Creating UML model elements from requirements

You can create a UML model element from an existing requirement. This automatically creates an association between the requirement and the new UML model element.

To create UML model elements from requirements:
  1. Right-click a requirement in the Requirements Explorer view and click Remember Requirement. The requirement appears in the Link Clipboard view.
  2. Right-click a package in the Model Explorer view or right-click a diagram and click Requirement > Create Element from requirement tag. This creates an associated model element in the Model Explorer view with a name and description that matches the name and text of the requirement.
    Note: The kind of model element that is created is determined by the properties on the Element Creation Policy page in the Project Properties window. The association is direct or indirect, depending on the properties on the Link Policy page in the Project Properties window.

As an alternative to using the menu items described above, you can drag a requirement to a package in the Model Explorer view or to a diagram to create the model element.

Related concepts
Linkable domains for requirements
Related tasks
Setting project properties
Creating requirements from UML model elements
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