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Modeling
Enterprise Architect is a comprehensive UML analysis and design tool. It provides a library of UML data structures that you can use and extend to develop your models.
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UML Data Structures |
You create your projects and models using the Start Page or File menu, which provide templates on which to base your models. You initially create your packages and diagrams using the toolbars and menus, and the elements and connectors using the Diagram Toolbox. You can also create new structures through the Project Browser, and re-use existing structures using the Project Browser, Model Views, Package Browser and Model Search. Building models requires the use of various UML data structures and Enterprise Architect tools, as above, to graphically represent a business process or software system; the resulting model can be used to emphasize a certain aspect of the system being represented and to record and communicate its detail. |
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Relationship Matrix |
A further extremely useful tool is the Relationship Matrix, which enables you to visualize and amend the relationships and hence organization of structures within the model. Enterprise Architect also provides particular support for:
You can extend the scope of your models using UML Stereotypes, Profiles and Patterns, and MDG Technologies.
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