Does MS Visio support sequence diagram?
File -> New -> Software and Database -> UML Model Diagram
After that you should see the UML groups (on the left hand side bar) , which Sequence diagram should be present.
HTH someone else.
It seems only Visio 2013 and Visio 2016 are supported, according to Microsoft docs here : MS Office Article
Also take a look at http://softwarestencils.com/uml/index.html. I find that these stencils are much better than the provided ones and they support the newer UML constructs to boot.
I found the Software and Database templates at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25110
Microsoft Visio does support UML and Java diagram such as sequence, class and use case diagrams. You need to click on software in order for to use these diagrams.
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Do you know about some drawing tool that supports the Graphical Notation described in the OPC UA standard Part 3 Annex D?
The notation is similar to UML but has some extra elements that map nicely to the OPC UA information model (like different types of references). This is an example of the notation:
It would be great if it was free, ideally open-source. Thanks.
There is a way to get the official OPC UA Specification Graphical Notation:
This requires a Windows PC with Office Word and Office Visio installed.
Download the Companion Specification Template (free after registering):
https://opcfoundation.org/developer-tools/specifications-unified-architecture/opc-ua-companion-specification-template/
Open the Word Document
Scroll to a Diagram in the first part of the document. Since all the drawings are embedded visio files, you can double-click to edit the graphical notation inplace.
Then select the graphical notation and copy/paste it to a new Visio Document
Use any part of the copied notation to create your own drawing
Yes Draw.io is good choise.
I have found recently one shape library for draw.io on github by Costantino Pipero. There are already created standard shapes.
You can just download .xml file and in draw.io you can import it in File -> Open Library from -> (choose from where you want import)
If you want edit this library or create your own - tutorial
If you have a Windows PC and Visio installed you can simply download the official Visio shape library form the OPC Foundation website: https://opcfoundation.org/guidelines-and-templates/
You can use draw.io: https://www.draw.io/
It's not an explicit tool for OPC UA but it supports all shapes, arrows and styling options.
While trying to create Flow Diagram using Visio Standard 2010 version, I am unable to find the "Software and Database --> Data Flow Diagram" option or the UML stencils to create the flow diagram.
Is the UML stencils available only in Visio professional version ?
Yes, UML stencils are availible in Professional and Premium editions.
Visio 2010 Edition Comparison
3rd-party add-ons are available that bring data-flow diagrams to Visio Standard. Please have a look at: http://www.sandrila.co.uk/visio-dfd/
I'm using the latest version of UML Designer (7.1) for Eclipse. I have to create a Sequence Diagram, but in the palettes there are no combined Fragments. All I have are actors and sync/async messages. In some tutorials I've seen seen palettes with comb. fragments.. But I don't have them. How is it possible?
The combined fragments are not implemented in UML Designer and there is no plan to implement them at the moment.
As UML Designer is based on Eclipse Sirius, it is possible to do it and maybe you saw the same kind of features in another Sirius based modeler.
If you are interested in sponsoring us to implement this feature do not hesitate to comment the existing issue :
https://github.com/ObeoNetwork/UML-Designer/issues/175
Anyone have any ideas on where to get a really nice collection of visio shapes, e.g for the following purposes:
network diagrams
shapes to show solution deployments
any other fancy looking diagrams for software development?
Pavel Hruby has some nice stencils for UML and SysML on his site. I use the UML stencils all the time, because they are a lot easier to use than the ones provided by visio.
There is a nice bunch of visio shapes for gui mockups here.
(1)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6297CF81-C071-4BEA-BD9D-FDE692536E5A&displaylang=f&displaylang=en
The above URL now redirects to:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=25110
The above URLS (at the time of writing) take me to a page titled:
"Software and Database Shapes for Microsoft Visio"
Below is another option. Some are "for pay".
(2)
http://www.visiocafe.com/microsoft.htm
I am stuck at properly aligning the generalization arrow between the classes. I could not make them appear as in the UML books.
Visio UML stencils are not very good and is very frustrating to work with them. Have a look at http://softwarestencils.com/uml/index.html, there are some very nice, free stencil updates for Visio UML 2.0. It takes very little time to get used to them. After I used them I never looked back.
UML Model Diagrams - Visio - Microsoft Office Online
One note. If you want UML diagramm looks like classic book examples you should use Rational Rose instead of Visio.