ComponentSource News | Modeling

SLPSoft 2012 products released

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:24:55 GMT

Modeling an application.

Version 2012 enables projects and applications to be modeled in both the communication domain and the theory domain.

Interactive Project Modeling lets you make a visual representation of your application including details of all entities that are identified in your application. It enables managers and employees to work in a project together. The project is viewed as a model and properties of items or entities that make up that project are identified. Using the model, employees are identified along with functions of employees. This means project managers can monitor the progress of employees and overall project status.

Interactive Application Modeling enables managers and employees to produce quick models of projects without providing lots of detail about the items or the entities that make up that project. Interactive Application Modeling enables managers and employees to view a project as a model driven entity. You can analyze every entity that makes up the project and identify the function of every person in the project.

Interactive Project Manager enables you to manage projects using visual models. It enables multiple people to work together on a single project. Managers and employees can have access to the same project model and can monitor the project from their own computers. Using Interactive Project Manager, managers can define a group of employees and assign functions to them, check their progress and monitor the status of the project.

Updates in 2012

Version 2012 enables projects and applications to be modeled in both the communication domain and the theory domain.

About SLPSoft

SLPSoft provides products and services that enable managers and employees to work together to execute a project from a model. SLPSoft products and services enable project managers and employees to view a project differently. Given that in order for a project to be executed the people in that project must communicate and work together, the software and services provided by SLPSoft enable the overall function of a project to be viewed as a communication function. In this case, the overall project model is being viewed as a communication driven model. By using SLPSoft products and services, managers can get their projects executed successfully.

Altova SchemaAgent 2012 updated

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:37:25 GMT

Configuring a design with SchemaAgent.

Altova SchemaAgent is a tool for analyzing and managing XML Schema, XML instance, XSLT, and WSDL file relationships across a project or an enterprise. With Altova SchemaAgent you can visualize and easily manage file associations via its graphical design view. Altova SchemaAgent lets you create new import, include, and redefine relations using drag-and-drop functionality and save and print visual representations for communication with stakeholders.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2012

Allow user to specify that schemas added to a design are referenced with relative URLs in the SAD file
Reloading path containing ampersand cause loss of connection to SchemaAgent server
Schema Agent crashes upon 'correct referenced paths'
Dragging a schema into schema agent from the explorer crashes Schema Agent
When renaming a schema in schema agent the schemLocation changes from relative to absolute path
Renaming schema results in 0D0A being changed to 0D

About Altova

Altova accelerates development and integration projects with software, services, and solutions that enhance productivity and maximize results. As an innovative, customer-focused company and the creator of leading software development tools - including XMLSpy®, the preeminent product in its class - Altova is the choice of over 1.5 million clients worldwide and virtually every Fortune 500 company. With customers ranging from vast development teams in the world's largest organizations to progressive one-person shops, Altova's line of software applications and custom-tailored professional and educational services fulfills a broad spectrum of business needs. Altova is an active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and is committed to delivering standards-based platform-independent development solutions that are powerful, affordable, and easy-to-use. Altova was founded in 1992 and has headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts and Vienna, Austria.

Altova UModel 2012 released

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:39:59 GMT

An example process diagram generated with Altova UModel.

New JDBC database driver support, visual alignment guides and Java API.

Altova UModel is an easy-to-use UML modeling tool. Visually design application models and generate Java, C# or VB.NET code and project documentation. Altova UModel Professional Edition also lets you reverse engineer existing programs into UML 2.1 diagrams then fine tune your designs and complete the round trip by regenerating code. UModel makes visual software design practical for any project.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2012

JDBC database driver support - In addition to ODBC and ADO drivers, UModel 2012 supports JDBC database drivers for database modeling. Users who acquire UModel as part of the Altova MissionKit can be assured of consistent functionality across products.
Visual alignment guides - UModel 2012 includes the same new horizontal and vertical alignment guides described in the MapForce section above. These guides permit users to quickly align elements in any UML, SysML, BPMN, or database diagram by dragging them in the drawing pane as an alternative to the Layout toolbar.
New Java API - The same features of the new Java API described above in the XMLSpy section are available in UModel 2012, allowing Java developers to directly access the Java API. New UModel 2012 API examples demonstrate API functionality much more extensively for all programming languages.

