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UML Tool

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  • 27-03-2004 3:42pm
    #1
    Karoma
    Registered Users Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭


    Does anybody know of a decent, free UML drawing tool? That doesn't print watermarks on everything...

    Rational Rose ($$) is utter ****. Poseidon, argo, etc all have limitations (Watermarks,etc.). I'm just wondering is somebody aware of something better? Or at best, i'd be willing to pay .. just not extorsionist amounts..


    <rant>


    Thanks in advance.


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    Vorrtexx
    Registered Users Posts: 541 ✭✭✭Vorrtexx


    There's one called ProxyDesigner
    http://www.proxysource.com/Home.asp

    I don't know how good it will be for you though, but you can't go wrong as it is free. I've used it before and it done the job.


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    Hobbes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    Commercial version of Posiden doesn't print watermarks, anyway the watermark is a background, not in the design.

    There is one for eclipse as well. look on the plugin sites.


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    Karoma
    Registered Users Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    aye,but it looks **** (even in the background).

    Thanks for the help :)


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    mr_angry
    Registered Users Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭mr_angry


    There's one called Dia that comes with Red Hat Linux that isn't too bad, and you can also get a Win32 version.

    Its generally accepted (among all the programmers I know anyway) that Microsoft's Visio is the best of the lot, but obviously, you have to pay through the nose.


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    ressem
    Registered Users Posts: 2,426 ✭✭✭ressem


    There's a fairly comprehensive list, free and non-free at
    http://www.objectsbydesign.com/tools/umltools_byPrice.html

    I use Enterprise Architect for my own diagrams, and find it pretty good when you don't need all the heavy duty stuff.
    There is a trial version, and if you collect CDs from PC mag's you might find an old version that you can use/ upgrade from.

    I don't agree with the Visio recommendation, even the MSDN Universal supplied version ain't great in my eyes, despite liking VS.net 2k3.

    Those with corporate/academic backing and a choice, that I talk to, go with Together UML... but they're not spending their money.


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    Enygma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,651 ✭✭✭Enygma


    I messed about with this one for a while, not a UML expert so I dunno is it really any good :)

    http://argouml.tigris.org


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    Enygma
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,651 ✭✭✭Enygma


    Ooops didn't notice you had already mentioned it! Sorry!


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    #9
    Karoma
    Registered Users Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    i've looked at Dia (+another one that comes with kde-can't rememeber the name at the moment) - not quite as good as visio - which in turn isn't that great.. I'm working my way through http://www.objectsbydesign.com/tools/umltools_byPrice.html atm

    Thanks for the recommendations. :)


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    slartibardfast
    Registered Users Posts: 188 ✭✭slartibardfast


    umbrello, is the name of the kde uml application. Not that I know anything about UML, lol


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