Visual Paradigm Installation and User's Guide

READ ME FIRST

• This tutorial only applies to the WINDOWS operating system, other operating systems have not yet been verified.
  
• This tutorial is based on this website with simplifications and modifications. You can visit the website for more detailed UML information and guidelines. *Contact Shuokai Ma (s214919@student.dtu.dk) if you find a problem or have suggestions for this Wiki.

Visual Paradigm Installation

Download, Install and Activate Visual Paradigm

1. Download the latest version of Visual Paradigm, and then install the Visual Paradigm by following the instructions of the installation wizard.
2. Start Visual Paradigm. When you see the following screen, select Subscription/Academic License.

   

   Select Subscription / Academic License

3. Expand Academic Training Partner Program License.
4. Copy the activation code from DTU Learn (Under Content -> UML Modelling Tools -> Visual Paradigm Academic License).
5. Paste the activation code to the textbox called Activation Code. And then enter your name and student email address (sxxxxxx@student.dtu.dk).

   

   Activating Visual Paradigm

6. Click Activate. You are prompted for an activation code.
7. Go to your email inbox and Check your new email for the verification code.
8. Copy the verification code and paste it to Visual Paradigm.

   

   Pasting the verification code

9. Click OK to confirm. Visual Paradigm will be activated if the verification code is valid.

= Visual Paradigm User's Guide =

In order to create a diagram, you need first to create a project.

Create your first project in Visual Paradigm

To create a project, select Project -> New from the toolbar.

Create a new project

The New Project window appears.

An overview of New Project window

No.	Name	Description
1	Name	The name of the project.
2	Author	The person who creates the project.
3	Data type set	It lets you select the programming/scripting language for the project. The language you selected mainly affects class modelling. For example, the selectable visibilities and primitive types vary among languages.
4	Description	The project description.
5	Create Project Management Lookup	Check it to automatically fill the project management lookups such as iteration, version, etc with default lookup values.
6	Create Blank Project	Click to create the project.
7	Cancel	Click to cancel creating the project, and close the window.

Enter the name of the project and your name. And then you should choose UML as the Data type set and click Create Blank Project.

UML modelling

Use Case Diagram

==== Creating a use case diagram ====

Perform the steps below to create a UML use case diagram in Visual Paradigm.

1. Select Diagram -> New from the application toolbar.
2. In the New Diagram window, search and select Use Case Diagram, and then click Next.
3. You can choose to create a black diagram or use the template. We can choose to create a black diagram here. 
4. Enter the diagram name and maybe also the description. The Location field enables you to select a model to store the diagram. We are not going to change this value right now.
5. Click OK.

Create a new use case diagram

Drawing a system

To create a system in the use case diagram, select System on the diagram toolbar and then click it on the diagram pane. Finally, name the newly created system when it is created.

Create a system

Drawing an actor

To draw an actor in a use case diagram, select Actor on the diagram toolbar and then click it on the diagram pane. Finally, name the newly created actor when it is created.

Create an actor

Drawing a use case

You can then create a use case through Resource Catalog by doing the following:

1. Move the mouse over a source shape (e.g. an actor).
2. Press on the Resource Catalog button and drag it out.

   

   Resource Catalog

3. Release the mouse button until it reaches your preferred place. (In the system box)

   

   Release the mouse button in the system box.

4. Select Association -> Use Case from Resource Catalog.

   

   To create a use case

5. The source shape and the newly created use case are connected. Finally, name the newly created use case.

   

   Use Case created