About Altova

astah* professional updated to 6.5

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:52:22 GMT

Class Diagram and MindMap samples in astah* professional.

astah* professional is a UML editor integrated with ERD, DFD, CRUD and Mind mapping features. It has enriched features, such as Flowchart, Requirement Table, input-output and diagram creation guidance. It is suitable for business use, large-sized models, and document creation.

Updates in V6.5

New options for [Shared Style] to present models with shared line
const (return value) for parameters in C++
API Extension (Get model elements on Communication diagrams, etc.)
Handy option for switching ON/OFF suggest feature
Align features are now available in Mind Map

About Change Vision

Change Vision, Inc. is a software development company founded in Tokyo, Japan in 2006. By combining modern visualization methods with agile software development principles and practices, the company aims to achieve a clear system design and status for your project. This will help to add innovation to your products or services, and transform your whole business process.

astah* share V2.5 released

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:51:45 GMT

Displaying a zoomed section of a flowchart alongside an overall map.

astah* share is a communication tool that enables you to share astah files with others. Each member can access shared content from a Web browser and add comments and replies on them. It promotes discussions of issues and ideas and is an effective way to collaborate in multi-user environments. astah* share depends on numbers of astah* files and access users, diagram sizes and a maximum number of multiple concurrent requests. Any system used for Apache Tomcat, Java (which are included in the astah* share installer) and astah* professional is recommended for running astah* share.

Updates in V2.5

Support for astah* professional, astah* UML and astah* community V6.5
Now you are able to embed files and diagrams of astah share in blogs and wikis

About Change Vision

astah* UML 6.5 updated

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:52:06 GMT

Creating a Composite Structure Diagram in astah*.

astah* UML is a light-weight version of astah* Professional. It is a modeling tool that supports UML (Unified Modeling Language) 2.0 (partly), UML 1.4 and Mind Map. astah* UML features include: auto-layout, alignment, size adjustment, the ability to jump to a related model in the structure tree, UseCase descriptions and more. astah* UML gives you the ability to print and/or export diagrams to JPEG, PNG, EMF, RTF and HTML files.

Updates in V6.5

New options for [Shared Style] to present models with shared line
const (return value) for parameters in C++
API Extension(Get model elements on Communication diagrams, etc.)
Handy option for switching ON/OFF suggest feature
Align features are now available in Mind Map

About Change Vision

LightSpeed adds RIA Services support

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:24:09 GMT

Viewing the StoreModel sample in LightSpeed.

Version 4 also improves support for distributed entities via WCF and other distributed scenarios.

LightSpeed is a high performance .NET domain modeling and O/R mapping framework. LightSpeed has first class LINQ support, Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2010 designer integration and a high performance core framework which means you can create rich domain-driven models more quickly and easily than ever before. Buy Mindscape LightSpeed with Source Code to obtain the LightSpeed O/R mapper source too.

Updates in V4

Improved support for distributed entities via WCF, RIA Services and other distributed scenarios
Web application enhancements of ASP.NET WebForms and ASP.NET MVC
RIA Services support
Metadata capabilities for inspecting LightSpeed type information at runtime
All new samples and documentation

About Mindscape

Mindscape is a software development tools company that produces leading edge components for .NET developers. Mindscape focuses on delivering tools that make developers more productive and aid in creating robust and beautiful applications for their customers.

SLPSoft joins ComponentSource

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:24:05 GMT

Modeling an application.

Visually model and manage software projects.

