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Contents iii
Preface..................................................xxi
Audience..........................................................xxi
OtherResources....................................................xxi
Contacting Rational Technical Publications . . . ............................xxi
Contacting Rational Technical Support . ..................................xxii
1 IntroductiontoVisualModelingUsingRationalRose .............1
Contents...........................................................1
Overview........................................................... 1
Visual Modeling...................................................... 1
Modeling with Rational Rose . .......................................... 3
Notations........................................................... 3
Features...........................................................4
Extending Rational Rose ..............................................4
2 GettingStartedwithRationalRose.............................7
Contents...........................................................7
Overview........................................................... 7
Application Window. . . ................................................ 9
TitleBar ........................................................ 9
Control-MenuBox .............................................9
Minimize,Restore,andCloseButtons.............................10
MenuBar ...................................................... 10
Toolbar........................................................ 10
Toolbox........................................................... 13
CustomizingtheToolbox .......................................... 14
Browser........................................................... 14
DocumentationWindow ..............................................14
LogWindow ....................................................... 15
DiagramWindow.................................................... 16
OverviewWindow................................................... 16
Specification Window . ............................................... 17
PrintingDiagramsandSpecifications....................................17
PrintPreview ...................................................18
Contents
iv Contents
ApplyFilterDialogBox............................................18
SavinginVariousFormats ............................................ 19
3 TheBrowser..............................................21
Contents.......................................................... 21
Overview..........................................................21
ViewingtheBrowser.................................................21
HidingandDisplayingtheBrowser...................................22
PositioningtheBrowser........................................... 22
DockingandUndockingtheBrowser.................................22
NavigatingaModel.................................................. 23
Expanding and Collapsing the Browser Tree . . ......................... 24
CreatingandEditingModelElements ................................ 24
NaminganElementintheBrowser ..................................24
SelectingMultipleElementsintheBrowser............................ 25
Sorting Packages in the Browser ....................................26
Using Drag-and-Drop in the Browser .................................... 26
BrowsertoBrowserCapabilities..................................... 27
BrowsertoDiagramCapabilities .................................... 28
Browser to Specification Capabilities . . ...............................29
4 IntroductiontoDiagrams ...................................31
Contents.......................................................... 31
Overview..........................................................31
DiagramWindows................................................... 32
ViewingDiagrams................................................ 32
DisplayingMultipleDiagrams.......................................33
Creating, Linking, Displaying, Renaming, and Deleting Diagrams . . ............ 34
CreatingaNewDiagram ..........................................34
LinkingaDiagram................................................ 35
DisplayingaDiagram.............................................35
Renaming a Diagram . ............................................ 35
DeletingaDiagram............................................... 36
CreatingandNamingModelElements................................... 36
CreatinganElementontheDiagram.................................36
CreatinganElementintheBrowser.................................. 36
Naming Model Elements........................................... 36
ReassigningModelElements.......................................38
ManipulatingIcons .................................................. 39
Contents v
SelectingIcons.................................................. 39
DeselectingIcons................................................ 40
ResizinganIcon................................................. 40
MovingOneorMoreIcons......................................... 40
Changing from One Kind of Element or Relationship to Another. . . ......... 41
Cutting,Copying,andPastingIcons................................. 41
Deleting Model Elements ............................................. 42
ShallowDelete.................................................. 42
DeepDelete.................................................... 42
Correlations ....................................................... 43
CreatingCorrelationsBetweenElements ............................. 43
Bending a Correlation Icon......................................... 43
Reconnecting a Correlation Icon from One Icon to Another ............... 44
NamingaCorrelation............................................. 44
LayingOutaDiagram................................................ 44
Laying Out All Shapes in a Diagram ................................. 45
LayingOutSelectedShapesinaDiagram ............................ 46
AdorningtheDiagrams............................................... 46
PlacingTextinaDiagram ......................................... 46
ManipulatingText................................................ 46
Understanding Model Workspaces...................................... 47
Differences Between a Saved Model and a Model Workspace ............. 47
Model Workspace Scenario ........................................ 48
SavingaModelWorkspace........................................ 49
Loading a Model Workspace ....................................... 49
5 IntroductiontoSpecifications................................51
Contents.......................................................... 51
Overview.......................................................... 51
DisplayingSpecifications............................................. 51
CustomSpecifications............................................ 52
EditingSpecifications................................................ 52
CommonSpecificationElements....................................... 53
DialogBoxes ................................................... 53
GeneralTab.................................................... 53
DetailTab...................................................... 55
FilesTab....................................................... 55
TabButtons .................................................... 57
