need UML diagram software or good tutorial

[stevf]

Hello, current professor wants UML diagrams (nothing too fancy, just classes with members and inheritance, etc). I looked at visio 2003 and it seems a nightmare just to properly add methods with parameter list and a const restriction (C++) or make a string data member. Does anyone know of a good primer/tutorial for doing this with visio or a free alternative? I tried using Dia on linux and it looks very similiar to visio and was a bit easier to figure out but still havent been able to get it to look the way I would like. I have xp and linux machines running so OS isnt important (can dig out a mac running OS X 10.3 if need be) but I need the software to be free (or very little) and preferable not a trial version

Thanks

 

[Kntx]

I agree visio is a pain. I prefer graph paper and a scanner 😛

 

[stevf]

Well - that is one option - perhaps of last resort

 

[aceO07]

Umbrello is supposed to be decent. It's free, so no harm in trying it. http://uml.sourceforge.net/index.php

 

[stevf]

Thanks - i will grab that tonite and give it a look

 

[mundane]

You can also checkout Argo UML

 

[stevf]

thanks for those two - argo seems very full featured but umbrello looks like it might be the best for simple uml diagrams with some inheritance and composition

Thanks again

 

[stevf]

ok - decided to give umbrello the go and it has a neat feature for C++ code - it can read your header files and generate the class diagrams for you - then you just drag the ones you want onto the main design screen and it even puts the inheritance and composition arrows on it for you. save options are a little limited but you can save as a jpeg or png file and those looked good when i saved in those formats. it also seemed quite a bit easier to create the class diagrams manually than viso and a little easier tha DIA which I mentioned earlier and is a linux/gnome drawing program similar to visio