About SLPSoft

Altova UModel 2011r3 released

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:36:03 GMT

An example process diagram generated with Altova UModel.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2011r3

Enhanced class diagrams for projects that generate .NET (C# and Visual Basic) application code
Enhanced support for code generated from state machine diagrams
Enhanced code generation options for XML Schema

About Altova

Altova accelerates development and integration projects with software, services, and solutions that enhance productivity and maximize results. As an innovative, customer-focused company and the creator of leading software development tools -- including XMLSpy®, the preeminent product in its class -- Altova is the choice of over 1.5 million clients worldwide and virtually every Fortune 500 company. With customers ranging from vast development teams in the world's largest organizations to progressive one-person shops, Altova's line of software applications and custom-tailored professional and educational services fulfills a broad spectrum of business needs. Altova is an active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and is committed to delivering standards-based platform-independent development solutions that are powerful, affordable, and easy-to-use. Altova was founded in 1992 and has headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts and Vienna, Austria.

UML model-driven development for Visual Studio

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:43:00 GMT

New model wizard in IBM Rational Rose Developer for Visual Studio.

IBM Rational Rose Developer for Visual Studio V7.0 generates Visual C++ or Visual Basic code from your models.

IBM Rational Rose Developer for Visual Studio is a full visual-modeling environment based on UML which speeds up development and supports round-trip engineering. The Visual Basic language support add-in enables Rose to model and generate code for applications written in Visual Basic whilst the Visual C++ language support add-in enables Rational Rose to model, generate, and reverse engineer code for applications written in Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0.

IBM Rational Rose Developer for Visual Studio jump-starts the development process and supports round-trip engineering generating Visual C++ or Visual Basic code from your models.

Features

Offers a leading modeling environment based on the industry-standard Unified Modeling Language (UML) 1.x, which provides a common modeling language for the team to enable the creation of quality software faster
Enables more granular management and use of models through its separately controllable model components feature
Supports Analysis, ANSI C++ and Visual C++ patterns, based on "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software"
Features C++, ANSI C++, CORBA, Visual C++ and Visual Basic round-trip engineering and language support with configurable model-to-code synchronization
Integrates with Visual Studio 6 (for Visual Basic 6), any SCC-compliant version control system, including IBM Rational ClearCase, and other Rational lifecycle development tools; limited integration with Visual Studio 2003 and Visual Studio 2005
Provides UML modeling for database designs through Rational Rose C++, with the ability to represent the integration of data and application requirements through logical and physical designs
Includes Web publish models and reports to improve communication across the extended team

About IBM Rational Software

IBM strives to lead in the invention, development and manufacture of the industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, storage systems and microelectronics. The company translates these advanced technologies into value for its customers through professional solutions, services and consulting businesses worldwide.

IBM Rational Rose Modeler v7.1 released

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:43:00 GMT

Use Case Diagram viewed in IBM Rational Rose Modeler.

Provides a common modeling language and environment for faster creation of quality software.

IBM Rational Rose Modeler is your choice if your needs are for UML modeling software. Maximize your design skills and software architectures with full support of Unified Modeling Language (UML) v1.4 for creation of software applications. Rational Rose Modeler provides a common modeling language and environment for faster creation of quality software, it offers analysis patterns support based on "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software" and includes a separately controllable model components feature that enables more granular management and use of models. Rose Modeler integrates with other IBM Rational lifecycle development tools, can integrate with any SCC-compliant version control system, including IBM Rational ClearCase and delivers Web publish models and reports to improve communication across the extended team.

IBM Rational Rose Modeler enables architects and designers to produce language-independent Unified Modeling Language (UML) models of software architecture, business needs, reusable assets and management-level communication.

Features

Diagrams - Class, Component, Deployment, Sequence, Statechart, Use Case, Collaboration
Domains - Windows - UML 1.x
Model-Driven Development - Patterns
Team Support - Merge Changes, Repository / CM
Documentation / Reporting - SoDA Integration, Print Diagrams, Web Publishing and Report Generation

About IBM Rational Software

IBM Rational Software Architect v8.0 released

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:43:00 GMT

IBM Rational Software Architect development environment.

New sketching feature allows you to informally capture ideas which can be transformed to formal architectures later on.

