Deployment Diagram Objects

PowerDesigner supports all the objects necessary to build deployment diagrams.

Object

Tool

Symbol

Description

Node



Physical element that represents a processing resource, a physical unit (computer, printer, or other hardware units). See Nodes (OOM).

Component instance



Instance of a deployable component that can run or execute on a node. See Component Instances (OOM).

Node association



An association between two nodes means that the nodes communicate to each other. See Node Associations (OOM).

Dependency



Relationship between two modeling elements, in which a change to one element will affect the other element. See Dependencies (OOM).