Re: Open UML tools?

[David Black <DavidBlack@Cobol-Conversions.com>]

If  you are using Linux there is a UML designer that runs with KDE. It 
generates Java, C++, and PHP code based on the class diagrams. I just 
put it up and have not used it yet. Fired it up to see how it looked and 
it looked good. The documentation need more work and some examples. The 
next versions is due out in a few day.  I need to learn more about UML 
before I start.

It is called 'Umbrello' and is open source supported on source forge.
         http://uml.sf.net/

David Black

Allan Marks wrote:

>I've worked on a project that used the Poseidon commercial adaptation of
>ArgoUML.  The graphs it generated were relatively good, but it seemed to
>really bog down as we threw more classes into a large project.
>www.gentleware.com
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>I've also been playing with Omondo's EclipseUML tool, which is based on the
>Eclipse Modelling Framework (EMF) and integrates very nicely with Eclipse
>2.1 (and also with WebSphere Studio).  The free version has quite an array
>of advanced features (source code generation, refactoring, etc.), has a well
>thought out interface, and my experience has been that it does a very good
>job of "two-way" translation (i.e code changes to UML / UML changes to
>code). Haven't used this on an extensive project yet, but it seems to be
>more stable than Poseidon.  www.eclipseuml.com
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>There is also an Enterprise version of EclipseUML, which apparently has team
>development / CVS capabilities and design pattern support built-in.
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>Allan
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Wells [mailto:jb@sourceillustrated.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 10:13 AM
>To: ajug-members@www.ajug.org
>Subject: Open UML tools?
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>I'm aware of a number of open source UML modeling tools available
>(argouml, umbrello, etc).
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>While I'd love to hear of any others AJUG members are aware of, more
>importantly, I'd like to hear what folks have used successfully to
>design/model a project for their company and what problems/drawbacks you
>encountered in that experience.
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>Thanks very much for the input!
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>John
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