How to Sync Requirements to A3 Platform
December 16, 2011
Visual Paradigm for UML (VP-UML) is designed to help you focus on your modeling work. So it purposely doesn't overwhelm you with any information unnecessary in an immediate sense. To help you project manage your software development life cycle (SDLC), Visual Paradigm offers another product called A3 Platform to do just that.
How to Model Gates in Sequence Diagrams
December 06, 2011
To pass a message between two sequence diagrams in UML modeling, we can make use of gates. Through modeling gates, we could relate the message outside an interaction fragment with message inside another interaction fragment.
How to Model Permissions on Use Case for Actors
November 23, 2011
In use case diagram, associations between actors and use cases are explicitly shown. We can see it clearly when an actor carries out a use case (or goal) from a line drawn between them. However, what if an actor does not carry out a use case but do refer to the output from it? How do we model that?
Increase Memory Size for VP Suite
September 27, 2011
Working on large scale projects would naturally call for more resources to complete an action than usual (e.g. generating a project report). To gear up for better performance at those times, you can increase memory size for VP Suite with the following steps.
How to Reverse C++ Source with Predefined Macros
August 12, 2011
Both Visual Paradigm for UML and Smart Development Environment supports round-trip engineering on C++ source file. But when you reverse C++ source code into class model, you may receive some strange error message complain there are syntax problem in your source file. This probably caused by the predefined macros in your source code. This article will teach you what you should configure in order to reverse your source code into class model.
When reversing Java code to sequence diagram, why can't I select an operation?
July 20, 2011
When reversing Java code to sequence diagram, sometimes you may not be able to specify a method for conversion. In the dialog box, somehow the class (to which the method belongs) can't seem to be expanded to list anything and therefore the method is nowhere to be selected. What happens?
How to update VP Server to new build
July 6, 2011
VP Server is an integrated server providing the facilities including Teamwork operation support, Hosting of floating license, Centralized update server and also Elaborview server. In the past the only way to update VP Server (or the old Teamwork/License Server) is to re-install the whole server, and import the existing repository. But starting in VP Server 5.2 SP1 you can now update the VP Server to latest release without reinstall it. This article will teach you how to update your VP Server using the build-in update feature.
How to List Out All Use Cases in the Current Project
June 30, 2011
When working on a project, it may involve many use case diagrams. What if you want to get an overview of all use cases in all diagrams of the current project? This tutorial will show you how.
June 23, 2011
In an ideal world of system design, we'd probably want to create a generic library to store common components for reuse. That way, we can avoid creating the same components over and over again. Also, any changes you need to make to a component will automatically be rippled down to all projects which point to the same generic library.
Setting up floating license server as system service on Linux
May 4, 2011
You can setup the Floating License Server as Linux system service. By setting up the server as service, it will start automatically when your machine boots up. This article will show you how to setup the floating license server as Linux system service.
