Stick figure on whiteboards

[Thomas Emil Hansen]

Hopefully this is a simple newbie question. I want to add a simple stick figure to some of my whiteboard drawings. How can I do this? Can I make my own custom shapes for whiteboards? I know how to make my own custom shapes for UML stereotypes, but I cannot find my way around doing the same for whiteboards.

[qwerty]

You need to stereotype an actor element and draw something "odd". Probably not so easy with the default shape script methods but it should be feasible.

Or you set the whole diagram to hand drawn (diagram properties). In which case everything looks hand drawn.

Or I misunderstood: try placing a simple actor on your drawing.

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[Thomas Emil Hansen]

I can do mostly what I want with shape scripts, but I only know how to make them for UML stereotypes, from the Settings->UML Types menu. How do I access (and create) stereotypes for whiteboard shapes?

[qwerty]

I see. This is a bit difficult. The profile is supplied "as is" by Sparx and you can extend it only with a bit insight. So you need to create a dummy MDG profile with your own actor shape and make is stick to the naming conventions for the Whiteboard profile which you can find the the MDGTechnologies folder inside the EA program folder. Now you have to merge that profile element into the Whiteboard profile. All needs quite a bit insight. Nothing you can do out-of-the-box.

If you like to dive into that, here's a simple starter:http://community.sparxsystems.com/tutorials/extensibility/intro-creating-mdg-file

Else you can stick with creating the stereotype in the Settings/UMLTypes and create the actor by applying the stereotype manually.
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[Thomas Emil Hansen]

Thanks for the reply. I now know what it entails and where to look.

- teh