IBM Rational Software Architect reduces complexity, manages risk, ensures high quality software, and shortens the learning curve of new technologies allowing you to focus on creative solutions and getting to market faster with architectures and applications that are built to last. Software Architect has a number of available extensions including Software Architect Extension for C++ for C++ implementations and Software Architect Extension for SOA and WebSphere which allows you to deliver Java Enterprise Edition and SOA solutions.

IBM Rational Software Architect is a flexible, extensible, easy to use platform for delivering high quality architectures.

New! Sketching, a simple and informal way to capture ideas and thoughts that can quickly kickstart a project and be transformed later on to formal architectures.
Manage risk, quality, and change more effectively; flush out and better understand requirements; enable more accurate planning and estimating
Maintain more effective control of architecture and delivery outcomes
Effectively manage and re-use solution architectures and architectural building blocks
Manage evolution of, and adherence to, design contracts as development is carried out by geographically and organizationally distributed teams
Focus on creative aspects of solutions and avoid mundane, repetitive work.
Leverage scalable infrastructure services with access to the Cloud.
Quickly create custom factory solutions based upon your own domain examples, using exemplar-driven authoring tools. Use domain specific languages to represent your unique problem and solution domains. Automate development with Patterns Based Engineering.
Enhance the capabilities of Rational Software Architect with various extensions for a variety of problem and industry domains
Additional integrations with the IBM Rational software delivery platform include IBM Rational Team Concert
Open and highly extensible to adapt to your needs. Powered by Eclipse 3.6, features are optionally installable and configurable at a fine-grained level to expose only the tooling capabilities you truly need.

About IBM Rational Software

astah* share V2.4 supports astah* professional 6.4

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:47:00 GMT

Displaying a zoomed section of a flowchart alongside an overall map.

Updates in V2.4

Support for astah* professional, astah* UML and astah* community V6.4.

About Change Vision

astah* professional V6.4 released

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:25:00 GMT

Class Diagram and MindMap samples in astah* professional.

The UML editor now includes support for Mac OS X and Linux.

Updates in V6.4

Copy and Paste models between two .asta files - Now you are able to copy and paste models between different files from one astah* to another.
One-click to resize diagram to fit the Diagram Editor window - Fit to Window Height or Width
Improvements on switching On/Off of Draw Suggest feature - On/Off switch button is newly added on Tool bar
Depth Arrangement Menu - Bring to Front, Bring Forward, Send Backward, Send to Back
Mac OS X and Linux are officially supported from 6.4
API Extension, etc.

About Change Vision

UModel adds BPMN 2.0 support

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:02:00 GMT

An example process diagram generated with Altova UModel.

Altova UModel 2011r2 also supports source code generation from state machine diagrams.

Altova UModel Professional Edition is an easy-to-use UML modeling tool. Visually design application models and generate Java, C# or VB.NET code and project documentation. Altova UModel Professional Edition also lets you reverse engineer existing programs into UML 2.1 diagrams then fine tune your designs and complete the round trip by regenerating code. UModel makes visual software design practical for any project.

The following editions are available:

Altova UModel is also available as part of Altova MissionKit 2011 for Enterprise Software Architects.

Updates in 2011r2

UModel users can now generate code in C#, Java, or Visual Basic directly from a state machine diagram with little or no additional modeling infrastructure. This new code generation feature will help to accelerate the design-built-test cycle for UML modelers.
Building upon its existing support for the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) 1.0, UModel 2011r2 now supports the BPMN 2.0 specification, including all new process types and elements. UModel also supports the BPMN model exchange with other BPMN tools through the XMI specification and provides a convenient migration path for users who must maintain existing diagrams that were created under the earlier version.
In addition, like XMLSpy and MapForce, UModel now supports customizable project documentation templates that can be modified using StyleVision.

