Placing Modeling Elements
The IDE gives you a variety of ways to place new or existing UML Modeling elements in a diagram.
- The IDE also offers a variety of convenient diagram manipulation keyboard commands that let you bypass the Modeling Palette window and the Projects window.
- You can also place elements from the context menu.
To place a single new element:
- In the Modeling Palette, click the icon representing the type of element you want to place in the diagram.
- 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:
- In the Modeling Palette window, click an icon.
- 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.
- When you finish placing multiple instances, right-click.
To place a single existing element:
- In the Projects window, expand a Project node and a Model node
- Select an element node.
- 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:
- In the Projects window, expand a Project node and a Model node.
- Select the first element you want to place.
- Ctrl-select all remaining elements.
- 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.
- 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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