Creating shape from stencil pane

The Stencil pane is where user-created stencil shapes are stored. User can create a stencil shape on diagram by first displaying a stencil, dragging and dropping a shape from Stencil pane to diagram. Below are the steps in detail.

1. Open the Stencil pane. It is by default resided at the panes at the bottom left of VP-UML. If it does not appear, select View > Panes > Stencil from the main menu.
2. Click on the  (Add Stencil) button in the top of Stencil pane. Select a category from the pop-up list of gallery. Select the stencil to add. The stencil is then added to the Stencil pane.

   Add a stencil

   NOTE:

   You can add multiple stencil  by repeating this step.

3. Press on a shape in the Stencil pane and drag it out of the Stencil pane and drop it on the diagram to create the shape.

   Dragging shape out of Stencil pane

4. You can also use generic connector to connect built-in notations shapes and stencil shapes. To do so, select Generic Connector in the diagram toolbar, under the Common category.
   

   Select Generic Connector from the diagram toolbar

5. Press on the source shape, hold the mouse button, move the mouse cursor to the target shape and release the mouse button.
   

   Connecting an Actor with a stencil shape