For more information visit:
http://www.altova.com/Version2011r2_Launch_02162011.html

About Altova

Altova accelerates development and integration projects with software, services, and solutions that enhance productivity and maximize results. As an innovative, customer-focused company and the creator of leading software development tools - including XMLSpy, the preeminent product in its class - Altova is the choice of over 1.5 million clients worldwide and virtually every Fortune 500 company. With customers ranging from vast development teams in the world's largest organizations to progressive one-person shops, Altova's line of software applications and custom-tailored professional and educational services fulfills a broad spectrum of business needs. Altova is an active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and is committed to delivering standards-based platform-independent development solutions that are powerful, affordable and easy-to-use. Altova was founded in 1992 and has headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts and Vienna, Austria.

astah* share supports astah* V6.3

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:39:00 GMT

Displaying a zoomed section of a flowchart alongside an overall map.

Version 2.3 adds support for astah* professional V6.3, astah* UML V6.3 and astah* community V6.3.

Updates in V2.3

Support for astah* professional, astah* UML and astah* community V6.3.

About Change Vision

astah* adds highlighter functionality

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:00:00 GMT

Class Diagram and MindMap samples in astah* professional.

Version 6.3 also adds the ability to directly search for text in diagrams, plus customizable shortcut keys.

astah* professional is the UML editor integrated with ERD, DFD, CRUD and Mind mapping features. It has enriched features, such as Flowchart, Requirement Table, input-output and diagram creation guidance. It is suitable for business use, large-sized models, and document creation. astah* UML is a light-weight version of astah* Professional.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V6.3

Search in Diagram
You are able to directly search texts in Diagram. Press [Ctrl + F] to open Search bar and enter text you want to search for.
Highlighter
This highlighter element can be used for marking/checking models or presentations in any way you like.
Mini Icon
You are able to add Mini Icon on the right top corner of the models.
Customizing Keybinds
You are able to customize shortcut keys to use in astah* as you like.
Improvement on API, etc.

About Change Vision

LightSpeed supports SQL CE 4

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:26:00 GMT

Viewing the StoreModel sample in LightSpeed.

Version 3.11 also adds support for user-defined runtime conversions between database and CLR types.

Updates in V3.11

Additions

SQL Server Compact 4 CTP data provider
Queries can traverse through associations
User defined mappings between database columns and LightSpeed fields
If you do an Update Database and the database does not exist, the designer now offers to create it (SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQL Server Compact only)
Improved keyboard support in designer
QueryPropertyAttribute allows property names to be decoupled from field names for querying purposes (e.g. polymorphic columns in single table inheritance)
Migrations projects can now be in solution folders other than the root
LINQ support for .ToString() and Convert.ToString()
Support for composite (&& and ||) expressions in Where Any and All LINQ clauses
Projections now supported in LINQ join criteria
LINQ Where clauses can use scoped subqueries
LINQ support for joining subqueries
Added LINQ support for DateTime.Date on SQL Server 2008
Joins support multiple criteria (via join on anonymous type)
'Update by query' now supports the Query.Identifier property
Limited support for discriminated derived types in a different assembly from the root type
Limited support for custom association resolution (for cross-cutting composite keys)
ValidateUniqueAttribute scope argument now supports composite key members
EntityFactory.UpdateEntityState added to Testing namespace
Batch insert support for Amazon SimpleDB
Designer support for nullable stored procedure arguments
Designer option to suppress code generation for one-to-one associations

Changes

Designer warns if you create an association to a concrete table inheritance base class
Designer warns if an association is redeclared in a derived class
Designer warns if Convert to Auto Through Entity would be an incompatible change
VS2010 designer now warns if the project targets the Client Profile
Updated MySQL provider to version 6.2.3
Updated PostgreSQL provider to Npgsql version 2.0.10
Updated SQLite provider to version 1.0.66
Updated VistaDB provider to version 4.1
Eager load associations declared on derived types of the queried type
Hide some validation options in the designer where they don't make sense for the data type
User- and provider-defined types are now displayed in alphabetical order in the designer Data Type drop-down
The results of Count are now aligned with those of Find and Count Distinct in paging scenarios
Improvements to the DTO guidance sample

