castudil
July 28th, 2007, 03:29 PM
It has been painful to find a good free modelling tool, but at last I've found one that I can recomend without doubt. I want to share this knowledge with you.
the tool is called BOUML, the homepage is
http://bouml.free.fr/
for me downloading the sources and compiling it (it takes a while) worked fine.
some features
free
fast (see benchmark http://bouml.free.fr/benchmark.html)
java and c++ code generation and reverse engineering (I only have worked with C++).
it is specially good for modelling and generating code of c++ : templates, virtual function, inheritance of templated base classes, inline, etc.
documentation generator. if you want to use Doxygen just few work is necessary (read the faq in he bouml homepage for more info on this)
good documentation
highly configurable to fullfil your needs.
deployment artifact to fine setup for source generation.
not sure if the licence is GPL.
Also BOUML has a forum, I have posted something and the author himself has ansewered me the next day.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bouml/
I am constantly looking for good modelling tools, if you know about a better free tool, please don't hesitate to post it.
as the author says: happy modelling!
Cesar
the tool is called BOUML, the homepage is
http://bouml.free.fr/
for me downloading the sources and compiling it (it takes a while) worked fine.
some features
free
fast (see benchmark http://bouml.free.fr/benchmark.html)
java and c++ code generation and reverse engineering (I only have worked with C++).
it is specially good for modelling and generating code of c++ : templates, virtual function, inheritance of templated base classes, inline, etc.
documentation generator. if you want to use Doxygen just few work is necessary (read the faq in he bouml homepage for more info on this)
good documentation
highly configurable to fullfil your needs.
deployment artifact to fine setup for source generation.
not sure if the licence is GPL.
Also BOUML has a forum, I have posted something and the author himself has ansewered me the next day.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/bouml/
I am constantly looking for good modelling tools, if you know about a better free tool, please don't hesitate to post it.
as the author says: happy modelling!
Cesar