 | Entering Component Name in Multiple Lines  | | | March 10, 2008 |  | | When modeling diagrams, some Components may have a long name. By showing its long name, the Components will be stretched widely as well as the diagram - isn't it good to show names in multiple lines?
In VP Suite 3.2 Service Pack 1, we support breaking down the name of Components into multiple lines. From now on, you can view and model the diagrams more efficiently as the width of diagrams will be reduced under this feature. |
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| Adding Folders as Favorites | | | March 10, 2008 |  | | In order to increase the efficiency of modeling, we may have a specific folder in our machine to store relevant materials, such as documentations and projects, so that we can easily pick up what we need.
In consideration of this, we have enhanced all file/directory choosers in our tools to allow adding folders as favorite. Once you add a folder as favorite, you can revisit the folder by clicking on the favorite link whenever you want to pick up the materials inside. |
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| Class Diagram Enhancements | | | March 10, 2008 |  | | In order to let you model Class Diagrams in a smoother way, we have enhanced features in Class Diagram. Below are the changes made in VP Suite 3.2 (Service Pack 1). |
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| Grouping Shapes with Resource Icon | | | March 10, 2008 |  | | The grouping feature helps us to organize shapes in a group so that we can manipulate related shapes together (e.g. select, deselect, move, resize, etc.) in an easier way. Groups can be formed on shapes, you can also form a new group on top of existing groups.
In VP Suite 3.2 Service Pack 1, we can group shapes simply by the resource centric interface, which helps us to group shapes more easily. |
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| Adjust Image Quality for Exported JPG files | | | March 10, 2008 |  | | Sometimes, we may export diagrams in different format. In VP Suite 3.2 (Service Pack 1), when we export diagrams as JPG images, we can choose to export the images in various quality levels. The higher the quality, the larger is the file size. |
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| Mind Mapping Diagram | | | January 29, 2008 |  | | Mind Mapping Diagram is a simple, yet powerful diagram to help organize concepts and ideas through a visual note-taking approach. By presenting ideas in a networked form, user can develop precise ideas much easier.
There is no restriction on the usage of Mind Mapping Diagram. It can be used for making business decisions, preparing meeting agenda, story planning or any aspects of our lives that require effective thinking. |
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| Assigning Nickname to Model | | | January 29, 2008 |  | | Nowadays, information flows throughout the world. When working with VP-UML, we may have many modelers and clients from different countries, one language can never cater to all people. It is impossible to create many projects with different languages for all models and clients. However, this problem can be easily solved by assigning Nickname to a model. |
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| Enhanced Requirement Modeling | | | January 29, 2008 |  | | In this version, users can define their own Requirement types by giving a type name and defining a set of type-specific attributes. Besides, it is also possible to present Requirements in Tabular form, which provides user with a different perspective of viewing the Requirements. User can concentrate more on the differences between Requirements by comparing their attributes? values in table easily. |
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| Annotating Model with Freehand Shapes | | | January 29, 2008 |  | | When modeling projects, we sometimes use Callout Shape to perform Annotation for reminding our team members. Besides usage of words, Freehand Shape can help annotating models. We can draw shapes and paths to visually divide the diagrams into different sectors, or to organize the shapes in the diagrams, etc. |
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| Model Transitor | | | January 29, 2008 |  | | Model Transitor is designed to create and manage transitions among model elements. One may add transitions between model elements, and trace the origin and end. This gives a rapid way of navigating between model elements. |
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| Support Bookmark | | | October 1, 2007 |  | | A bookmark is a named link to diagram or shapes in the opening project. With the bookmark support, you can use bookmarks to keep track of diagrams and shapes and to return there whenever you want to. |
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| Handi-Selection | | | October 1, 2007 |  | | You can now select shapes from within the range of any of the four sides of the mouse cursor position. Take editing Sequence Diagram as an example, you can right-click at certain position, and select all the shapes below. As a result, you can move the sequence messages downwards easily without worrying messing up the design. |
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| Import Telelogic Rhapsody Project File | | | October 1, 2007 |  | | Telelogic Rhapsody is a UML-based software design tool. Now, you can easily import your work done in Telelogic Rhapsody into Visual Paradigm. |
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| Command-line Operations | | | October 1, 2007 |  | | Visual Paradigm supports batch processing of tasks by executing commands. With this feature, you can conduct multiple tasks at one time or conduct tasks such as generating report, images and source code repeatedly throughout the day without user intervention. |
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| Support Tree and Table in User Interface Designer | | | October 1, 2007 |  | | Visual Paradigm's User Interface Designer is extremely easy to use, with screen mock up tools that only need drag and drop actions to create components.
