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Suggestions and Requests / Important representation of the DurationConstraint

« on: September 20, 2007, 09:50:52 pm »

I am missing a special representation of the DurationConstraint (important for embedded systems).
The DurationConstraint looks like this:

That can help all of us to create clearly arranged sequence diagrams.

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General Board / Highlighting/Selecting element with a specified ID

« on: October 24, 2008, 06:00:42 pm »

Hi,
we are using the enterprise architect to create test cases. After exporting it so xmi and generating code, the program can errors while executing the test cases. Now, it would be fine, if the program can 'jump' inside the original EA-file and select/hightlight the element, that produced that error.

Is there a way to do this, like calling the EA with a special argument and the EAID?

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General Board / Re: UML for Testing Profile

« on: September 25, 2008, 04:43:01 pm »

Some of the metaclasses having another name in EA. For example:
UML: InstanceSpecification
EA: Object

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General Board / UML 2 Testing Profile - How to import it?

« on: September 07, 2008, 05:45:26 pm »

Hi,
I found a nice profile vom OMG and would like to import it as a profile into Enterprise Architect (http://sharepoint.standardcase.com/external/eaug/Lists/General%20Discussion/Attachments/14/U2TPSA.xml). The problem is, that the U2TPSA.xml does not have the right format, so the import fails.
Is there already a U2T-Profile for enterprise Architect? Is there a way to import the xml?
Does anywone knows a site (expecting the EA site), where I can find useful profiles?

Thanks in advance.
 Mr.DX

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General Board / Re: Import Export

« on: October 22, 2007, 09:08:38 pm »

Do you use the XMI Exporter?
I am using the XMI Exporter and have to use one package for each sequence diagram. Otherwise diagrams aren't exported.
If you found a bug in the XMI file, please post it into this thread:
http://www.sparxsystems.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=suggestions;action=display;num=1190806010

21

General Board / Re: EA Crashes when i try to print

« on: October 06, 2007, 10:58:31 am »

You can save your diagram as a file (Str+T) as BMP, EMF, PNG, ... and print it with your image viewer.

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General Board / Re: save diagrams in package as a image

« on: October 08, 2007, 05:43:22 am »

You can export it as XMI and enable 'Generate Diagram Images'. But the file name is the ID (EAID_xxxx_xxx....).

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General Board / Re: Splitting and recombining Sequence diagrams

« on: October 03, 2007, 10:16:13 am »

You can insert a reference to a sequence diagram by drag and drop.
I created a thread about references (and it's bug). You can find it here:
http://www.sparxsystems.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=UMLPRO;action=display;num=1189757294;start=0#0

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Uml Process / Use Case: Use extension points in other diagrams

« on: September 10, 2008, 10:57:30 pm »

Hi,

I have a use case diagram, some of them with extension points and extend-relationships. Each use case contains a sequence diagram to specifiy the the use case. Now, I want to 'call' the extension point.
For example:  'Build house' with extension point 'build garage' and 'build swimming pool'. How can I model a sequence like (with the extensions):
Build house{
  ...
  build_garage
  build_swimming_pool
  ...
}

Can you understand me?

Thanks in advance.

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Uml Process / Re: Sub class diagram

« on: December 16, 2007, 11:26:46 pm »

I think, it's very usefull if you would like to add a state machine to the class 'A'. Then, you know, that the state machine belongs the the class 'A' (and not to 'B', ...).

We are using the models for codegeneration (own code generator) and it's easier to have this hierachie, instead of searching informations in the model (like 'Statemachine C belongs to Class D', 'Class B has NO statemachine', ...).

It's a nice feature to specify an element in all details.

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Uml Process / Re: Stereotypes <<invokes>> and <&l

« on: October 31, 2007, 06:17:30 am »

See 'Use Case'->'Elements and Connectors'

'Note: Invokes and Precedes relationships are defined by the Open Modeling Language (OML).'

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Uml Process / Re: Sequence diagrams and Multicast

« on: November 28, 2007, 06:09:55 am »

I think, he mean messages to more than one lifeline at once (send message A to B, C, E (not to D) ).
I have also searched for somethink like this, but (as far as I know) there is no feature in the UML specification for this :-(

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Uml Process / Re: how to paint multiobjects in sequence diagrams

« on: November 19, 2007, 03:21:10 am »

What do you mean with 'a multi-object'?

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Uml Process / Re: Ports in sequence diagrams UML conform?

« on: October 25, 2007, 05:57:49 am »

Thanks for your answer.

I could not find any place in Superstructures that would show a port in conjunctions with seq-diagrams. Only one with state machines. Maybe you could adorn the object name somehow to indicate the port?

Which figure is the one with the state machine?

What do you mean with 'adorn the object name'? Creating a new element for each port? Can you give me a little example, please.

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Uml Process / Ports in sequence diagrams UML conform?

« on: October 25, 2007, 03:16:57 am »

Hi,
I want to use the sequence diagrams to show, that a message should be send to from a specific port to another (like CAN to CAN). The problem is, that I can't find informations about ports in sequence diagrams in the UML 2.1 specification. It seems, that it's not allowed. Is it right, that ports are not allowed in sequence diagrams?
Thats very important for me (my other team members), because we have to be UML conform.

EA allows a lot of things, that are against the UML specification ;-)