How to view database diagram in a Code First using localdb
Install Entity Framework Power Tools Beta 4, restart Visual Studio, right-click on the context in your solution view and you'll see a new 'Entity Framework' option in the context menu. Select 'View Entity Data Model' to see a beautiful visual database diagram in Visual Studio. Voilà!
Entity Framework 6 Power Tools: Link
You can use Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 2012 with localdb which supports Database Diagrams in they way you may be used to with other SQL Server database.
- Open Management Studio (should have been installed with Visual Studio)
- Connect to
(localdb)\v11.0, with Windows Authentication - Find the relevant database
- Expand Database Digrams, and install diagram support objects if you've not already
- Add the tables you need and you're done!
Source: This older but still relevant article: http://visualstudiomagazine.com/blogs/data-driver/2012/05/visual-studio-11-beta-easier-development-localdb.aspx
I checked out the Entity Framework Power Tools Beta 4 and it is no longer being supported. Intead, you can use the new Entity Framework 6 Power Tools Community Edition.
It is supposed to work the same.