Modelio User Documentation

Modelio Modeler interface

• Main window

• Workspace view

• Model view

• Properties view

• Element view

• Notes and Constraints view

• Diagrams view

• Diagram Edition view

• Symbol view

• Outline view

• Links Editor view

• Audit view

• Script view

Managing your Modelio projects

• Migrating earlier Modelio projects

• Creating a project

• Configuring project information

• Configuring project work models

• Configuring project libraries

• Configuring project modules

• Configuring project audit

• Configuring project URLs

• Projects, work models and sub-projects

Building your models

• Creating elements

  • Creating elements in diagrams

    • Creating node-type elements

    • Creating link-type elements

    • Unmasking elements using the drag and drop

  • Creating elements in the model browser

  • Creating links in the links editor

• Modifying element properties

• Annotating elements

  • Adding stereotypes to elements

  • Adding notes/constraints to elements

  • Adding rich notes to elements

  • Adding tagged values to elements

• Editing elements using edition boxes

• Using shortcuts

Modelio diagrams

• Creating a diagram

• Opening a diagram

• Creating elements in a diagram

• Handling diagram elements

• Drawing links in a diagram

• Handling links

• Showing and masking elements in a diagram

• Free drawing

• Changing an element size in a diagram

• Setting graphic options in diagrams

• Cloning graphic options

• Using the grab function

• Using the zoom function

• Activating the grid

• Aligning elements

• Copying a diagram as an image

• Saving a diagram in a file

Import/Export

• Import from Modelio projects

• Import/export XMI

  • Glossary

  • Importing a model in XMI format

  • Exporting a model in XMI format

  • Importing a profile in XMI format

  • Exporting a profile in XMI format

  • Modelio XMI Import/Export options

  • Coverage of UML2

Modelio settings

• Modules catalog

• Macros catalog

• Preferences

• Diagrams styles

Local libraries

• Introducing model components

• Life-cycle of a model component

• Developing and packaging model components

• Deploying model components

Remote libraries

• Introducing remote libraries

• Creating and publishing a remote library

MDA services

• MDA modeling in Modelio Modeler

• Basic level – Creating a stereotype

• Advanced level – Working in the MDA model

Handy tools

• Modelio search tool

• Model audit

• Automatic diagrams

• Modeling assistant

• Scripts

• Command line options

• Modelio Maven plugin

• Model patterns

Appendix 1 Unmasking shortcuts in diagrams

• Unmasking shortcuts on actors

• Unmasking shortcuts on artifacts

• Unmasking shortcuts on attributes

• Unmasking shortcuts on parts

• Unmasking shortcuts on bindings

• Unmasking shortcuts on classes

• Unmasking shortcuts on collaborations

• Unmasking shortcuts on collaboration uses

• Unmasking shortcuts on components

• Unmasking shortcuts on information flows

• Unmasking shortcuts on datatypes

• Unmasking shortcuts on enumerations

• Unmasking shortcuts on instances

• Unmasking shortcuts on interfaces

• Unmasking shortcuts on nodes

• Unmasking shortcuts on operations

• Unmasking shortcuts on packages

• Unmasking shortcuts on ports

• Unmasking shortcuts on signals

Appendix 2 Creation shortcuts in diagrams

• Creation shortcuts in Activity diagrams

• Creation shortcuts in Class diagrams

• Creation shortcuts in Communication diagrams

• Creation shortcuts in Composite Structure diagrams

• Creation shortcuts in Deployment diagrams

• Creation shortcuts in Object diagrams

• Creation shortcuts in State diagrams

• Creation shortcuts in Use Case diagrams

Appendix 3 Diagrams specificities

• Use Case diagram System Boundaries