Mark Derricutt's Disturbing Thoughts

Visual Paradigm Modeling Environment and IntelliJ IDEA

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posted Thursday, 11 March 2004
I've not yet been one to venture deeply into the world of UML, but I've often found myself writing up small class diagrams, or wishing I had class diagrams. Every now and then I've started down the path but never really got there. A while ago I found the Visual Paradign UML tool and liked it, but never really got a chance to use it without a license, and I've just now stumbled accross there Modeling Environment for IntelliJ IDEA. Just take a look at these screen shots, very nice looking indeed.

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comments (3)


1. a reader left...
Thursday, 11 March 2004 8:07 pm

Hi Mark,

If you want a good UML tool (so long as you're using Windows) it's hard to go past Enterprise Architect, see http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/ - check it out.

Walter Rumsby


2. a reader left...
Friday, 12 March 2004 12:24 am

Support the .au product!
If it isn't what you want, check out ArgoUML (open source).

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3. Mark Derricutt left...
Friday, 12 March 2004 7:15 am

I've tried ArmoUML, often, its great, but it also quite sucks in places. The last time I actually wanted to do a diagram of somekind was a sequence diagram, and ArgoUML - at lest 4 months ago failed badly and doing one properly.

I'm also more inclined to like the idea of working with a round-tripping UML tool. I remember using BOLD for Delphi ages ago briefly, and seeing the tight round triping was nice.

Does Enterprise Architect have a free/community edition? I'll be downloading the Community Visual Paradigm later today to check out...