Now, the User Interface Designer is enhanced to support Tree and Table mock up, which enables you to construct the Tree and Table parts of your Graphical User Interface. |
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| Enhanced Usability of Sequence Diagram | | | October 1, 2007 |  | | Sequence diagrams are a very effective communication tool with very little effort needed to learn to draw or understand them. In this release the usability of SD has been greatly improved. We�ll go through the enhancements one by one. |
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| Branch and Tag Support in VP Teamwork Server | | | August 1, 2007 |  | | Other than primitive revision control and collaboration, you can also manage your modeling project with branches and tags with Teamwork Server. Tags are used to mark milestones or release-quality projects, so used to keep your work isolated from any changes. Branches are separate lines of development isolated from the main line, to avoid making unstable changes to the main line. Once the changes are stable enough the branch can be merged back into the main project (the trunk). Branching from a project can keep the modeling going on while the core project is kept stable. |
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| User Interface Designer | | | August 1, 2007 |  | | Visual Paradigm's User Interface Designer is extremely easy to use, with screen mock up tools that only need drag and drop actions to create components. Our Visual Alignment Guide also allows you to tidy up your screen, and our automatic orientation detection feature lets you format your components easily. Orientation can also be switched using the Resource-centric Interface, and UI components can be grouped together for easy manipulation. |
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| Improved SDE for Eclipse | | | August 1, 2007 |  | | With our new release, SDE for Eclipse (SDE-EC) has been greatly improved to make it easier to use both in diagramming and collaboratiing through the VP Teamwork Server, CVS and Subversion. Improvements include automatic starting or switching VP project when opening the diagram editor, remembering opened diagrams and tree states between sessions, easy switching between modeling and coding perspectives, as well as providing complete support for Java 5.0, allowing for more stable visual refactoring and improved performance. |
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| Spell Checking | | | August 1, 2007 |  | | The Spell Checking feature supports spell checking in all inline editing, as well as in Textual Analysis. We support in-place editing of misspelled words, simply by right-clicking your mouse instead of using the complex spell-check box. Spell-check provides intelligent suggestions for words, and you can add your own words into your personal dictionary. |
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| Branch and Tag Support in Subversion | | | August 1, 2007 |  | | Other than primitive revision control and collaboration, you can also manage your modeling project with branches and tags through Subversion integration. Tags are used to mark milestones or release-quality projects, so used to keep your work isolated from any changes. Branches are separate lines of development isolated from the main line, to avoid making unstable changes to the main line. Once the changes are stable enough the branch can be merged back into the main project (the trunk). Branching from a project can keep the modeling going on while the core project is kept stable. |
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| Branch and Tag Support in CVS | | | August 1, 2007 |  | | Other than primitive revision control and collaboration, you can also manage your modeling project with branches and tags through CVS integration. Tags are used to mark milestones or release-quality projects, so used to keep your work isolated from any changes. Branches are separate lines of development isolated from the main line, to avoid making unstable changes to the main line. Once the changes are stable enough the branch can be merged back into the main project (the head). Branching from a project can keep the modeling going on while the core project is kept stable. |
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| Reverse DDL to ERD models | | | May 12, 2007 |  | | A DDL (Data Definition Language) file is a computer language for defining data. Now, you can also use it to generate ERD models like entities, views and relationships by reversing the DDL. |
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| Save/load template for documentation of model | | | May 12, 2007 |  | | Tired of copying and pasting documentation between models? You can now make use of documentation template to reuse pre-defined documentation structure to save time and effort. |
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| Modeling with Stored Procedures | | | May 12, 2007 |  | | Our Entity Relationship Diagram supports visual modeling with stored procedures, you can create and edit stored procedures easily in an intuitive diagramming environment. |
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| Modeling collaboratively with CVS | | | February 28, 2007 |  | | Concurrent Versions System (CVS) is a popular version control system that store artifacts centrally and keep track of changes and histories. All Visual Paradigm client products are integrated with CVS to facilitate collaborative modeling. Your team can use CVS repository to store project files, keep track of changes and perform modeling concurrently. |
