Are there any tutorials or documentation files for drawing Sequence Diagrams with Eclipse MDT-UML2?
I can't put a Lifeline on the page. It took me 10 minutes to figure out that I first have to make a big Iteraction, and then I can put Lifelines into it.
I can't figure out how to make the Participant box wider in the lifeline. Any name more than 4 characters is too wide for the box. When I do the obvious thing of clicking and dragging the handles, the box springs back to its original size.
I can add a Message by clicking "Message" in the pallette and click-dragging an arrow from line Lifeline to another. Now I have an arrow labeled "1: *". I've tried every way I can think of to change that name: double-clicking on it, shift-clicking, ctrl-clicking, changing Name in the properties.
Can anyone help?
As I understand it MDT-UML2 is in the very early stages, it may not work as it should always. Additionally, the sequence diagram is a newer one, see below. There were no tutorial I could find, but I did link to samples below. I also found a comment in the eclipse bug tracker for this feature:
They say it is resolved, but you be the judge.
From the wiki (Note:What you want is UML2 Tools): http://wiki.eclipse.org/MDT-UML2Tools
This may not help, but here is a link to the samples: http://wiki.eclipse.org/images/3/3a/UML2Tools_samples.psf
The tutorial reference does not seem to cover the new stuff, just the class diagram. http://www.vogella.de/articles/UML/article.html
Search stackoverflow for other open source tools to use. The MDT-UML2 is coming along and can be used for some stuff, especially simple DSMs/DSLs/UML Profiles, but for drawing easily there are a host of good tools. An ok thread: What's the best UML diagramming tool? or https://stackoverflow.com/questions/390438/good-free-uml-tool-for-java-eclipse