Creating Communication from Sequence diagram

[simon.marshall]

Can EA create a communication diagram from a sequence diagram automatically?  Basically, they are the same thing but with the flow of time shown differently.

If EA was being clever, it could create a new communication group for each sequence time line.

Techies might prefer to work with sequence diagrams, but management seem more comfortable with communication diagrams...

[thomaskilian]

http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=general;action=display;num=1118726822;start=14#14

[simon.marshall]

thanks

[john]

I have installed it and tryed in using 6.1

Still many bugs there like:

some association-links are drawn, some not in the collaboration diagram created from sequence diagram (even you can have link messages without an association!)

When you add a clss to the sequence diagram and generate the communication diagram agin sometimes that class is left out completely (althoug message swe send to itin the sequence diagram).


When generating sequence diagrams from communication diagrams  some times the message shows as a reply instead a real message.

And many more.....

What is the officail status of this add-in?

[simon.marshall]

I have installed it and tryed in using 6.1

Still many bugs there like:

some association-links are drawn, some not in the collaboration diagram created from sequence diagram (even you can have link messages without an association!)

When you add a clss to the sequence diagram and generate the communication diagram agin sometimes that class is left out completely (althoug message swe send to itin the sequence diagram).


When generating sequence diagrams from communication diagrams  some times the message shows as a reply instead a real message.

And many more.....

What is the officail status of this add-in?

I don't see *any* associations created - which surprised me since I thought you had to create an association to create a communication message.  I did wonder if the associations were hidden, but I can't find them.  I'd be interested in the answer to your question too.