Syntax Cheat Sheet

Class

[Customer]->[Order]               // Association
[Customer]<>->[Order]             // Aggregation
[Customer]++->[Order]             // Composition
[Customer]1-0..1>[Order]          // Cardinality
[Customer]1-0..orders 1>[Order]   // Assoc Labels
[Customer]-.-[note: DAO]          // Notes
[Customer]^[Member]               // Inheritance
[Customer|name;address|save()]    // Properties
[≪IDisposable≫;Customer]          // Interface
[Customer|var arr［］ ]            // Brackets
[Customer {bg:green}]             // Colour
      

Use Case

[Customer]                        // Actor
[Customer]-(Place Order)          // Actor to Use Case
(Order)>(Cancel)                  // Extend
(Order)<(Pay)                     // Include
[Member]^[Customer]               // Actor Inheritance
      

Sorry this is incomplete, we're working on it. The samples cover everything, however: Class Diagram Samples, Use Case Diagram Samples and Activity Diagram Samples.

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Element Colours

You can use {bg:green}, or some other colour, to change background colour of a class or ese case.

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