It might seem as a preference, but if we have a standardized language for describing software systems, Why do we use something else? This can lead to bad habit of overusing flowcharts. Activity diagrams are really simple. But if you decide to describe a more complicated aspect of the system or try to change the … Read more
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Create the following source file example.cpp: class Animal { public: void die(); string name; int age; }; class Dog : public Animal { public: void bark(); }; class Cat : public Animal { public: void meow(); }; run doxygen -g and change the following options of the generated Doxyfile: EXTRACT_ALL = YES HAVE_DOT = YES … Read more
They are both behavioral diagrams but have different emphases. Activity diagram is good at depicting the control flowing from one activity to another, especially good at the logic of conditional structures, loops, concurrency. Sequence diagram is good at depicting the sequence of messages flowing from one object to another, how their messages/events are exchanged in … Read more
As I’m sure you’re already aware, you can save a diagram as an image in several formats, including PNG but not TIFF. The quality of the images can be controlled in the options (Tools – Options), “Diagram” tab. The “Image Memory Limit” controls the amount of memory the image conversion process is allowed; increasing this … Read more
You can use a box enclosing the message send arrow (and whatever else is inside the same repetitive construct). See this tutorial for an example. link to larger image (archived)
Software & Database is usually not in the Standard edition of Visio, only the Pro version. Try looking here for some templates that will work in standard edition UML 2.0 Diagrams and Shape Downloads for Microsoft Visio which points actually to www.softwarestencils.com
Most of the UML tools for Linux look really bad, but you could use these: ArgoUML (Java based, I had some glitches with diagrams) Umbrello Violet UML Editor (Java required) UMLet (Java required) Dia StarUML Experimental/alternatives: ASCII flow – you can not always include images in documentation but simple text looks everywhere same, good to … Read more
From the UML Sheet of Special Objects (left toolbar, center palette, use drop-down to select “UML”), select the UML Object object, , and then place an object in your diagram. Next, from the same UML Sheet, select the lifeline object, , and place it in your diagram. Then connect the lifeline’s uppermost line handle to … Read more
alt is used to describe alternative scenarios of a workflow. Only one of the options will be executed. opt is used to describe an optional step in the workflow. For example, for an online shop purchase sequence diagram you may use opt to describe how the user can add gift wrapping if she wishes. alt … Read more