What is Sequence
Diagram Editor?
Spending too much time drawing and
editing sequence diagrams? Frustrated by your current
tool? Whether you want to sketch out a simple sequence
diagram to test an idea, or create a complex sequence
diagram to document your design, Sequence Diagram
Editor can help.
Sequence Diagram Editor is a simple,
yet extremely effective, tool for creating and
maintaining sequence diagrams. It uses a text based
input form interface for data entry, with full support
for auto-complete, and shows you the changes to
the resulting diagram as you make them. A caret-like
insertion position shows you exactly where new elements
will be added, much like a word processor but for
sequence diagrams!
You can easily change the order of the
elements or move things around using the mouse (drag &
drop) or the keyboard (cut & paste.) Sequence Diagram
Editor takes care of all the layout and formatting
changes automatically.
Additional elements like states,
actions, timers, and scenarios make Sequence Diagram
Editor ideal for:
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Software design using UML sequence diagrams
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Call flow diagrams for cellular/telecom/wireless
systems
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Interaction diagrams for system level design
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Use case analysis and elaboration
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Process flow diagrams for business process
engineering
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Telecom Message Sequence Charts (MSCs)
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Features at a Glance
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Ease of Use - Sequence Diagram
Editor uses a simple and intuitive input form
interface to help you add/change elements in your
diagram. It automatically takes care of tedious
layout and formatting tasks.
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Auto-complete - The
auto-complete feature simplifies the creation and
maintenance of diagrams as it automatically provides
a list of names for messages, states, actions,
timers and blocks based on existing diagram data or
values you provide. Auto-complete information is
fully customizable using classifiers to define
available values for each type of entity.
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Easily edit/rearrange diagram
- You can move diagram elements using drag and drop
or cut and paste. The diagram is rearranged
automatically as you add, move, or delete elements.
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Multi-page diagram support
- Sequence Diagram Editor
seamlessly handles diagrams that are longer than a page. Pagination is done automatically based on
your selected paper size; similar to a word processor but for
sequence diagrams!
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Diagram Title and Description
- You can easily specify a title and description for
each diagram and choose whether or not to display
them as part of the diagram. You can also toggle the
display of guidelines (dotted horizontal lines,)
change the default font, and choose the note detail
level for each diagram.
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Additional elements - With elements like states,
actions and timers you can easily model call flows, state
machines, embedded, distributed and real-time systems. Conditional
blocks conveniently allow you to represent simple looping and
if/then/else logic in your diagram (see full list
of available elements.)
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Scenarios are a natural way to
show multiple operational scenarios (e.g., success/failure cases) in a
single diagram, while diagram links allow you to abstract details or commonality into separate diagrams.
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Add meaningful documentation
- You can add
documentation notes directly to your diagram. Each note can have a
different detail level,
and you can show or hide notes based on the desired level of detail. You can also
attach documentation notes to individual elements that automatically
"follow" them as they are moved. You can decide whether they
are displayed in the diagram and/or included in the printed documentation.
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Export and Printing
- Once you've
created your diagrams, you can print them in a variety of sizes and
orientations, or if you prefer, you can export your diagrams to a Rich
Text Format (RTF) document (compatible with Microsoft Word) to embed in
your design documents or an Adobe
PDF document for distribution.
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Diagram scaling - Full support
for diagram scaling. You can easily scale the
diagram to fit within your selected paper width
(supports both portrait and landscape orientations.)
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Powerful search/replace functionality
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allows you to easily find what you are looking for and make global changes
in your diagrams (with full support for regular expressions). Changing a
message or state name? No problem!
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Diagram templates
- You can
create new diagrams based on existing ones. The more diagrams you
create, the more time you'll save when combined with classifiers and
auto-complete.
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Sequence diagram auto-generation
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Sequence Diagram Editor
uses an XML file to store diagram information. You can autogenerate
this file from your data (using your own program/editor) and
use Sequence Diagram Editor to display and print it.
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