specify various constraints on the names used in your Model.

 

Case - lets you specify that Names should have a Mixed, lower or UPPER case.  lower and UPPER will change your existing names and enforce the case. Mixed has no effect on the names.

Allow Special Chars - if checked, special characters (non alpha-numeric) in names will be replaced with an underscore

Naming Options by Type - Option and Owner are unique naming options and are provided on a type by type basis.  For each different type of database object, you can specify what happens  when there are name conflicts (two names with the same value):  Allow, Disallow, Ask, Auto Rename.  The Owner option is provided for types of objects that have an owner.  A value of Yes means the Owner of the object will be used to determine whether the name are unique or not.  i.e. OWNER1.TABLE1 and OWNER2.TABLE1 would be considered unique.

 

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