UML Tool#

Resources#

• PlantUML Office Site
• Graphviz Office Site
• Install Graphviz for PlantUML
• Download plantuml.jar
• Set "graphviz/bin" path to environment variables.

PlantUML for Notepad++#

• PlantUML for Notepad++

Test with Notepad++#

• Create a new txt file with PlantUML commands, like this example called test_uml.txt

@startuml
:Main Admin: as Admin
(Use the application) as (Use)

User -> (Start)
User --> (Use)

Admin ---> (Use)

note right of Admin : This is an example.

note right of (Use)
A note can also
be on several lines
end note

note "This note is connected\nto several objects." as N2
(Start) .. N2
N2 .. (Use)
@enduml

• Then, run PlantUML, using test_uml.txt as input. The output is an image.

java -jar plantuml.jar test_uml.txt

• The result is:

PlantUML for Android Studio#

• File -> Settings -> Plug -> Browse Repositories
• Then search "plantuml"
• Then install it

Test with Android Studio#

• File -> New -> UML Use Case -> "test.puml"

• The result is: