batch loading UML elements to a class diagram in Papyrus

Question

I went through the pain of generating a .uml model from java source in Eclipse.

I am using Papyrus for drawing diagrams, but it seems that the only way of displaying my model is manually dragging elements. Every class/method/field/association needs to be manually moved over.

This is quite a tedious task. I would think that a 'batch loading' of elements would be available, so is it? If there isn't, do you know of a tool that is able to use the same .uml format and has this functionality?

I'd rather move everything and weed out unneccesary stuff rather than spend hours DNDing.

Thanks!

Answer 1

I know it's been five years, but the current version of Papyrus does allow for drag and drop of many elements on a diagram, and you can multi-select to and bring up a context menu for commands to display information about the internal structure of the classes (for example).

Since the Neon release, Papyrus also has a much improved and tailorable layout mechanism that may meet your needs.

However, a ".uml" file typically does not contain any information with regards to diagrams, so there would be nothing to build on for diagram except for the layout tools.