Connecting Figures

For figures that are intended to be connected to each other, connection creation assistants can be used. When hovering your mouse over a figure to be connected, connection handlers will appear as shown below.

Connection handles

If both the source and target figures already exist on the diagram, you can directly connect them in one of two ways:

An alternative way to make connections is as follows:

An example connection menu for source figure is shown below.

Source's target menu

As you may have discovered by now, you can also create a connection to a Note figure. While this is a great way to help document your model, keep in mind that notes are associated with the diagram only and are not part of the domain model itself.

Once connected, the target figure will have the arrow connected to it. An example connection is shown below.

Connected figures