UML Designer User's Guide


Starting a new model

To start working in UML Designer, select Relationships Browser from the UML Designer menu in the Transcript window. The Relationships Browser opens.

The Relationships Browser shows the available models, the design elements in each model, and the relationships that exist among them. From here, you can create new design elements, browse and modify their relationships, and launch the other UML Designer browsers and editors. (For more information about the Relationships Browser, see The Relationships Browser.)

When you first install UML Designer, three models are automatically included:

Since you're likely to need some of the basic data types in any system you design, UML Designer, by default, makes the Kernel Model and Kernel Model--Smalltalk Examples prerequisites for any models you create. (If you want to use Java data types, you will need to manually add Kernel Model--Java Examples as a prerequisite.) This means that the basic Smalltalk classes in the Kernel models are automatically visible from any other model.

To begin modeling a new system, you must first create a new model in the Relationships Browser:

  1. Select Create Model from the Source menu, or from the pop-up menu in the leftmost pane in the Relationships Browser.
  2. When prompted, specify the following information about the new model:
  3. Select OK. The new model appears in the list in the Relationships Browser.


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