Drawing And lines

An And line is a dotted line that separates the orthogonal components of an And state. There can be two or more orthogonal components in a given And state and each behaves independently of the others. If the system is in an And state, it is also simultaneously in a substate of each orthogonal component. You can use the Component State Display Options window to show the stereotypes that apply to each And state.

About this task

The following figure shows an And line.

To draw an And line to divide a state into substates:

1. Click the And line button on Diagram Tools.
2. Click in the middle of the upper edge of the state to anchor the start of the And line.
3. Move the cursor down to the base of the state and click to anchor the end of the And line. Rhapsody® draws a dotted line that divides the state into two halves (orthogonal states), as shown in the following figure.

Results

The state label, which used to be inside the state, has moved outside into a tab-like rectangle.