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Modeling Memory Layout
« on: November 21, 2019, 02:59:14 am »
Hello,

I recently started using Enterprise Architect for Modeling embedded software. Is there a way to create diagrams like this one:



This is extremely helpful for memory layouts and bit positions in protocols. I started using structs, but this loses some of the graphical information like in the picture above.

Thanks!

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Re: Modeling Memory Layout
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2019, 03:39:45 am »
No, not really

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Re: Modeling Memory Layout
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2019, 09:29:46 am »
It's not overly difficult to create something like that using the custom drawing style.

Still probably harder than a simple drawing tool and I'm not sure the resulting model would be more meaningful than a drawing.

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Re: Modeling Memory Layout
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2019, 05:21:02 pm »
UML Timing Diagrams?

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Re: Modeling Memory Layout
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2019, 07:14:48 pm »
I am not sure why but this reminds be of a composite structure diagram with each memory area being a part.

P.S.: Possibly because of this image from from Visual Paradigm.
« Last Edit: November 21, 2019, 07:17:35 pm by Modesto Vega »

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Re: Modeling Memory Layout
« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2019, 06:27:45 am »
You could draw it using whiteboard diagram with rectangles, boundary elements with dotted lines, text elements and dashed lines.
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Re: Modeling Memory Layout
« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2019, 08:55:59 am »
Use Visio or whatever drawing program and embed an image.

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Re: Modeling Memory Layout
« Reply #7 on: November 22, 2019, 09:50:44 pm »
Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I will use whatever drawing program I have on my PC then!