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TipsforUsingaVisioTemplateforUML2.2
ThisdocumentcontainstipsandsuggestionsforcreatingUML2.2diagramsusingthestencilsandtemplatesavailableat
http://softwarestencils.com
.ItispossibletodrawallUMLsymbolsanddiagramsspecifiedintheOMGdocument
formal/2009‐02‐02,“OMGUnifiedModelingLanguage(OMGUML),Superstructure,version2.2”,availableat
http://www.omg.org/spec/UML/2.2/
.
Thispdffileisforreferenceonly.Thelatestversionofthisdocumentisathttp://softwarestencils.com
.
Macros
Thestencilsandtemplatedonotcontainmacros.IfVisioasksyouwhetheryouwanttoenableordisablemacros,disable
them.
ImportantTips
ThesetipsareusefulespeciallyforthosewhoarenewtoVisio.Pleasereadthisdocumentbeforeaskingmequestions.
However,Iamalwaysinterestedinyourfeedback,suggestionsandcomments.Ifyouhaveadditionaltipsthatcouldbe
includedinthisdocumentpleasecontactme,PavelHruby,atph@
phruby.com.
Startbyopeningthetemplate"UML2.2Template".Thetemplatedefines
allrequiredVisiosettings,andopensautomaticallytwostencils:"UML2.2
Symbols",and"UMLIconsandStereotypes".
Thetemplateandthestencilsaredesignedtoworktogether.When
startingcreatinganewdiagramusing"New/Getting
Started…",lookfor
thistemplateicon.
Ifforsomereason,youopenfirstanothertemplate(suchasablank
template,ortheUMLModelDiagramtemplatebuilt‐inVisio)andthen
opentheUML2.2stencilsfromthisothertemplate,youneedtochange
somesettings.
ClickTools,Snap&Glueandplacecheckmarksin
theGlueandShape
Verticescheckboxes.
WiththesesettingswillVisioautomaticallycreateconnectionpointson
Lifelinesinsequencediagrams,whenyouconnectMessages,Fragments,
orInteractionOccurrencestoLifelines.
InVisio2000andVisio5,moreover,inTools,Options,Advancedtab,place
checkmarksintheEnable
MicrosoftBasicforApplications,LoadVisual
BasicforApplicationsfromtext,andenableAutomationEventscheck
boxes.
