Re: UML arrowhead orientation bug

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, ramin nakisa wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've just submitted a bug to the dia bugzilla site for relationships on
> UML diagrams:
> 
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71362
> 
> In both the Linux and Windows versions of Dia the UML relationships
> (dependency, realizes, generalization, association, aggregation) don't
> orient the diamond/arrow horizontally when the arrow attaches to the left
> or right sides of a class.  They orient vertically so they look as if
> they're stuck to the size of the class.  In contrast, arrows do orient
> correctly (vertically) if the arrow attaches to the bottom or top of a
> class.
> 
> Has anyone else had this problem, and has anyone found a solution?

We know of this bug, and the problem is fairly deep (though I have an idea
for how to make it work automatically).  A workaround is described in the
FAQ:
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/faq.html

-Lars

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