Fixes

Fixed a bug with ordering on group keys that were obtained by traversals
Fix for an error when using joins and projections and an entity property name was translatable to SQL
Fixed a spurious designer warning
Fix for an issue using logical expressions involving nullable properties from Visual Basic
Fix for issues with .NET Remoting
Fixed a designer bug which prevented use of the tree to add CLR attributes
LockVersion is no longer updated on failed saves
Miscellaneous fixes for class table inheritance
Auto through entities now get correct identity type when creating new tables from designer
Designer custom template path now shows even if the .lsmodel file is in a project subfolder
Fixed an issue with missing projects in a solution
Visual Basic LINQ Group By fixes
LINQ .Equals support fixes
Designer now ignores transient properties when creating new tables
Aliasing issue in joins
Fixed an issue with using SqlXxx data types that was causing problems for SQL Server 2008 spatial queries
Fix for designer DTO error if entities were declared internal
SimpleDB LINQ projections
Designer now generates SQL Server Compact blob columns correctly
SimpleDB inequality comparisons and unique validations
Empty linked model should not cause compiler error
VS2010 designer was showing 'arrows to nowhere' when using external class references
Fix for spurious table creation when designer contained an auto through entity with an ambiguously singular/plural name
Fixed KeyNotFoundException when sorting on the property of an eager-loaded child entity when the association is nullable
Fix to allow the designer to work with integrated authentication on Oracle
Fixed an error with client-side boolean literals
Respect discriminators when joining to a derived class
Fix for incorrect foreign key being used if an entity has multiple eager-loaded one-to-one associations to different branches of a STI hierarchy
NullReferenceException when selecting a ThroughAssociation member in a LINQ projection
Multiple joins to the same entity
Fix for ForeignKeyFieldAttribute not being respect in eager loads
'Unresolved identifier' errors in generated SQL

About Mindscape

UModel adds SQL database modeling

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:03:00 GMT

An example process diagram generated with Altova Umodel.

Altova UModel 2011 adds features to model popular relational databases, plus Teamwork support.

The following editions are available:

Altova UModel is also available as part of Altova MissionKit 2011 for Enterprise Software Architects.

Updates in 2011

Modeling SQL databases
As software applications interact with growing amounts of data, database designs and structures become critical to development of successful projects. UModel 2011 extends its software modeling functionality by adding a set of features to model popular relational databases along with programming language-based applications.
Teamwork support
Large software projects are often divided among multiple developers to shorten development cycles. This is especially useful for projects that must integrate with complex hardware interfaces or industry-specific standards. The graphical communication benefits of UML software modeling multiply as more developers work on a project, since the design representation of various sub-projects enhances communication across the development team. UModel 2011 supports teams working on large projects by allowing projects to be split up into multiple subprojects. Individual developers may simultaneously edit different parts of a single project. Each individual subproject can be added to a source control system. The top-level project, i.e., the project from which the subprojects are created, is the main project. Subprojects are created on the package level as individual UModel project files and have a *.ump extension. The screen shot below shows the UModel 2011 Model Tree helper window for a project that includes several sub-projects. Each subproject is identified by its individual file name. The UModel Generate Documentation feature allows users to optionally include subprojects in generated documentation, offering flexibility for individual developers to generate documentation for their own subprojects, and for project managers to automatically generate documentation for the full application.
3-way project merge
Starting with UModel 2011, a single UModel project can be split into multiple subprojects that can be edited by independent developers, with support check-in/check-out in source control systems. If multiple developers work independently on the same project file, a three-way merge allows them to easily combine changes into a single result.
State machine diagram, sequence diagram, and communication diagram enhancements
UModel 2011 includes new features to support operation call/event editing, and automatic creation of operations in transitions. Transitions in state machine diagrams can be selected from operations of a referenced class. Additionally, a new toolbar button for all three diagram types allows the user to enter a transition/message name and automatically create a corresponding operation in the referenced class.

