Visual Modeler

User's Guide

Version 4.1

February 2010

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Running Visual Modeler
3. An Overview of Visual Modeler
3.1 The Main Window
3.2 The Tool Bar
3.3 The Breadcrumb Bar
3.4 The Menu Bar
3.5 The Information Icons
3.6 Closable Panels
4. Using Visual Modeler
4.1 Quick Start
4.1.1 Using the Shape Insertion Tools
4.1.2 Using the Templates
4.1.3 Using the Pointer Tool
4.1.4 Editing Graphs and Models
4.2 The Basic Shapes
4.2.1 Line Segments
4.2.2 Curve Segments
4.2.3 Rectangular Shapes
4.2.4 Circles
4.2.5 Poly-shapes
4.2.6 Text Shapes
4.3 Using Templates
4.3.1 Selecting Template Groups
4.3.2 Adding a Shape from a Template
4.3.3 Editing Text Labels of Graph Nodes or Edges
4.3.4 Adding Self-Loop Edges
4.3.5 Dealing with Compartments
4.4 Using Stencils
4.5 Additional Editing Operations
4.5.1 Deleting a Shape
4.5.2 Copying a Shape
4.5.3 Grouping Shapes
4.5.4 Aligning Shapes
4.6 Setting Properties
4.6.1 Setting Properties of Shapes
4.6.2 Setting General Properties
4.6.3 Using the Visual Attribute Panel
4.7 Managing Files and Projects
4.7.1 Saving and Loading Diagrams
4.7.2 Saving and Loading Projects
4.7.3 Saving and Loading Project Archives
4.7.4 The Project Manager Panel
4.8 Miscellaneous Functions
4.8.1 Displaying an Overview of the Canvas
4.8.2 Displaying the Properties of the Diagram
4.8.3 Shortcuts and Accelerators for Menus
5. Templates for UML2 Diagrams
5.1 Overview
5.2 Editing Model Attributes
5.2.1 Names and Labels
5.2.2 Common Model Attributes
5.2.3 Editing Notes
5.3 Class Diagrams
5.3.1 The Class Diagram Templates
5.3.2 Editing Classes
5.3.3 Editing Associations
5.4 Package Diagram
5.4.1 The Package Diagram Templates
5.5 Use Case Diagram
5.5.1 The Use Case Diagram Templates
5.6 State Diagram
5.6.1 The State Diagram Templates
5.6.2 Editing States
5.6.3 Editing Transitions
5.7 Activity Diagram
5.7.1 The Activity Diagram Templates
5.8 Sequence Diagram
5.8.1 The Sequence Diagram Templates
Appendix A. Third Party Software Packages
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