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| Modeling collaboratively with Subversion | | | February 28, 2007 |  | | Subversion (SVN) is a popular version control system that store artifacts centrally and keep track of changes and histories. All Visual Paradigm client products are integrated with Subversion to facilitate collaborative modeling. Your team can use Subversion repository to store project files, keep track of changes and perform modeling concurrently. |
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| Customizable Data-Types | | | February 28, 2007 |  | | UML is theoretically a modeling language independent to particular programming language(s). Yet, it is possible to transform between UML models to a software applications or systems. While the pre-defined data-type set works well in the UML world, there is enormous need to ensure the design can be applied to programming source code. Problems comes from the fact that programming languages, by nature, are unlikely to share the same set of data-types suggested by UML. |
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| Support UML2 XMI | | | February 28, 2007 |  | | UML2 is an EMF-based (EMF: Eclipse Modeling Framework) implementation of the UML 2.x metamodel for the Eclipse platform. Visual Paradigm supports importing and exporting UML2 model through XMI, which is the default serialized form of EMF. |
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| Shape Editor | | | December 4, 2006 |  | | Although UML and BPMN is an extensive and well-established notation, sometimes they still not rich enough to express your idea. There is a new feature called Shape Editor for designing notation (stencil). You can design your own notation or incorporate clip arts into your diagram. |
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| Data Flow Diagram | | | December 4, 2006 |  | | Data flow diagram is a well known approach to visualize the data processing in business analysis field. A data flow diagram is strong in illustrating the relationships of processes, data stores and external entities in business information system. |
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| Reference to diagram | | | December 4, 2006 |  | | In UML space, there is no isolated model. All models should relate to other model(s). You may put a visual relationship (e.g. Association) to related models. Sometimes the relationship between models is not strong enough to have a visual relationship. You may add files, URLs and diagram references to models for elaboration or navigation purposes. |
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| Configure File Types | | | December 4, 2006 |  | | You can configure to use specific application or command to open different types of file and specify your favorite web browser to open URL. |
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| Word Report Generation | | | October 20, 2006 |  | | Word Report Generation is a new feature in VP Suite 2.3 SP3. It use for generate report in Microsoft Word format (.doc). Like generate PDF report, it supports a higher level of customization such as cover page, header and footer, table of contents, table of figures and diagram ordering. |
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| Instant Generator | | | October 20, 2006 |  | | In Visual Paradigm for UML and Smart Development Environment, there is a feature named Instant Generator for generating source from class model. Instant Generator supports a set of language such as C++ and Java. |
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| New HTML Report Generator | | | October 20, 2006 |  | | Starting from VP Suite 2.3 Service Pack 3, a new HTML report generator is introduced, replacing the one supported by the earlier versions. In addition to the fresh new look for the generated report, it also supports a higher level of customization such as content selection, front page, table of contents, table of figures and diagram ordering. |
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| BPMN enhancement | | | October 20, 2006 |  | | In order to conform to the latest BPMN specification, our products are updated by introducing the changes on both diagram and model. |
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| Automatic Update Notification | | | October 20, 2006 |  | | Starting from VP Suite 2.3 Service Pack 3, we provide a mechanism to notify you for an update when a certain time interval elapsed. On the seventh day after your first launch of any Visual Paradigm products, when you launch any product, a notification will show to remind you on update the product. |
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| Generate BPEL for Oracle workflow engine | | | September 4, 2006 |  | | BPEL stand for Business Process Execution Language, which is used to describe business process as well as executing the process. This topic is going to introduce the major steps of generating BPEL for Oracle workflow engine. |
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| Enhancements for Various Trees | | | September 4, 2006 |  | | Starting from VP Suite 2.3 Service Pack 2, you can create a new diagram in Diagram Tree with the 'New Diagram' dialog box. And the 'New Model' dialog box is introduced for enhancement of model creation. You can also manipulate the model for their specific context in Model Tree or Class Repository Tree. |
