Menus Description : option new

Menus Description : option new

1. Main Menu

2. Menu attached to the option new - Creation of a new Model -

Click on the new option of the menu to open a browser. A default model (the DefaultModel file) needs to be present in the directory of the Umlaut binary file. This default file is composed of two packages : root (the root package) and a topMost package.

Click on these packages to open a new window presenting the options to increase the model.
These options are the following:

  • The edit and delete options. The edit option opens a window which presents information on the element and allows modifications on it. The delete option is not yet implemented.

  • The new Package, new Class, new Note, new Interface, new Stereotype, new Note, new Use Case... options.
    These elements are added to the browser. They can be visible from a working window, by drag and drop from the browser to the corresponding window.
    For instance, you can create a class in the browser. If you want to see it in the class diagram view, first open a new class diagram. Then click on the class element in the browser. Unpress the mouse button when the cursor is in the class diagram view.

  • The new Use Case Diagram option opens an initial virgin working window to build Use Case Diagrams.
    This is presented here .

  • The new Class Diagram option opens an initial virgin working window to build class Diagrams.
    This is presented here .
    When some classes are built, it is possible to attach a dynamic behavior with the help of StateCharts .

  • The new Implementation Diagram option opens an initial virgin working window to build StateChart Diagrams.
    This is presented here .

  • The new Sequence Diagram option. This is presented here .

    Save and load of the UML specification : From the menu attached to the browser, you can save the UML specification in native, XMI or MDL encoding. It will be able to be loaded from the main (initial) menu.

    3. Menu attached to the option load