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Drawing sequence diagram using resource-centric interface

  1. Click actor from the diagram toolbar
  2. Name the newly created actor as "Teacher"
  3. Point to Teacher actor and select "Message -> LifeLine"
  4. Drag it to the desired place
  5. Name the newly created lifeline as "Page Dispatcher"
  6. Name the newly created message link as "show student info (id)"
  7. Create another lifeline and name it as "Student Controller"
  8. Name the newly created message link as "get student (id)"

Selecting operation when creating (call) message

  1. Click Class Repository
  2. Click Model Explorer and drag Student class to the desired place
  3. Select Message -> LifeLine and drag it to student Student lifeline
  4. Select get Address() in the newly created message link
  5. Click "Create Return Message" resource and drag it back to the previous lifeline
  6. Point to Student Controller lifeline and select Message -> LifeLine
  7. Select get Name() in the newly created message link
  8. Click "Create Return Message" resource and drag it back to the previous lifeline
  9. Point to get student (id) message link and select "Create Return Message" resource
  10. Drag it back to Page Dispatcher lifeline and name the newly created message link as "build UI"
  11. Point to show student info (id) message link and click "Create Return Message" resource
  12. Drag it to back to teacher lifeline and name the newly created message link as "display student info page"

Claiming spaces with sweeper

  1. press Sweeper on the diagram toolbar and pull downward on the desired place to create more spaces
  2. Point to student controller lifeline and select "Message -> LifeLine" resource
  3. Select "get Grade()" in the newly created message link
  4. Point to get Grade() message link and click "Create Return Message" resource

Reducing spaces with magnet

  1. Press Magnet on the diagram toolbar
  2. Push upward on the desired place to reduce the spaces

Drawing sequence diagram with keyboard

  1. Click Actor in the Lifelines tab to create an actor and name the actor as "Teacher"
  2. Click LifeLine to create a lifeline and name the lifeline as "Controller"
  3. Click LifeLine again to create another lifeline and name it as "Student"
  4. Name the message link to Controller as "create a student form"
  5. Name the message link to Student as "prompt for info"
  6. Name the message link to Controller as "enter student info"
  7. Name the message link to Controller as "click [Submit]"
  8. Create a new message link to Student