What UML (Unified Modelling Language) tools are available?
Solution 1:
Did you ever try Umbrello? Given it is based on KDE, however is the best tool I have encountered if you do not want to go the java route. Umbrello is in the Ubuntu repository.
If you are ok with java, ArgoUML is a quite good tool, or you can see what plugins are available for eclipse.
Solution 2:
Tried Dia?
sudo apt-get install dia
Solution 3:
Umlet is a great, free, open-source UML tool with a simple user interface:
- you can draw UML diagrams fast,
- produce sequence and activity diagrams
- export diagrams to eps, pdf, jpg, svg, and clipboard
- share diagrams using Eclipse
- create new, custom UML elements
and UMLet runs stand-alone or as Eclipse plug-in on Windows, OS X and Linux.
(Also, check out its sister tool PLOTlet to create chart grids.)
Its among the best and my personal favorite !
Solution 4:
Dia can generate code into Java, PHP, C++ and many more, but you should install Dia2code
for generating code. I use it for creating UML and then generate the code of the classes.
Solution 5:
I use Papyrus, a suite developed by the Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique in France that is today available as a plug-in to Eclipse. It is the most advanced open source modelling tool I am aware of and supports UML2 almost entirely. Broad description:
Papyrus is aiming at providing an integrated and user-consumable environment for editing any kind of EMF model and particularly supporting UML and related modeling languages such as SysML and MARTE. Papyrus provides diagram editors for EMF-based modeling languages amongst them UML 2 and SysML and the glue required for integrating these editors (GMF-based or not) with other MBD and MDSD tools.
Most importantly, Papyrus supports Model-Driven Development (MDD), being a pretty able tool to develop Domain Specific Languages. On this regard, Papyrus seems to be the only open source tool supporting the Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) pattern issued by the OMG. With a code generator such as Acceleo you end up with a full MDD stack - from which you may even create your own DSL plug-ins.
