Placing Modeling Elements

The IDE gives you a variety of ways to place new or existing UML Modeling elements in a diagram.

To place a single new element:

  1. In the Modeling Palette, click the icon representing the type of element you want to place in the diagram.
  2. In the diagram, click the background.
    The IDE places one instance of that element type in the diagram.
    To stop after placing that instance, right-click.

To place multiple new elements:

  1. In the Modeling Palette window, click an icon.
  2. For every instance of this type of element that you want to place, click a location in the diagram background.
    The IDE places a new instance of the element wherever you click.
  3. When you finish placing multiple instances, right-click.

To place a single existing element:

  1. In the Projects window, expand a Project node and a Model node
  2. Select an element node.
  3. Drag the element onto the background of a diagram that is open in the Diagram editor.
    The IDE places a copy of the element in the diagram and displays the element's source.

To place multiple existing elements:

  1. In the Projects window, expand a Project node and a Model node.
  2. Select the first element you want to place.
  3. Ctrl-select all remaining elements.
  4. Drag the elements onto the diagram that is open in the Diagram editor.
    The IDE places the elements in a stack in the diagram, and displays any links between elements.
  5. Click the diagram background.
    The IDE deselects all the elements in the stack, making them available for individual relocation to their target locations in the diagram.

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