Create Actor instance from profile

[qwerty]

When extending a stereotype to Actor it will create an actor. Fine. But is it somehow possible to create an instance of an actor directly?

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[Eve]

I don't think it's possible in EA. Any actor in EA can be converted to an instance by setting a classifier. Equally, an actor without a classifier is a classifier.

Then again, I don't think it's possible in UML either. An instance gains the notation of its classifier, an instance without a classifier has the default notation of a box.

[qwerty]

There's that length instance thread which I should have followed. But EA allows to create an Object element which has no classifier.

Yeah, that pulled the trigger. I created an instance of an actor which made a small stickman appear (which I wanted to have). But once I removed the classifier it transform into a box. So I probably will have a stereotyped object to do the job.

Thanks for clarifying this!

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