• Merging multiple projects – now lets you merge changes made by different developers to individual copies of an UModel project file back to a single project.
• Support for Java 6.0, C# 3.0 and Visual Basic 9.0 – is now available for code generation and reverse engineering for the latest release of these languages.
• Support for MS Visual Studio .NET 2008 – now available for the latest release of Microsoft's Visual Studio.
• Importing multiple XML Schemas from a directory – will let you create UML style XML Schemas for multiple Schema's stored in a directory as opposed to importing each one separately.
• New diagramming refinements – include user-defined Stereotype styles, automatic generation of Component Realizations, support for object nodes on activity diagrams, and the use of collection associations to resolve sets, arrays, and other types containing more than one member.
UModel provides simplicity at an affordable price. By taking a step-by-step approach, you can create UML documents much easier than ever before. While UML is still a complex topic, Altova, through UModel, has made it more accessible and easier to use.
Obviously the support for the latest version of common languages and the seamless integration with Visual Studio .Net is a great enhancement, but the support for Business Processing Modeling Notation and Diagram layers makes this and even better update.
UModel 2008 is available from Altova. It is $229.00 USD for the Enterprise edition, and $149 for the Professional edition. It is also part of the combination MissionKits that are also available. Still unsure? You can download a 30-day trial version as well.
Like any UML modeling tool, there is a learning curve to using UModel, but once you get the hang of it, it is pretty intuitive. There is a lot of online help and a PDF User and Reference manual that is over 400 pages in length. If you are still not sure if this product is for you, there is also a video that steps you through what all UModel can do. If you want to get into UML modeling, then UModel 2008 is a perfect solution.
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