Creating Use Case Diagrams

StructureBuilder Enterprise has the ability to create Use Case diagrams, which model the system from the point of view of "users" or "actors".  The actor, which may be the person running the system or another part of a larger system, interacts with the system under study by requesting that the system perform some set of tasks or "use cases". 

For more generalized information, see the Use Case web page in the UML section of the JavaResources site.

Creating a New Use Case Diagram

1. Under File/New find and select the item "Use Case Diagram"
2. A blank use case diagram will open up.

• Click on the icon that looks like a stick-figure to make a new actor.
• Click on the icon that looks like a solid-edged oval to make a new use case.
• Click on the icon that looks like a dotted-edged oval to make a new collaboration.

Like a class diagram, the generalization, association and dependency lines can be drawn using the icons that appear when an actor, use case or collaboration is selected.

In the documentation window, there are controls to format the descriptions of the actors, use cases, and collaborations using headers, bold, italics and underlines.