Just curious if anyone here has done much with UML modeling?

Is Telelogic's Rhapsody any good?

I'm going to look into it anyway, but I just thought I'd ask around and see what opinions you guys have. Right now I just draw flowcharts, but from what I've heard UML is just an advanced system for creating flow charts for OOP.

All you need to know about flowcharts, UML etc

I'm gonna move this to Software Development and Feature it.

I use a combo of two free programs umbrello and dia, they are not as full featured as most commercial tools, but get the job done pretty well most of the time for me.

You're right on Tom. UML is just a flowchart system showing relationships between objects and data flow if one is so inclined.

Cool, thanks.


I share some of the sentiments expressed in the article, but most of it just reads like a typical troll (which is to be expected from The Register).

I think flowcharts can certainly be taken too far, but they can also be a lot of help. I spent weeks trying to write code to enforce the rules in a checkers game I was working on. Eventually I dug up Freemind, and within half an hour I had the logic all figured out in a series of bubbles and lines.

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I ask about Telelogic Rhapsody because that's what I guess a lot of people use where I work (well, where I intern). My boss is trying to get me to use it, so I'm installing it now. I'll tell you guys how it goes!


Thanks, Umbrello looks interesting. I've used Dia before, but it made me do too much work (drawing bubbles, connecting them, etc). I'm not really that lazy, but I hate micromanaging.

Edit: Ahhhh I'm suddenly reminded why I don't like proprietary software. Apparently the license server is down.

I'm playing around with Violet UML Editor for now.

This post has been edited by Tom9729: 22 Jul, 2008 - 10:40 AM

Jude is a great UML tool. I've used it professionally and academically for a couple of years now. I've never had a need to buy the commercial version.

I can second Programmist's post about JUDE. I have been using it at school for a software engineering class and it has really been a nice tool to have.

http://argouml.tigris.org/ - agrouml

Have you tried using a plugin for your ide?

I just do my uml right in netbeans.

What about Green for Eclipse. Good UML modeling tool if java is what you will be useing.

UML is by far more than a flow chart creation system for OOP. It helps you visualise the system/software requirements by stakeholders through analysis modelling and is also used in its design. In other words, it is a tool used for effective software engineering. It has other diagrams(e.g activity diagrams, class diagrams e.t.c) that give you different perspectives in the analysis and design of software intensive systems. For more understanding read "software engineering, a practioner's approach(6th edition)" by Pressman.