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Good UML diagramming tools?

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    Roger Alsing 0
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    Anyone know any _good_ UML diagramming tools? Visio is a joke when it comes to UML. Altova UModel is decent, but not optimal when it comes to sequence diagrams. The best I've found so far is some shareware app "TraceModeler" which is awesome for sequence diagrams. But it does not support any other diagram type at all. So, anyone know of any tool that is as good as tracemodeler but that can handle other diagram types too? (It should be intelligent enough to understand how each diagram type works, and not just treat everything as free floating shapes on a paper) //Roger

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      Anyone know any _good_ UML diagramming tools? Visio is a joke when it comes to UML. Altova UModel is decent, but not optimal when it comes to sequence diagrams. The best I've found so far is some shareware app "TraceModeler" which is awesome for sequence diagrams. But it does not support any other diagram type at all. So, anyone know of any tool that is as good as tracemodeler but that can handle other diagram types too? (It should be intelligent enough to understand how each diagram type works, and not just treat everything as free floating shapes on a paper) //Roger

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      What about ArgoUML ?[^] but this isn't the place for programming questions. Please go to Forum -> Design and Architecture. Cheers Marcello Turnbull

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        Anyone know any _good_ UML diagramming tools? Visio is a joke when it comes to UML. Altova UModel is decent, but not optimal when it comes to sequence diagrams. The best I've found so far is some shareware app "TraceModeler" which is awesome for sequence diagrams. But it does not support any other diagram type at all. So, anyone know of any tool that is as good as tracemodeler but that can handle other diagram types too? (It should be intelligent enough to understand how each diagram type works, and not just treat everything as free floating shapes on a paper) //Roger

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        I've just started playing with ArgoUML, and previously, I've been moderately happy with Enterprise Architect[^]. What I dislike about most of these UML tools (I went through a bunch of them a couple years ago) is that they are Java-based, and the UI is klunky and non-conformant to Windows standards. Marc

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          Anyone know any _good_ UML diagramming tools? Visio is a joke when it comes to UML. Altova UModel is decent, but not optimal when it comes to sequence diagrams. The best I've found so far is some shareware app "TraceModeler" which is awesome for sequence diagrams. But it does not support any other diagram type at all. So, anyone know of any tool that is as good as tracemodeler but that can handle other diagram types too? (It should be intelligent enough to understand how each diagram type works, and not just treat everything as free floating shapes on a paper) //Roger

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          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UML_tools[^]

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            What about ArgoUML ?[^] but this isn't the place for programming questions. Please go to Forum -> Design and Architecture. Cheers Marcello Turnbull

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            20 minutes ago, tools questions were still ok in the lounge.

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              Anyone know any _good_ UML diagramming tools? Visio is a joke when it comes to UML. Altova UModel is decent, but not optimal when it comes to sequence diagrams. The best I've found so far is some shareware app "TraceModeler" which is awesome for sequence diagrams. But it does not support any other diagram type at all. So, anyone know of any tool that is as good as tracemodeler but that can handle other diagram types too? (It should be intelligent enough to understand how each diagram type works, and not just treat everything as free floating shapes on a paper) //Roger

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              Pete OHanlon
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              I quite like StarUML[^]. It's word template handling makes it ideal for generating client design docs.

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                Anyone know any _good_ UML diagramming tools? Visio is a joke when it comes to UML. Altova UModel is decent, but not optimal when it comes to sequence diagrams. The best I've found so far is some shareware app "TraceModeler" which is awesome for sequence diagrams. But it does not support any other diagram type at all. So, anyone know of any tool that is as good as tracemodeler but that can handle other diagram types too? (It should be intelligent enough to understand how each diagram type works, and not just treat everything as free floating shapes on a paper) //Roger

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                George Country
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                I've been using StarUML for a few years and I think it's great, plus it's free. You can create any desing and architecture diagrams with it.

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                  I've just started playing with ArgoUML, and previously, I've been moderately happy with Enterprise Architect[^]. What I dislike about most of these UML tools (I went through a bunch of them a couple years ago) is that they are Java-based, and the UI is klunky and non-conformant to Windows standards. Marc

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                  Marc Clifton wrote:

                  they are Java-based,

                  I hear that... I don't get why they ALL seem to be Java based. I gave up looking for one that wasn't after a while. I eventually settled on EA.


