Good UML diagramming tools?
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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
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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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
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.
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.
John
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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
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.
John
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
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!" ?
If the post was helpful, please vote!
Why won't the worm just leave me be?
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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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'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.
"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.
I'd expect him to shower.
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Why won't the worm just leave me be?
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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.
:laugh: It's 99.99% KSS.
John
modified on Monday, March 30, 2009 11:35 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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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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John M. Drescher wrote:
when I am in the shower
Do you jump out of the shower yelling "Eureka!" ?
If the post was helpful, please vote!
Why won't the worm just leave me be?
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:
Do you jump out of the shower yelling "Eureka!" ?
Not usually, but sometimes I do jump out get dried off and put a robe on so I can jot down the details of the design...
John