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General Board / Re: Linking Call behavior to target; linking class operation to behavior

« on: April 23, 2022, 12:50:58 am »

I'll just mention, for the first bullet, in EA16 (I don't remember if you could do this in 15.2) you can't quite do that but at least you can ctrl-alt-g (or right-clk > Find > Locate Behavior in Project Browser) to select the called behavior in the browser.

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Uml Process / Re: Behavior of CallBehavior action: under "Element" vs under "Behavior"

« on: April 22, 2022, 07:49:07 am »

Thanks, I'll try.
A similar one that I see: On a Control Flow, for a flow guard, there's a Guard property under "Connector" as well as under "Constraints". But it shows up as a guard label in the diagram if I put it in "Constraints".

The forum became a bit silent Sparxian-wise.

That's unfortunate...

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Suggestions and Requests / Re: zoom options shouldn't require opening "Pan and Zoom" window

« on: April 22, 2022, 07:46:09 am »

Thanks for the tip! 
(Putting it near the slider would still be more intuitive)
- Yaron

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Suggestions and Requests / zoom options shouldn't require opening "Pan and Zoom" window

« on: April 21, 2022, 08:19:26 am »

Hi,
Please make it possible to do things like zoom to full page or full diagram view from the slider at the bottom right (or near it) - i.e., please make it possible to do that without having to open the "Pan and Zoom" window, which costs extra mouse movements and clicks and takes up screen real estate.

Thanks,
Yaron

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Uml Process / Behavior of CallBehavior action: under "Element" vs under "Behavior"

« on: April 21, 2022, 06:21:06 am »

Hi,
[Accidentally posted in Bugs & Issues, removed from there and posting here]

For a CallBehavior Action: In the Properties portal, a Behavior can be specified for the Action element under the "Element" tab and/or under the "Behavior" tab.
And they are not coordinated with each other - i.e., say, if I enter a behavior in the Element tab, it won't also show up in the Behavior tab, and vice versa.
What is the difference between the two?

Thanks!

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Bugs and Issues / Re: Instance specifier name not displayed (EA13) at "call behaviour" elements

« on: April 15, 2022, 09:00:15 am »

Is this still configurable in EA15.2? If so, how?

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Uml Process / Showing sub-components in instantiated component object

« on: March 10, 2022, 10:35:27 am »

Hi,
I have a component, and in it, I have a sub-component. (The sub-component is below the parent component in the element hierarchy; and in the component type diagram, the sub-component is nested inside the parent component.)
In another diagram, I have an object instantiation of the parent component.
I want the object in the diagram to show the sub-component inside it.
How do I do that?

Thanks!

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Uml Process / Re: how to create a "System Actor" element in a Use Case diagram

« on: March 08, 2022, 02:46:33 pm »

Thank you

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Uml Process / Re: how to create a "System Actor" element in a Use Case diagram

« on: March 08, 2022, 06:03:19 am »

But here's what I'm not able to find:
I've set up my use case s.t., as in the pattern, the Actors and Use Cases are organized into packages called "Actors" and "Use Cases" that are at the same level as the diagram.
In my diagram, this causes the note "(from Actors)" and "(from Use Cases)" to appear underneath the Actors and Use Cases.
In the pre-packaged pattern, this does not appear.
How do I get it to go away?

Thanks!

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Uml Process / Re: how to create a "System Actor" element in a Use Case diagram

« on: March 08, 2022, 05:56:35 am »

Found it: right click > Advanced > Use rectangle notation

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Uml Process / how to create a "System Actor" element in a Use Case diagram

« on: March 08, 2022, 05:49:37 am »

Hi,
How does one create a "system actor" element in a Use Case diagram - like the one that appears in the "Basic Use Case Model with System Actor" pattern? (Square element that says <<actor>> at the top)

Thanks!

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General Board / Activities arranged weirdly hierarchically in "Referenced Behavior" selection

« on: March 05, 2022, 09:06:29 am »

Hello,
I've set up a class with three operations and three Activities defined in it, all at the same hierarchical level underneath the class element.

If I try to set one of the Activities as the Behavior for one of the operations:

• If I do this by right-clicking on the operation, going to Properties, then going to Behavior and clicking the "Element" button, it shows me a selection tree that makes sense (that reflects the actual model tree), and I can choose any of the Activities as the Behavior of the operation.
• If I do this by just going to the "Properties" pane, to the "Referenced Behavior" property, and clicking on the "..." next to it, it shows me the Activities arranged in a somewhat arbitrary hierarchy relatively to each other (the three of them comprise a 3-level nested tree of "subtypes"). I can still choose any of them as the Behavior for the operation.

Any idea why that happens in the second case?

If I could figure out how to post images here I would.

Thanks!

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General Board / Linking Call behavior to target; linking class operation to behavior

« on: February 25, 2022, 04:07:57 am »

Hi,
I'm just getting started trying out Enterprise Architect.
I've used MagicDraw rather extensively in the past.

A couple of features that I liked in MagicDraw, and I'm wondering if they exist in Enterprise Architect:

• In a call behavior, when you would double-click the "rake" icon, it would open the called behavior.
• In a class diagram, you can drag a behavior (e.g. an Activity) from the model tree onto the operations box in a class, and it would create an operation linked to that behavior. Or, you can drag it onto an existing operation, and it would link them and update the type and parameters.

Thanks!