Visio 2007 for UML Tutorial

FoxMis3596 Section 2
03/23/2010
 Overview

• The tutorial demonstrates how to use Visio 2007 to create UML

diagrams. We will focus on five most widely used UML diagrams
which will always be needed in order to model a business process,
a system, and a software.

– Use Case Diagram

– Activity Diagram
– Sequence Diagram
– Class Diagram
– State Machine (statechart) Diagram
 Start Visio

• Double on the Visio icon on the desktop, or

• Go to Start->Programs->Microsoft Office->Visio
 Open Sample Diagrams
• Visio provides some samples to help users to learn the tool
• To open a sample diagram, click Sample on the Template Categories panel
which is located on the left side of the Visio main page, select a sample
diagram such as “Process Improvement”, and then click the Open Diagram
button on the right hand side panel

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 Open UML Template
• Click Software and Database
• Click UML Model Diagram
• Click the Create button
• Visio will give you a blank worksheet and template with basic shapes and connectors
for a chosen drawing type

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 UML Template

UML
Diagrams

Drawing
Sheet (area)

Drawing
Toolbar
 Page Setup
• The initial worksheet appears in the portrait orientation, it would be more effective to use the
sheet in landscape orientation
• Select the Page Setup option from the File drop-down menu
• Click the Landscape option
• Page Setup also allows you to change the size, margin, scale, etc.
 Save Drawing
• Go to File->Save As from the menu
• From Save As dialog, identify a folder and enter a file name for the new drawing
• Visio use “vsd” as the extension for all the drawing file
 Creating Use Case Diagram
• In Visio, select UML Use Case from the Shape toolbar
• Click System Boundary shape and drag it to the drawing area
• Double-click on the title of the boundary and rename it to “Dishwasher”
• Rename the Diagram at the bottom

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 Use Case
• Click Use Case on the toolbar and drag the Use Case shape to the diagram
• To resize the Use Case on the diagram, select the Use Case and drag the Green
square on the Use Case to resize it
 Rename Use Case
• Double-click on the Use Case on the diagram to open its Properties
dialog
• Enter a name for the Use Case on the Name field and Use Case
description on the Documentation field
• Use the menu bar to change the size of Use Case name
 Actor
• Click Actor on the toolbar and drag it to the diagram
• Open the actor Properties and rename it as “User”
• Click Communication on the toolbar and drag it to the diagram
• Connect the association between the actor and Use Case
 Activity Diagram
• Insert a new page by clicking Insert->New Page on the menu
• Name the page as “Washing Dish Activity Diagram”
• Click UML Activity on the Shape panel
 Drawing Activity Diagram
• Create two Swimlanes by
dragging the Swimlane from
the toolbar to the diagram and
rename it
• Drag Initial State from the
toolbar to the diagram
• Drag Action State to the
diagram and rename it
• Drag Control flow to the
diagram
• Connect the Control between
two elements on the diagram
• Open the Properties of Control
Flow and assign Guard (Yes,
No) for Decision
 Object Model Diagram
• Insert a New Page and name it as Dishwasher Product Line
• Click UML Static Structure on the toolbar
 Dishwasher Structure
• Use the toolbar to add classes on the diagram
• Use Composition to show relationship between Dishwasher and its components
 Add Operations and Attributes
• Double-click on the class to open its Properties
• On the Properties dialog, click Attributes or operations under Categories
• Click the New button to create new attribute or operation
• Enter the name and data type
 Sequence Diagram
• Add a New Page
• Click UML Sequence on the
toolbar
• Create Object LifeLines for
the Dishwater and its
components
• Use Message to show the
communication between
the components
 Statechart for Dishwasher Class
• Add a New Page
• Click UML Statechart
on the toolbar
• Add States to the
diagram
• Use Transition to
connect the states