How to Make a UML Sequence Diagram

In this step-by-step tutorial, we'll show you how to make a UML sequence diagram using Lucidchart. Sequence diagrams are a type of Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagram that shows interactions over time. They can map out complex architecture, but they can also be surprisingly easy to create.

We'll be diagramming the interaction that happens when you go to withdraw cash at an ATM. There are five main elements that make up a sequence diagram: actors, objects, lifelines, messages, and activation boxes. We'll explain each of these items as we build our diagram example.

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These Lucidchart explanations for the different Diagramms are the best. We had this stuff several days during my retraining and i hardly understood anything and just did what everyone else did. These videos are so easy to understand and do a great job on explaining what all these different elements are and when u use them.

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[AjayPrashar]

A very clear and concise tutorial using the same tool (Lucid) that I use. I actually watch this tutorial before I make UML Sequence Diagrams so that I spend less time making them, ensure I am using the objects correctly, and in efforts to avoid technical embarrassment.

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Sequence diagrams looked so complicated when I first saw them but they finally make sense! Thankyou so much!!

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