Component Toolbox

The Component Toolbox provides model elements that you can use to model the physical components of your system in a Component diagram. The Component pages contain elements and connectors related to the actual building of the system - the components that make up the system (such as ActiveX DLLs or Java beans), the Interfaces they expose and the dependencies between those elements.

A component is a piece of hardware or software that makes up the system; for example, a DLL or a Web Server are components that might be deployed on a Windows 2000 Server (Node).

Component Toolbox pages

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	Except where discussed here, each element and relationship that you can create using these Toolbox pages is described in the UML Elements and UML Connectors sections of the Help. A Packaging Component is an element that appears very similar to a Component in a diagram but behaves as a Package in the Project Browser.	Behavioral Diagram Elements Structural Diagram Elements Packaging Component UML Connectors

Notes

• To add an element to the currently-open diagram, click on the appropriate icon and drag it into position on the diagram; set an element name and other properties as prompted
• To add a relationship, click on the appropriate icon, then click on the start element in the diagram and drag to the end element

Learn more

• Component Diagram
• Deployment Diagram