The main goal was to quickly install a tool and see if it meets my "must" requirements. I didn't follow a rigorous test procedure. Bonus points for being an open source project.Import/export model to XMI standard format (I may want to switch to another UML tool one day, so it would be really nice if I could export the model to a standard format that is also supported by other UML tools).Help with alignment, spacing, snap-to-grid, etc (I really appreciate it if the tool helps me with making nicer diagrams).Support for diagram types other than class and sequence diagrams.
I would like to be able to assume that the software will still be available in future versions of Mac OS X Should allow customizing of relationship appearance in a class diagram (specifically location of labels and end points).For instance, relations (in class diagrams) and method calls (in sequence diagrams) should "follow" the objects they are attached to, and labels should be reasonably placed. Should make it easy to rearrange diagrams.if I change a class or method name in one diagram, other diagrams are updated automatically Should have English user interface (simply because I am used to English UML terms).Should run as non-privileged user (I want to install the software as administrator and use it while logged in as a normal user).Should run on Mac OS X (because this is the platform I work on here at home).Must allow export of diagrams in a popular image format (.png.Must allow saving the model or diagram so that it can be loaded again and modified at a later time.Must support at least class and sequence diagrams.Must be usable without any time limitation.I took the liberty of borrowing some of the requirements from that site - thank you Judebert.
In addition, I did a bit of googling, and came up with the following helpful resource: Rating UML Editors on, a series of articles with quite detailed reviews on individual UML tools. To find possible test candidates I searched StackOverflow and Wikipedia. Unlike my experiences in the past, this time I actually did find a couple of viable tools (see the conclusion), which came as a surprise because, to tell the truth, when I started the survey I didn't have much hope.Īnyway, here I am writing down my findings, possibly for others to read, but also for myself so that I have a starting point in case I ever need to do a future round of evaluation.įinding Test Candidates Requirements Test Procedure Test Results Conclusion Appendix: Popular Tools Which Didn't Make It Finding Test Candidates Recently I finished another survey, which I undertook because I wanted to draw a couple of class diagrams for my open source project Little Go. For a long time now I have been looking for a good & free UML tool that I can use for my personal and non-commercial projects.
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