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                    Anyone know any _good_ UML diagramming tools? Visio is a joke when it comes to UML. Altova UModel is decent, but not optimal when it comes to sequence diagrams. The best I've found so far is some shareware app "TraceModeler" which is awesome for sequence diagrams. But it does not support any other diagram type at all. So, anyone know of any tool that is as good as tracemodeler but that can handle other diagram types too? (It should be intelligent enough to understand how each diagram type works, and not just treat everything as free floating shapes on a paper) //Roger

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                    I use paper and my head for architecture planning. I don't find UML tools a help, they slow me down too much.

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                      I use paper and my head for architecture planning. I don't find UML tools a help, they slow me down too much.

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                      Paper and a pen is how I solve the most complex design problems however most other design issues are solved usually by delaying working on the particular area and just thinking about it. The solution can come to me at any time however, when I am driving my car, at 3:00 AM or when I am in the shower.

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                        Anyone know any _good_ UML diagramming tools? Visio is a joke when it comes to UML. Altova UModel is decent, but not optimal when it comes to sequence diagrams. The best I've found so far is some shareware app "TraceModeler" which is awesome for sequence diagrams. But it does not support any other diagram type at all. So, anyone know of any tool that is as good as tracemodeler but that can handle other diagram types too? (It should be intelligent enough to understand how each diagram type works, and not just treat everything as free floating shapes on a paper) //Roger

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                        Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                        StarUML, probably the best one I've used so far.

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                          Paper and a pen is how I solve the most complex design problems however most other design issues are solved usually by delaying working on the particular area and just thinking about it. The solution can come to me at any time however, when I am driving my car, at 3:00 AM or when I am in the shower.

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                          Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                          John M. Drescher wrote:

                          when I am in the shower

                          Do you jump out of the shower yelling "Eureka!" ?

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                            Anyone know any _good_ UML diagramming tools? Visio is a joke when it comes to UML. Altova UModel is decent, but not optimal when it comes to sequence diagrams. The best I've found so far is some shareware app "TraceModeler" which is awesome for sequence diagrams. But it does not support any other diagram type at all. So, anyone know of any tool that is as good as tracemodeler but that can handle other diagram types too? (It should be intelligent enough to understand how each diagram type works, and not just treat everything as free floating shapes on a paper) //Roger

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                            Stuart Dootson
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                            We use ARTiSAN Studio[^]. That's quite pricy, apart from the relatively new Studio Uno[^] product, which has a free single user license. It has good support for both UML 2.0 and SysML.

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                              John M. Drescher wrote:

                              when I am in the shower

                              Do you jump out of the shower yelling "Eureka!" ?

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                              I don't want to know what he does in the shower, thank you very much.

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                                Anyone know any _good_ UML diagramming tools? Visio is a joke when it comes to UML. Altova UModel is decent, but not optimal when it comes to sequence diagrams. The best I've found so far is some shareware app "TraceModeler" which is awesome for sequence diagrams. But it does not support any other diagram type at all. So, anyone know of any tool that is as good as tracemodeler but that can handle other diagram types too? (It should be intelligent enough to understand how each diagram type works, and not just treat everything as free floating shapes on a paper) //Roger

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                                Roger Alsing wrote:

                                _good_ UML

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                                  I quite like StarUML[^]. It's word template handling makes it ideal for generating client design docs.

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                                  Jim Crafton
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                                  I'd second that. I think Doug turned me onto to that a few years ago. Plus should you ever want to see how they built it the source is available on SourceForge.

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                                    I don't want to know what he does in the shower, thank you very much.

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                                    I'd expect him to shower.

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                                      I quite like StarUML[^]. It's word template handling makes it ideal for generating client design docs.

                                      "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                                      As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

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                                      If you go to StarUML forum, you will find this Cheers Marcello Turnbull

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                                        I don't want to know what he does in the shower, thank you very much.

                                        "WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith

                                        As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.

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                                        John M Drescher
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                                        :laugh: It's 99.99% KSS.

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                                          What about ArgoUML ?[^] but this isn't the place for programming questions. Please go to Forum -> Design and Architecture. Cheers Marcello Turnbull

                                          modified on Monday, March 30, 2009 8:37 AM

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                                          Don't worry about the heavy shelling! 6 * 1.0 votes :). As you can see, this isn't a programming question. We talk a lot of tools in lounge. So it's okay ;)

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