Creating and populating UML diagrams

You can create UML diagrams to visually represent and develop the elements of a system or application. You can create diagrams and add elements and relationships to them. You can also add supplemental items to the diagram to provide additional information to the diagram.

Before you begin

IBM® DevOps Model Architect supports UML 2.2. For detailed information about UML 2.2, see the specification that is available on the Object Management Group (OMG) website.

  • Creating UML diagrams in projects
    You can create new diagrams in a project to represent different views of a system or application.
  • Adding elements to UML diagrams
    You can add several items to UML diagrams to populate them with meaningful information. For example, you can add diagram elements to represent objects, and add connectors to represent the relationships between elements. You can also add several additional items to provide supplemental information about the diagrams.
  • Linking notes to UML diagrams
    You can link a note in one diagram to a related diagram. This link is useful if you want to provide more information about a particular diagram element.
  • Creating UML diagrams in models
    You can create UML diagrams to represent different views of a system or application. when you model a system using UML, you create the diagrams within a UML model.
Related concepts:
UML diagram elements
Related reference:
Supplemental information in UML diagrams
Related information:
Tutorial: Understanding the UML model hierarchy
Tutorial: Introduction to the Modeling perspective
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