Creating project

Visual Paradigm for UML stores information like model elements and diagrams in a project. Therefore, you need to create a project before performing modeling. To create a project, select menu File > New Project. The New Project dialog box appears. Click on Create Blank Project to create the project.

Create a new project

Overview of New Project dialog box

An overview of New Project dialog box

No. Name Description 1 UML version Select the version of UML notation for the project. Normally you would select UML 2.1 so you can create UML diagrams of the latest standard. However if you want to create diagrams with older notation you should select UML 1.x. 2 Language The Language combo box lets you select the programming/scripting language for the project. The language you selected mainly affects the class modeling. For example, the selectable visibilities and primitive types vary among languages. 3 Properties A page for specifying basic information of project like the project name, author, company and description. 4 Template A page for you to create a project by selecting a template. 5 Other CASE Tools Project A page for you to specify either a Rose or XMI file path for creating a new project.

Description of New Project dialog box

 

Properties

To create a blank project, ensure the Properties page is being selected, and then click the Create Blank Project button.

An overview of Properties page

No. Name Description 1 UML version Select the version of UML notation for the project. Normally you would select UML 2.1 so you can create UML diagrams of the latest standard. However if you want to create diagrams with older notation you should select UML 1.x. 2 Project name The name of project. 3 Author The author of project. 4 Company The company of project. 5 Project description The project description. You can make use of the toolbar on top of the description pane to add formatted content.

Description of Properties page

Template

If you often create projects of similar structure, you can save the project as a template and use it for creating project later. For example, you can save a project with a use case diagram and a class diagram as template called "Static Modeling Template". When we create project from this template, the project will have the same structure as the template automatically.

To create project from template, select the Template page and select a template to use, then click the Create From Template button.

An overview of Template page

No. Name Description 1 Template list A list of template that you have defined before. 2 Template preview By selecting a template from the template list, you can read the structure in the Template preview pane. 3 Template description A description of the template.

Description of Template page

Other CASE Tools Project

If you have legacy projects created with other CASE tools, you can import them to VP-UML. Select either to import from Rose or from XMI, specify the file path of source to import and click Create From Other CASE Tools at the bottom of dialog box.

An overview of Other CASE Tools Project page

No. Name Description 1 Import from Rose Select this option if you want to create a new project by importing a Rational Rose project. 2 File path The file path of Rational Rose (*.mdl) project. 3 Rose import mode The selection controls what to import. There are two modes: Model element and diagram -Import both model elements (e.g. use case, class...) and diagrams (e.g. use case diagram, class diagram...) Model element only - Import only model element but not diagram. In the new project you can find the imported model elements in Model Explorer. 4 Import from XMI Select this option if you want to create a new project by importing a XMI file. 5 File path The file path of XMI (*.xmi) project. 6 Description Description of chosen option.

Description of Other CASE Tools Project page