For more information visit:
http://www.altova.com/Version2011_Launch_090810.html

About Altova

Altova accelerates development and integration projects with software, services, and solutions that enhance productivity and maximize results. As an innovative, customer-focused company and the creator of leading software development tools -- including XMLSpy®, the preeminent product in its class -- Altova is the choice of over 1.5 million clients worldwide and virtually every Fortune 500 company. With customers ranging from vast development teams in the world's largest organizations to progressive one-person shops, Altova's line of software applications and custom-tailored professional and educational services fulfills a broad spectrum of business needs. Altova is an active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and is committed to delivering standards-based platform-independent development solutions that are powerful, affordable, and easy-to-use. Altova was founded in 1992 and has headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts and Vienna, Austria.

astah* share adds astah* V6.2 support

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:04:00 GMT

Displaying a zoomed section of a flowchart alongside an overall map.

Version 2.2 adds support for astah* professional V6.2, astah* UML V6.2 and astah* community V6.2.

astah* share (formerly known as JUDE/Share) is a communication tool that enables you to share astah files with others. Each member can access shared content from a Web browser and add comments and replies on them. It promotes discussions of issues and ideas and is an effective way to collaborate in multi-user environments. astah* share depends on numbers of astah* files and access users, diagram sizes and a maximum number of multiple concurrent requests. Any system used for Apache Tomcat, Java (which are included in astah* share installer) and astah* professional is recommended for running astah* share on.

Updates in V2.2

astah* share now supports:

astah* professional V6.2
astah* UML V6.2
astah* community V6.2

About Change Vision

astah* adds alignment guide

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:38:00 GMT

Class Diagram and MindMap samples in astah* professional.

Version 6.2 also supports free-hand drawing and new model elements including oval, filled rectangle and textbox.

astah* UML is a light-weight version of astah* professional.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V6.2

Alignment Guide
When placing model elements on the diagram, an alignment guide line(green dashed line) appears to assist you to place models aligned with others.
FreeHand
Now astah* allows free-hand drawing on diagram. It can be used to circle or check models to emphasize them or draw arrows to point models during the review with team members or presentations. FreeHand brings new ways to present the model designs on astah*.
New model elements
Oval, Filled Rectangle, Corner-rounded Rectangle and Textbox are added on tool bar of most diagrams editors.
ER Diagram
Add plural domains at once from [Add ER Domains] menu from Property View / Tool bar menu Select ResourceEntity, Event Entity or SummaryEntity from ER Entity's dropdown list.
Business Actor and Business UseCase
Improvements on API, fixed bugs, etc

About Change Vision

ComponentSource partners with Mindscape

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:39:00 GMT

Viewing the StoreModel sample in LightSpeed.

LightSpeed domain modeling framework allows you to quickly and easily create rich domain-driven models.

Features

Second level caching
Object property-level change tracking
Efficient database insert/update batching
Multiple identity type support
Single table inheritance, Class table inheritance and Concrete table inheritance
Domain driven concepts such as ValueObject, Aggregates, etc
Support for Mono, .NET 2.0, .NET 3.0, .NET 3.5 and .NET 4.0
Full text search capabilities across all database engines using Lucene (or plug your own provider in)
Support for database Views and Stored Procedures
Optimistic concurrency support
Eager and lazy loading support with tunable eager fetching
Full support for generics and nullable types
Support for extended database types (e.g. support SQLGeography when working with SQL Server 2008+)
Full support for transactions and System.Transactions - Works with ASP.NET Dynamic Data

About Mindscape

Visual modeling tool available for Java

Thu, 27 May 2010 16:50:00 GMT

The Rational Unified Process Frame Work in IBM Rational Rose Developer for Java.

IBM Rational Rose Developer for Java provides model-driven development capabilities for building J2EE applications.

IBM Rational Rose Developer for Java is a full visual modeling tool based on UML 1.4. It offers software designers and developers a rich set of model-driven development capabilities for building quality J2EE-based software applications.

