“Modeler edition” includes more features than MagicDraw’s “Personal edition” – requirements management, ERD, …. 
Same toolbars, same windows, the resemblance is huge. Basic UI is almost the same as MagicDraw. I don’t know how could I miss it but I found a very similar program to the MagicDraw: Visual Paradigm for UML. I’m saving into uncompressed because of SVN – simple diffs.ĭespite those inperfections I have to admit that MagicDraw is and excelent tool. There is only something called “rectangular shape” and “separator” which is only a horizontal line.
I didn’t find any “non-exact-UML” elements like a circle, standalone line or bezier curve. It has tons of (in)significant features like fullscreen, “jumps” on crossing lines, selection mode toggle (complete and partial coverage), formatting, nifty zoom/preview window, etc…. #MAGICDRAW UML FREE#
There is also a free “read-only” edition. It’s cheap – “Personal Edition” costs $149. Jude has more “big” features but is also more expensive ($280) and it is subjectively less userfriendly. Jude – In addition to the basic UML diagrams it has ERA diagrams, mind mapping, forward/reverse engineering of Java code…įinalists were Jude and MagicDraw. Has undo/redo, limited cut/copy/paste, better UI than ArgoUML but not so good to pay for it. Poseidon – commercial version of ArgoUML. I need something with good power/price ratio. Tools like Borland Together or IBM Rational Rose are too expensive. 
It has not cut/copy/paste? No way!Īfter the disapointment with ArgoUML I decided to look into commercial waters. wait… It has no undo/redo? Okay, no big deal, I have to be careful.
ArgoUML – Yeah! What a tool! Lots of diagrams, lots of choices, nice UI. Gaphor – I didn’t try it, it depends on Zope packages (why?!?) and I don’t want the Zope. Umbrello – basic UML semantics but IMHO only for kids 🙂. Dia – great generic diagramming tool but with no semantics. not just dummy diagrams but also some semanticsįirst I started looking in my Ubuntu distro. 
use case, class, activity and sequence diagrams. Good (meaning many features and userfriendly) and cheap UML modeling tool is a hard candy to find.
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