
Sometimes we need or want to play with some extra features, like the newest BPMN2 native Eclipse editor. This was the case with the BPMN2 native Eclipse editor project I needed for my jBPM Migration Project. Here are the steps to integrate this tooling, which requires Graphiti as a dep first and then the tooling project itself:
Graphiti project dependencies
Help -> Install New Software... -> in the 'Work with:' add the Graphiti update site (http://download.eclipse.org/graphiti/updates/0.7.1/) -> select Graphiti (Incubation) + Graphiti SDK (Incubation) -> (after deps and agreement it is a go for install)
Once this finishes and restarts JBoss Developer Studio you will be ready to install the native BPMN editor in Eclipse:

Help -> Install New Software... -> in the 'Work with:' add the BPMN2 native editor update site (see comments below for updated link) -> select BPMN2 Editor + Uncategorized -> (after deps and agreement it is a go for install)
Once this finishes and restarts JBoss Developer Studio you will be ready to use the native BPMN editor in Eclipse.
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Update to this post coming soon, but the code has migrated to the Eclipse update sites:
ReplyDeleteIndigo (3.7)
http://download.eclipse.org/bpmn2-modeler/site/
Helios (3.6)
http://download.eclipse.org/bpmn2-modeler/site-helios/
For as long as it is hosted, the original designer code can be found at the update site from codehoop:
ReplyDeletehttp://codehoop.com/bpmn2
For those looking to move forward you can also create a local eclipse update site by unzipping this into a directory and pointing Eclipse to it:
ReplyDeletehttps://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/snapshots/org/drools/org.drools.updatesite/5.3.1-SNAPSHOT/org.drools.updatesite-5.3.1-20111205.093036-82-assembly.zip
Includes a bpmn2 editor that is quite stable, for the JBoss jBPM5 project.