Designing a UML 2.0 State Machine Diagram

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Following are tips and techniques that you can use when working with UML 2.0 State Machine Diagram.

To design a UML 2.0 State Machine Diagram, follow this general procedure:

1. Create initial and final nodes.
2. Create main states and substates.
3. Create regions.
4. Create entry and exit points.
5. Create pins.
6. Create transitions.
7. Create history nodes.
8. You can optionally create shortcuts to related elements of other diagrams.

See Also

• Creating Shortcuts
• UML 2.0 State Machine Diagrams