Hi,
you can emulate a communication diagram like this:
Here is the code snippet for that example:
@startuml
skinparam linestyle ortho
rectangle "A" as one
rectangle "B" as two
rectangle "C" as three
rectangle "D" as four
one -right-> two: message 1-->2
two -right-> three: message 2-->3
two --> four: message 2-->4
three -[hidden]- four
@enduml
BR,
Michael