How to remove shadows from models

[Editions for: Astah Professional, Astah Community, Astah SysML and Astah GSN] When you draw models, each model element will have shadow by default. This is how to remove the shadow. (1) Go to [Tool] – […]

We receive many questions about how to create the delegation connectors. So here’s how to do so: (1) Create a Class, and add a Port to it. (2) To add a lollipop or socket, right-click […]

by Satomi Joba
Posted on April 22, 2014February 8, 2015
Draw clean diagrams

Alining lines is a simple gesture but could be irritating especially for models that have multiple lines originating from themselves like ones in the figure below. This post will show you how to draw the […]

by Satomi Joba
Posted on April 22, 2014February 8, 2015
Class Diagram

Sometimes we receive this question: “How could we represent the shared target style like the sample figure below (in red circle)?” The answer is this. (1) Create Classes and Generalizations to State Class from each […]

Yesterday I received a request from one of our customers saying “I’d like to get a list of hyperlink information in a project.” This is their background: They have one “Template” model which everyone makes […]

by Satomi Joba
Posted on March 26, 2014February 8, 2015
Code Generation

Objective-C export is now available with any<code/> Plug-in’s update made on March 23rd. The any<code/> is a free code generator specially made for Astah which our Friends of Astah member Jose developed. This enables you to […]

by Satomi Joba
Posted on November 20, 2013February 8, 2015
TIPS

Here’s a little tip for Mac users for how to open two .asta files at the same time on Mac. Run either command below in Terminal while one Astah is already open. To launch another […]

by kenjihiranabe
Posted on October 4, 2013February 8, 2015
Event

On Oct.2, I visited SAP Canada in Montreal, and did a talk about “Creating Knowledge with Users”, which discusses Scrum, Design Thinking, and Mindmapping to show the importance of sharing experience with users to create new […]

Wrong hyperlinks appear in RTF documents that are exported from [Tool] – [Export RTF].

by kenjihiranabe
Posted on November 21, 2012June 25, 2018
Event

I visited scruminc. in Boston last September. Unfortunately, he was out in Zurich at the time, but he arranged time (in his hotel room at midnight) for me via Skype with the help of Laura […]