UML-tool

Bill Scherer Bill.Scherer at VerizonWireless.com
Wed Jan 3 09:20:24 EST 2001


Sven - 

OD is the only UML tool I know of the explicitly supports Python.  You
can probably get a third party to write a plugin for Rational Rose to
support Python, but that'll cost you plenty.

It is possible to get OD to run well, and once you've done that, it's a
mostly satisfying experience.  

Problem is, what you need to run it well may not be immediatly available
to you...

I get good performance running OD on a quad 400Mhz Xeon box with 1 GB
RAM and RedHat 6.1, using IBM's 1.1.8.  I haven't tried it yet with
their IBM's latest JVM on this box.  I did run OD under IBM's current
JVM on a 300Mhz  box with 96 MB ram, and it was far better than I had
seen with other JVM's on the same box (also RH6.1).

Alas, it's also fatser on NT, given equivalent hardware.  There used to
be a problem with OD on NT on a multiprocessor box; I'm not sure whether
or not that's been resolved...

I've also used Dia for UML diagramming.  It offers no language support
of any kind, but you can generate most common UML diagrams with it.  You
can also get funky with it and mix diagram types together...

Good luck!

Sven Hohage wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I'm asking myself if there are any UML-tools for Python.
> I've used ObjectDomain which was very unsatisfying(horrible JAVA).
> Are there any other tools??
>  Thanks.
> 
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