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Towards Three-Dimensional Representation and Animation of UML Diagrams

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The UML notation is intended to be drawn on two-dimensional surfaces. However, three-dimensional diagram layout and animation may improve comprehension of complex diagrams significantly. The paper concentrates on special UML diagram forms wellsuited for advanced visualization. It makes a proposal for representing and animating such UML diagrams in a three-dimensional style.

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  1. FB3, Computer Science Department, University of Bremen, Bremen

    Martin Gogolla, Oliver Radfelder & Mark Richters

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1873, USA

    Robert France

  2. Institut für Informatik, Technische Universität München, D-80290, München, Germany

    Bernhard Rumpe

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Gogolla, M., Radfelder, O., Richters, M. (1999). Towards Three-Dimensional Representation and Animation of UML Diagrams. In: France, R., Rumpe, B. (eds) «UML»’99 — The Unified Modeling Language. UML 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1723. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46852-8_35

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