Online Plant UML Server: http://www.plantuml.com/
- Reference Guide: http://plantuml.com/guide
- Language Spec: https://plantuml.com/sitemap-language-specification
- Sequence Diagram: https://plantuml.com/sequence-diagram
The layouts can go a bit mad with Graphviz so may require a few helpful techniques to tame them.
- set direction of lines with
-u-(up),-d-(down),-l-(left),-r-(right) - hidden lines to create hidden connections between items:
-[hidden]- - grouping nodes by wrapping them with
together {} - setting some connectors to be longer by adding more dashes:
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