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| Refresh Class List for Java Instant Reverse | | | September 4, 2006 |  | | Java Instant Reverse is a feature provided by Visual Paradigm for UML. It allows to reverse existing Java application into class model by given source, class, zip or jar. For Java Resources that are references to the file system which are used for reverse on demand, refresh for changes in file structure is now supported. |
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| Duplicate Relationship | | | September 4, 2006 |  | | Normally the specification of relationship contains a set of values and those values are similar when creating a new relationship. In order to reduce those user actions for setting similar values of relationship, Duplicate Relationship is introduced. With Duplicate Relationship, all values within relationship's specification, such as Stereotypes and Tagged Values, are reused. |
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| VP Suite support NetBeans 5.5 | | | August 1, 2006 |  | | NetBeans / Sun™ ONE is one of popular IDEs in the industry. By using Visual Paradigm Smart Development Environment (SDE), you can connect the system design (UML diagrams) to the implementation (Java source code). |
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| New PDF Report Generator | | | August 1, 2006 |  | | Starting from VP Suite 2.3 Service Pack 1, a new PDF report generator is introduced, replacing the one supported by the earlier versions. In addition to the fresh new look for the generated report, it also supports a higher level of customization such as cover page, header and footer, table of contents, table of figures and diagram ordering. |
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| User defined type for Entity's column | | | August 1, 2006 |  | | Besides basic data type for entity's column, Visual Paradigm ORM now supports any user-defined types on generate / reverse database. |
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| Requirement Diagram | | | June 24, 2006 | | Besides Textual Analysis and CRC Card Diagram that you are already familar with, the Requirement Diagram from the Systems Modeling Language (SysML) is introduced in VP-UML and SDE for requirements capturing and specification in a more effective and practical approach. |
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| Stereotyped Element Appearance | | | June 24, 2006 | | With the configurable stereotype appearance including fill, line and font, stereotyped elements can be easily distinguished and emphasized in the diagram. |
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| New File and Directory Chooser | | | June 24, 2006 | | A new user interface for choosing directories is added and file chooser is enhanced. The new Directory Chooser and Enhanced File Chooser also used to help you get directories and files quicker and easier. |
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| More Comprehensive Mouse Gestures Support | | | June 24, 2006 | | Mouse Gestures are enhanced to provide a more complehensive support for commands within a diagram. Two examples are to connect shapes, and to create attributes and operations for classes. |
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| Import/Export Use Cases to MS Word | | | June 24, 2006 | | The office exchange feature allows you to organize your business models by using MS Word, it allows you to import/export the use case models from VP-UML to a MS Word file, beside that, you also can manipulate your business models with MS Word and then import it to the VP-UML. |
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| On-demand Instant Reverse Engineering | | | May 22, 2006 | | Instant Reverse is enhanced to support Java 1.5 syntax. With this enhancement, Java source and class files, Java Archive (JAR) containing Java class files and ZIP file containing Java source, which contains Java 1.5 syntax can all be reverse engineering to UML class models. In addition, on-demand reverse engineering is introduced to address the performance issue arises when reverse engineering a huge code base. With this option, class model(s) would not be reversed from code until it is being used. |
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| Project Publisher | | | May 22, 2006 | | Have you been looking for a project viewer to read Visual Paradigm's projects without having the Visual Paradigm Suite installed? Here it is. Project Publisher is a powerful report generation tool, allowing user to publish Visual Paradigm projects to technical and professional Web documents. The published Web content can be accessed in any Web browser anytime and anywhere, without having the need to install the Visual Paradigm Suite or any plug-in. |
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| Generic Resource | | | May 22, 2006 | | Generic Resource is a special kind of resource in the resource-centric interface. Unlike other resources, the type of the connector and/or shape type that will be created is undetermined, you will be asked for the desired connector/shape type when the creation is confirmed. Generic Resource is designed to organize less commonly used shape-connector-shape resources into a single resource, so you can enjoy the user-friendliness diagram editing using resource-centric interface yet won't get overwhelmed by the huge number of resources shown. |
