Enterprise Architect Modeling Tutorial

1 Tutorial Enterprise ARCHITECTUser Guide SeriesAuthor: Sparx SystemsDate: 2021-09-02 Version: WITHT able of ContentsTutorial3 Startup4 Create a Project5 Add a View to your Model6 Add New Packages7 Create a New Diagram9 Create New Elements on a Diagram10 Add Connectors13 Modify Properties14 Save Changes15 Copy Elements16 Move Objects Around18 Move Objects Within a Package19 Move Objects Between Packages20 Move Elements in a Diagram21 Move Elements Between Diagrams22 Connect to a Different Element on a Diagram23 Delete a Connector24 Delete an Element26 Remove Elements From a Diagram27 Delete Elements From Your Model28 Tutorial2 September.

2 2021 TutorialWelcome to Enterprise Architect !This quick-start Tutorial helps you get up to speed with Enterprise you read through this Tutorial , it is recommended that you have Enterprise Architect open so that you can try out thetasks described. By the end you should be able to begin Modeling your own business/software projects with the descriptions there are hyperlinks to more detailed information on a range of TasksTaskCreating a new projectAdding Views to your modelAdding Packages to your modelAdding diagramsAdding elements to your model PackagesCreating links between model elementsRefining the model(c) Sparx Systems 2021 Page 3 of 30 Created with Enterprise ArchitectTutorial2 September, 2021 StartupWhen you install Enterprise Architect on your system, two items are created.

3 An Enterprise Architect icon on your Windows desktop A new program folder called Enterprise Architect <version number> in your Windows 'Start > All Programs' menu; this folder contains the execution option ' Enterprise Architect 'You can start Enterprise Architect by clicking on either of these objects. After a short pause, the Start Page displays,from which you can:Open a project file (.eap file, .eapx file or .feap file) Create a new project (.eap file, .eapx file or .feap file) Connect to a DBMS repository (Corporate and extended editions) Connect to a project via the Cloud (Corporate and extended editions)

4 Return directly to one of the projects you most recently opened Open one of a number of Portals to a set of facilities that support an area of work in Enterprise Architect NotesIf you changed the default system folder name during installation, the Enterprise Architect <version number> folder in the 'All Programs' menu will have the name you providedBy default, when you install Enterprise Architect , an empty 'starter' project called is installed, as well as an example project named ; we recommend that new users select the EAExample file and explore itin some detail while they become familiar with UML and software engineering using Enterprise ArchitectEnterprise Architect .

5 Eap files default to use JET as the database engine, which does not support unicode character setsJet does support unicode character sets (for example, to provide user interface texts in languages other than your Windows-defined native language)If you want to use unicode character sets, you must either upsize to a DBMS repository or set JET as the database engine; resetting the database engine ensures compatibility with .eap files that support unicode charactersets and that are in turn compatible with versions of MS Access later than Access 97If your .eap project is not in a Jet database, you should also download a copy of the Jet EABase model from the Sparx Systems website, and do an EAP to EAP transfer of your model into the Jet fileEnterprise Architect .

6 Eapx files default to use Jet as the database engine (c) Sparx Systems 2021 Page 4 of 30 Created with Enterprise ArchitectTutorial2 September, 2021 Create a ProjectA project is a single file or repository-based store for one or more first step in getting started with Enterprise Architect is to either open an existing project, or create a new one In this example we create a new file-based project and add a template-based model to kick-start our Modeling Once your new project has been created it will have a simple Use Case model added for you to explore and tailor to your requirementsYou can re-open your project at any time by double-clicking on it in a file browser It should also appear in the 'Recent' list on the Start Page Create a New ProjectStepDescription1 Start Enterprise the 'Start' page displays, click on the 'New File'.

7 The standard Windows file browser dialog Enterprise Architect projects are named with:A .eap extension (JET 3) A .eapx extension (JET 4) You can also create projects on Firebird by clicking on the drop-down arrow in the 'Files of type' fieldand selecting the '*.feap' a suitable folder for your project and, in the 'File name' field , type in a distinctive on the Save button to : Enterprise Architect creates a new project file and places it in the specified project is then opened automatically. The 'Project' tab of the Browser window displays with the'Model' icon at the on the icon in the Browser window toolbar; the Model Wizard window displays, showingthe 'Model Patterns' the left hand column header, click on the drop-down arrow and select 'UML > Behavioral' and scrolldown to 'Use Case Diagrams'.

8 Select 'Basic Use Case Model'.Click on the Create Patterns : The Model Wizard automatically creates a new Use Case model for you, with an initial diagram,some notes and default elements to help get you the Model Wizard this stage all your changes have been saved to file and do not require further action.(c) Sparx Systems 2021 Page 5 of 30 Created with Enterprise ArchitectTutorial2 September, 2021 Add a View to your ModelA View is a top level Package within a model. It can be categorized by purpose, such as Use Case View, ComponentView or Deployment View, the purpose being indicated by using different types of icon.

9 Views are used to add anoptional level of grouping of Packages, diagrams and elements - the building blocks of your a ViewStepInstruction1In the 'Project' tab of the Browser window, right-click on the 'Model' icon (the model root node) andselect the 'Add View' 'New Package' dialog the 'Name' field , type an appropriate name for the new select an icon for the View, click on the button to the right of the 'Name' field ', then click on the iconyou wish to use in the displayed list (we suggest Simple).4 Click on the OK 'New Package' dialog new View is created as a child of the Model root are six types of View, which represent conventional ways of categorizing the purpose of a Model View.

10 These types of View represent different structural or behavioral aspects of the same model(c) Sparx Systems 2021 Page 6 of 30 Created with Enterprise ArchitectTutorial2 September, 2021 Add New PackagesA Package is a container of model elements, and is represented in the Browser window as a 'folder' Package holds the model building blocks, such as diagrams, elements and other Packages To begin developing your model, you create an initial Package to hold your first diagrams and model structures AccessThere are numerous ways in which you can add a Package to your model.