UML use case diagrams illustrate use cases in system (or subsystem) and actors who are related to use cases. If you have larger model that doesn’t fit to screen well you can hide members area of classes and save some more room for classes that are not visible otherwise. I created simple class diagram that visualizes Party generalization and shows how this generalization can easily connect addresses to Person and Company classes. Modeling projects show also attributes and methods of classes. UML class diagram shows classes in system (or subsystem) and relations between classes. Screenshots below show you toolboxes for activity, class and user case diagrams.
You can find objects specific to diagram from toolbox. Adding items to diagramsĪfter adding new diagram or opening existing ones you can add objects to diagram. I am not very sure if this list is final or not because some diagram types are missing. You can see in the item types list all diagrams you can add to modeling project. You can click on image below to see it at original size. Just select Add new item and select item type. New diagrams are added to model just like any other file in other projects. There are some features I miss (like saving diagrams as image files) but diagramming works pretty fine for program in beta status. You can define object attributes and assign values to its properties right in the UML Model Explorer.Īs a next thing let’s see some example diagrams I created. You can add new objects to you model simply by right clicking on model name and selecting object type you want to add. I took this screenshot after adding some objects to my modeling project so you can see how this window looks like when there is some content. You can see UML Model Explorer on image at right. To add new objects to UML model just right click on the title with mouse and select object type.
Visual studio database modeling tools windows#
On the left side of screen you should see UML Model Explorer (you can open it from View => Other Windows menu). Modeling project is practically empty when it is created. There is only one modeling project template called (very originally) Modeling Project. Select New Project from menu and select Modeling Projects from templates pane. Modeling projects are created as all other projects.
Visual studio database modeling tools how to#
In this posting I will show you how to use modeling projects in Visual Studio 2010. Currently it is not possible to generate classes from diagrams automatically but I don’t think it is a problem – good UML diagrams visualize different aspects of system short and clearly and they usually don’t document everything you can find in system. Visual Studio 2010 introduces modeling projects that bring UML diagrams to Visual Studio.
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