UML Designer User's Guide
There are several ways to add a node figure to a diagram:
- Manually creating a new node figure and attaching it to a model element
(selected from a list or named directly)
- Copying a node figure from another diagram along with its attached model
- Copying a model element from a browser and pasting it into the diagram as
a figure
- Selecting Hide/Show Relationships to show an existing or
candidate relationship to an element not already on the diagram
Once you have added a figure, you can move it on the drawing surface to
make your diagram more readable.
To manually create a node figure and attach it to a model element, follow
these steps:
- Select the figure you want from the tool bar. (If you prefer, you
can select Create Node Figure from the Tools menu and
then select the figure you want from the cascaded menu.)
- Position the mouse pointer where you want the figure to appear (in an
empty area of the drawing surface) and then click mouse button 1.
When first added, an unattached figure is labeled with a question mark
(?).
- If you know the name of the model element you want to attach the figure
to, hold down the Alt key and click mouse button 1 on the figure label to
directly edit the label. UML Designer automatically attaches the figure
to the element that matches the name you specify.
- If you want to select from a list of available elements, select
Attach from the pop-up menu of the figure. In the window
that appears, select the model element you want to attach to the
figure. (You can also specify that you want to create a new
element.)
Note: | This list does not normally include any model elements already represented on
the diagram.
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To copy an existing node figure from another diagram, follow these
steps:
- Select the figure you want to copy in the source diagram.
- Select Copy from the Edit menu, or from the pop-up
menu.
- Go to the target diagram and place the mouse pointer in the location where
you want to paste the figure.
- Select Paste Here from the pop-up menu. (You can also
select Paste from the Edit menu and then move the figure
where you want it.)
The figure is copied along with its visual properties (color and font), and
the new copy is attached to the same model element as the original
figure. (If the attached element is in a different model from that of
the diagram, the model name appears in brackets.)
To copy a model element and paste it as a new node figure, follow these
steps:
- In the Relationships Browser or another UML Designer browser, select the
element you want to create a figure for.
- Select Copy from the Element menu, or from the
pop-up menu.
- Go to the target diagram and place the mouse pointer in the location where
you want to paste the figure.
- Select Paste Here from the pop-up menu. (You can also
select Paste from the Edit menu and then move the figure
where you want it.)
The new figure is automatically attached to the model element you
selected. (If the attached element is in a different model from that of
the diagram, the model name appears in brackets.)
Hide/Show Relationships
You can use the Hide/Show Relationships choice on the pop-up
menu of a node figure to create connector figures for existing or new
relationships (see Adding a connector with for more information). If the element at the other
end of the relationship is not already represented by a node figure, UML
Designer automatically creates one and adds it to your diagram.
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