PlantUML Advanced usage Handwritten diagrams

       

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Handwritten diagram style

• handwritten skinparam to true (for version before V1.2025.1)
• handwritten option to true (since V1.2025.1)

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Activity

@startuml !option handwritten true start if (Graphviz installed?) then (yes) :process all\ndiagrams; else (no) :process only __sequence__ and __activity__ diagrams; endif stop @enduml

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Board

@startboard !option handwritten true scale .75 A1 +U1.1 ++S1 R1 ++S1 R2 +U1.2 A2 @endboard

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Class

@startuml !option handwritten true class Object class String extends Object class Date extends Object @enduml

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Deployment

Deployment shapes

@startuml !option handwritten true actor actor actor/ "actor/" agent agent artifact artifact boundary boundary card card circle circle cloud cloud collections collections component component control control database database entity entity file file folder folder frame frame hexagon hexagon interface interface label label node node package package person person queue queue rectangle rectangle stack stack storage storage usecase usecase usecase/ "usecase/" @enduml

Deployment with Group

@startuml !option handwritten true package "Some Group" { HTTP - [First Component] [Another Component] } node "Other Groups" { FTP - [Second Component] [First Component] --> FTP } cloud { [Example 1] } database "MySql" { folder "This is my folder" { [Folder 3] } frame "Foo" { [Frame 4] } } [Another Component] --> [Example 1] [Example 1] --> [Folder 3] [Folder 3] --> [Frame 4] @enduml

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EBNF

@startebnf !option handwritten true title Title not_styled_ebnf = {"a", c , "a" (* Note on a *)} | ? special ? | "repetition", 4 * '2'; (* Global End Note *) @endebnf

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Gantt

@startgantt !option handwritten true hide footbox Project starts the 2020-12-01 [Task1] lasts 9 days sunday are closed note bottom memo1 ... memo2 ... explanations1 ... explanations2 ... end note [Task2] lasts 10 days [Task2] starts 7 days after [Task1]'s end note bottom memo1 ... memo2 ... explanations1 ... explanations2 ... end note -- Separator title -- [M1] happens on 5 days after [Task1]'s end -- end -- @endgantt

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JSON

@startjson !option handwritten true { "fruit":"Apple", "size":"Large", "color": ["Red", "Green"] } @endjson

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MindMap

@startmindmap !option handwritten true * World ** America *** Canada *** Mexico *** USA ** Europe ***_ England ***_ Germany ***_ Spain @endmindmap

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Network

@startnwdiag !option handwritten true nwdiag { network dmz { address = "210.x.x.x/24" web01 [address = "210.x.x.1"]; web02 [address = "210.x.x.2"]; } network internal { address = "172.x.x.x/24"; web01 [address = "172.x.x.1"]; web02 [address = "172.x.x.2"]; db01; db02; } } @endnwdiag

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Object

@startuml !option handwritten true object user1 user1 : name = "Dummy" user1 : id = 123 object user2 { name = "Dummy" id = 123 } object o1 object o2 diamond dia object o3 o1 --> dia o2 "1" -> "1" dia dia --> o3 object London map CapitalCity { UK *-> London USA => Washington Germany => Berlin } note right of London: Big ben user1 --> CapitalCity : visits > @enduml

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Salt

@startsalt !option handwritten true mainframe This is a **mainframe** {+ Login | "MyName " Password | "**** " [Cancel] | [ OK ] } @endsalt

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Sequence

@startuml !option handwritten true Alice -> Bob : hello note right: Not validated yet @enduml

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State

@startuml !option handwritten true state choice1 <<choice>> state fork1 <<fork>> state join2 <<join>> state end3 <<end>> [*] --> choice1 : from start\nto choice choice1 --> fork1 : from choice\nto fork choice1 --> join2 : from choice\nto join choice1 --> end3 : from choice\nto end fork1 ---> State1 : from fork\nto state fork1 --> State2 : from fork\nto state State2 --> join2 : from state\nto join State1 --> [*] : from state\nto end join2 --> [*] : from join\nto end @enduml

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Timing

@startuml !option handwritten true robust "Web Browser" as WB concise "Web User" as WU WB is Initializing WU is Absent @WB 0 is idle +200 is Processing +100 is Waiting WB@0 <-> @50 : {50 ms lag} @WU 0 is Waiting +500 is ok @200 <-> @+150 : {150 ms} @enduml

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WBS

@startwbs !option handwritten true * World ** America *** Canada *** Mexico *** USA ** Europe ***_ England ***_ Germany ***_ Spain @endwbs

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Wire

@startwire !option handwritten true * first * second_box [100x50] * third @endwire

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YAML

@startyaml !option handwritten true fruit: Apple size: Large color: - Red - Green @endyaml