JBDS does not ship with a UML tool, but a wide variety of modeling tools are available for the eclipse platform. The papyrus MDT eclipse component provides a simple, feature complete, open source UML editor. To install it on JBDS, perform the following steps:
- Select Help -> Install New Software...
- Add the following software update repositories:
- antlr - http://antlreclipse.sourceforge.net/updates/
- emf - http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/emf/updates/releases/
- gmf - http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/gmp/updates/releases/
- modisco - http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/modisco/updates/release/
- orbit - http://download.eclipse.org/tools/orbit/downloads/drops/S20110304120314/repository/
- papyrus - http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/papyrus/updates/releases/helios
- xtext - http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/tmf/updates/releases
- ocl - http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/ocl/3_0/updates/releases/
- m2t_xpand - http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/download.php?file=/modeling/m2t/xpand/downloads/drops/1.0.1/R201008251147/m2t-xpand-Update-1.0.1.zip (Archive)
- emft_mwe - http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/download.php?file=/modeling/emft/mwe/downloads/drops/1.0.2/R201102151014/emft-mwe-Update-1.0.2.zip (Archive)
- Select "papyrus" from the Work with: list.
- Choose "Papyrus All" and "Papyrus UML" as shown below:
- Run the software installation.
- Within a project, right click and select New -> Other... then select Papyrus Model as shown below:
Refer to the Papyrus site for more information on using the tool in your project.
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