Features

Offers a leading modeling environment based on the industry standard UML 1.x, providing a common modeling language for the team to enable the creation of quality software faster
Provides analysis and Rose J patterns support based on "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software"
Includes Java and CORBA code generation, reverse engineering and configurable model-to-code synchronization
Enables more granular management and use of models with the separately controllable model components feature
Provides forward and reverse engineering support for Enumerations, For-Each Loop, Auto-Boxing/UnBoxing and reverse engineering support for Static Imports, Generics and VarArgs
Allows integration with other Rational lifecycle development tools, as well as with leading Java IDEs
Provides ability to Web publish models and reports to improve communication across the extended team
Operating systems supported: HP Unix, Sun Solaris, Windows

About IBM Rational Software

Altova UModel adds C# 4.0 support

Wed, 05 May 2010 17:24:00 GMT

An example process diagram generated with Altova Umodel.

2010 Release 3 supports generating code in C# 4.0 projects and reverse-engineering C# 4.0 code to create UML models.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2010 Release 3

Support for C# 4.0
C# 4.0 is the latest version of the C# programming language, released by Microsoft along with Visual Studio 2010. UModel 2010r3 supports C# 4.0, both for generating code in C# 4.0 projects and for reverse-engineering C# 4.0 code to create UML models.
Protocol State Machine Diagrams
UModel 2010r3 supports protocol state machine diagrams as a new diagram type, with a specialized diagram toolbar. Protocol state machine diagrams are a subset of state machine diagrams that are limited to showing a sequence of events that an object responds to, without having to show the specific behavior. Protocol state machines are most often used to describe complex protocols, such as database access through a specific interface, or communication protocols such as TCP/IP.
New Sequence Diagram Option
In UModel 2010r3, users may now choose to ignore operation names when generating sequence diagrams from existing source code. The Sequence Diagram Generation dialog permits users to enter a comma delimited list of operations that will not appear in the generated sequence diagram. This allows developers working with existing source code to focus more specifically on features of interest.
New Diagram Autolayout Option
UModel 2010r3 adds a new diagram autolayout option called Block to the existing Force Directed and Hierarchical autolayout selections. Block autolayout can be selected from the Layout menu when multiple elements are selected in the diagram pane, or can be applied when diagrams are auto-generated from existing source code.

For more information visit:
http://www.altova.com/Version2010Release3_Launch_050510.html

About Altova

Altova accelerates development and integration projects with software, services, and solutions that enhance productivity and maximize results. As an innovative, customer-focused company and the creator of leading software development tools - including XMLSpy, the preeminent product in its class - Altova is the choice of over 1.5 million clients worldwide and virtually every Fortune 500 company. With customers ranging from vast development teams in the world's largest organizations to progressive one-person shops, Altova's line of software applications and custom-tailored professional and educational services fulfills a broad spectrum of business needs. Altova is an active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and is committed to delivering standards-based platform-independent development solutions that are powerful, affordable and easy-to-use. Altova was founded in 1992 and has headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts and Vienna, Austria.

astah* adds support for SVG export

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 09:06:00 GMT

Class Diagram and MindMap samples in astah* professional.

Latest version also includes suggest feature, new nest model and API improvements.

Updates in V6.1.1

Requirement Diagram (astah* professional only)
SysML Requirements in astah* professional's Requirement diagram are designed to be general-purposely utilized in Software Development. Very easy to set up hierarchy definitions and derive-relationships of Requirements and TestCases. By organizing them all with astah* professional, it visualizes the requirements and processes clearly.
Suggest Feature
Just by moving your mouse over a model, astah*'s new suggest feature offers suggestions to add other models in/from the model easily.
New model "Nest"
This model represents a nest relationship between namespaces such as Packages and Classes
Orthogonal Regions in Statemachine Diagram
Now you are able to represent Orthogonal Regions in Statemachine Diagram.
Exporting to SVG files
You are able to export SVG images by setting up "Batik SVG Toolkit" library
Improvements on API, fixed bugs, etc