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| Importing/Exporting Stereotypes | | | May 22, 2006 | | With the import/export stereotypes utility in VP-UML and SDE, you can easily share custom stereotypes with colleagues without having to configure them again from scratch. If conflicts are detected when importing stereotypes, you can select to resolve them to ensure important configurations are not accidentally overwritten by other team members. |
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| Tailored Usability Enhancements | | | June 29, 2005 |  | | While other CASE tools vendors are still trying hard to improve the usability of their tools, Visual Paradigm goes one step further by introducing innovative visual modeling features that are more intelligent and tailored to what you need. |
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| One-Stop Object-Relational Solution | | | June 29, 2005 |  | | DB Visual ARCHITECT (DB-VA) provides an alternative way to develop the database application. DB-VA not only provides you a visual modeling for both logical and physical data designs, but also supports synchronization between persistent code, object model, data model and relational database by mapping, which in turn reduces the risk of developing the persistence layer manually significantly and increases the productivity. |
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| Unmatched Advantages - DB Visual ARCHITECT | | | March 22, 2005 | | Software is not something standing still, it change follows the change in the business. So every time when requirements change, software needs to follow. When this exists in a traditional database application, you have to modify the database schema, your application and also the persistence tier (the middle layer between your object model and the database) manually. Extra work for checking and testing the consistence between the object model, persistence tier and the database has to be done. |
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| Import Visio® Stencil | | | December 6, 2004 | | Modeler feature which allows you to transfer the shapes from Visio® into VP-UML. You can use these shapes in any diagram as you like. |
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| UML 2.0 Ready! | | | December 2, 2004 | | New diagram types like Composite Structure Diagram, Timing Diagram and new notations such as Part, Port, Connector; State Entry/Exit Point and more are supported. |
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| Logical View | | | December 2, 2004 | | No matter how complicated your project is, with the Logical View, your diagrams can be easily organized which suit your way of development. |
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| Mouse Gesture | | | November 22, 2004 | | Providing a more natural behavior in creating diagrams than sliding the mouse around to look for the buttons or toolbars. |
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| Enhanced Layout | | | November 17, 2004 | | VP-UML provides a layout facility for arranging diagram elements in diagrams. It re-layouts the diagram elements so that they do not overlap, and the relationship links are arranged so that they will not cross over one another. |
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| Report Writer | | | November 17, 2004 | | The Report Writer is a sophisticated tool for report creation. Report Writer enables you to output the existing project as reports by documenting your project within VP-UML. Report Writer can streamline your work by keeping the project and document in sync. In addition, you can edit the document externally in a standalone word processor and refresh the model data afterwards. |
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| Export and Merge Project | | | July 19, 2004 | | For any non-trivial UML modeling project, it is often desirable to have it split into smaller parts so that it can be delegated to other team members, and can merge the works of individual members into the master project at a later time. This increases the productivity dramatically and facilitates a more manageable modeling process. Visual Paradigm for UML provides the export and merge project feature to make this possible. |
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| SDE for WebLogic Workshop™ | | | July 10, 2004 | | We are pleased to announce the release of Smart Development Environment for WebLogic Workshop™(SDE-WW). SDE-WW is a full-featured visual analysis, modeling extension for BEA WebLogic Workshop™. With SDE-WW, experience both the user-friendly environment brought from VP-UML, and the effortless editing behavior while performing analysis, modeling, implementation on the WebLogic Workshop™ environment. |
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| SDE for Oracle JDeveloper | | | May 7, 2004 | | We are pleased to announce the release of Smart Development Environment for JDeveloper (SDE-JD). SDE-JD is a full-featured visual analysis, modeling extension for Oracle JDeveloper. With SDE-JD, experience both the user-friendly environment brought from VP-UML, and the effortless editing behavior while performing analysis, modeling, implementation on the JDeveloper environment |
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