UML Sequence Diagram. Design Elements
UML Sequence Diagram is a type of Interaction Diagrams that describes the interactions between objects and classes that are involved in the scenario and the sequence of messages exchanged between them.
UML Sequence Diagram represents the processes and objects that occur at the same time as lifelines (parallel vertical lines), and the messages exchanged between them as horizontal arrows.
Sequence Diagrams are very popular in dynamic modeling.
The Rapid UML Solution for ConceptDraw DIAGRAM contains 13 vector stencils libraries with 393 interactive shapes that you can use to design your UML diagrams.
To design a Sequence Diagram use the UML Sequence Diagram library.
UML Sequence Diagram library contains 51 shapes:
- Lifeline (entity)
- Lifeline (control)
- Lifeline (boundary)
- Lifeline
- Return message
- Asynchronous message
- Synchronous message
- Execution occurrence
- Destroy message
- Create message
- Symbol { }
- Self message
- Symbol << >>
- Port
- State divider
- Stop symbol
- Found message
- State invariant/continuations
- Lost message
- Gate Sequence
- Note
- Message default
- Interaction use
- Combined fragment
- Lifeline (actor)
- Self message
- Initiator
- Message
- Unknown/unspecified participant
- Message
- Message synchronous
- Creation message
- Message inverse
- Synchronous
- Creation
Pic.1. UML Sequence Diagram Library
Pic.2. UML Sequence Diagram Library Elements
ConceptDraw Rapid UML solution provides UML Sequence Diagram library of vector stencils for UML sequence diagram elements like lifelines and message arrows.
Use the UML Sequence Diagram library to draw your own UML sequence diagrams that show process interactions as messages exchange arranged in time sequences during runtime scenarios.


All libraries for creating UML diagrams are available inside the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM Templates and samples are located in the Rapid UML section of ConceptDraw STORE.

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