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JBDS does not ship with a UML tool, but a wide variety of modeling tools are available for the eclipse platform. The papyrus MDT eclipse component provides a simple, feature complete, open source UML editor. To install it on JBDS, perform the following steps:

1. Select Help -> Install New Software...
2. Add the following software update repositories:
   1. antlr - http://antlreclipse.sourceforge.net/updates/
   2. emf - http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/emf/updates/releases/
   3. gmf - http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/gmp/updates/releases/
   4. modisco - http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/modisco/updates/release/
   5. orbit - http://download.eclipse.org/tools/orbit/downloads/drops/S20110304120314/repository/
   6. papyrus - http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/papyrus/updates/releases/helios
   7. xtext - http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/tmf/updates/releases
   8. ocl - http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/ocl/3_0/updates/releases/
   9. m2t_xpand - http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/download.php?file=/modeling/m2t/xpand/downloads/drops/1.0.1/R201008251147/m2t-xpand-Update-1.0.1.zip (Archive)
   10. emft_mwe - http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/download.php?file=/modeling/emft/mwe/downloads/drops/1.0.2/R201102151014/emft-mwe-Update-1.0.2.zip (Archive)
3. Select "papyrus" from the Work with: list.
4. Choose "Papyrus All" and "Papyrus UML" as shown below: http://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/102-16623-1-14326/450-395/install_papyrus.png
5. Run the software installation.
6. Within a project, right click and select New -> Other... then select Papyrus Model as shown below: http://community.jboss.org/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/102-16623-1-14327/450-366/new_papyrus.png

Refer to the Papyrus site for more information on using the tool in your project.