In your project browser first click on the new diagram icon:

Then select UML Behavioral from the type column and Sequence from the Diagram Type
column:

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Drag an actor on to the drawing area:

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And then a lifeline:

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To draw an arrow between the actor an lifeline, select the actor, so that an upwards-facing arrow
becomes visible beside it:

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Click on this arrow, dragging it over to the lifeline:

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To add another lifeline, do the same as before by selecting it from the toolbox and dragging it over to
the target destination. Ditto adding a new link between the first and second lifeline objects.

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To lower the second object, double click on the arrow between them,
select lifecycle -> New and give it a massage and press OK:

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And notice that the second item drops down lower, and the line between becomes dashed:

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Feel free to now to draw a few more interactions in exactly the same was as described above: select
the source object and its arrow, and drag to the target object:

To insert a gaps between message exchanges, I right click on the lower link in this example and
select Activations -> Start new message group: Which results in the desired gap:

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To show self-activity, click on the items arrow and drag it back on to the same lifeline. Double click
on it in order to set its message:

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