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Business Process Visual ARCHITECT
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Systems Requirements
• Microsoft Windows (98, 2000, XP, or Vista), Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, or all other Java-enabled platforms.
• Intel Pentium III Compatible Processor at 600 MHz or higher.
• Minimum 128MB RAM, but 256MB is recommended.
• Minimum 50MB disk space.
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Business Process Modeling
  1. Business process diagrams
  2. Data flow diagrams
  3. Entity relationship diagrams
  4. Textual analysis
  5. Overview diagrams
  6. Export business process diagrams to BPEL
  7. Identify candidate business process elements using textual analysis
  8. Automatically stretch pools and lanes to fit diagrams
  9. Smart routing for connecting objects
Visual Modeling
  1. Annotation with callout shapes
  2. Annotation with freehand shapes
  3. Organize model elements and diagrams using Model Explorer
  4. Bookmark support
  5. Handi-Selection tool
  6. Customizable data types for use with multiple programming languages
  7. Resource-centric interface
  8. Model sharing
  9. Cut, copy and paste
  10. Copy diagrams as images for use in other applications
  11. Undo and redo options
  12. Mouse gestures
  13. Reverse connector directions
  14. Group creation support   
  15. Jump to feature for selecting a particular shape or model
  16. Quick connect feature
  17. Easy navigation to connected elements
  18. Model commenting
  19. Duplicate shapes and models
  20. Selectable/non-selectable toggling for shapes
  21. Diagram locking
  22. Reference to any type of artifact
  23. Advanced file and directory selector
  24. Advanced tree support
  25. Duplicate, move and reconnect connectors
  26. Package headers for all types of diagrams
  27. Sub-diagrams and reference indicators
  28. Visio integration
  29. Import Visio stencils
  30. Rectilinear, round rectilinear, oblique, round oblique and curve connector styles
  31. Space reclamation or elimination using Sweeper feature
  32. Create shapes with user-defined initial sizes
  33. Drag-and-drop creation of shapes using trees in diagrams
  34. Auto-fit shape sizes
  35. In-line editing
  36. Spell checking
  37. Visual alignment guides
  38. Numerous grid options
  39. Diagram information display in diagrams
  40. Jump to diagram feature
  41. Open view from model element
  42. Diagram renaming boxes
  43. Add folders as favorites   
Model Element Nicknaming
  1. Assign nicknames to model elements
Style and Formatting
  1. Customizable shape style and formatting
  2. Shape format copier
  3. Image incorporation in diagrams
  4. Rich text documentation
  5. Add rich text elements to diagrams
  6. Enrich model documentation with images
  7. Save/load template for model documentation
Team Collaboration with VP Teamwork Server
  1. Concurrent and collaborative modeling with VP Teamwork Server
  2. Import projects to VP Teamwork Server
  3. View projects from VP Teamwork Server
  4. Commit project changes to VP Teamwork Server
  5. Update local project copy using VP Teamwork Server
  6. Review past revisions using VP Teamwork Server
  7. Compare past revisions using VP Teamwork Server
  8. Detect and resolve conflicts using VP Teamwork Server
  9. Branch and tag projects using VP Teamwork Server
  10. Merge branch changes using VP Teamwork Server
  11. Export multiple revisions from VP Teamwork Server
  12. Run VP Teamwork Server on common Java web servers
Team Collaboration with CVS Repository
  1. Concurrent and collaborative modeling with CVS Repository
  2. Import projects to CVS Repository
  3. View projects from CVS Repository
  4. Commit project changes to CVS Repository
  5. Update local project copy using CVS Repository
  6. Review past revisions using CVS Repository
  7. Compare past revisions using CVS Repository
  8. Detect and resolve conflicts using CVS Repository
  9. Branch and tag projects using CVS Repository
  10. Merge branch changes using CVS Repository
  11. Export multiple revisions from CVS Repository
Team Collaboration with Subversion Repository
  1. Concurrent and collaborative modeling with Subversion Repository
  2. Import projects to Subversion Repository
  3. View projects from Subversion Repository
  4. Commit project changes to Subversion Repository
  5. Update local project copy using Subversion Repository
  6. Review past revisions using Subversion Repository
  7. Compare past revisions using Subversion Repository
  8. Detect and resolve conflicts using Subversion Repository
  9. Branch and tag projects using Subversion Repository
  10. Merge branch changes using Subversion Repository
  11. Export multiple revisions from Subversion Repository
Team Collaboration with Perforce
  1. Concurrent and collaborative modeling with Perforce Repository
  2. Import projects to Perforce Repository
  3. View projects from Perforce Repository
  4. Commit project changes to Perforce Repository
  5. Update local project copy using Perforce Repository
  6. Review past revisions using Perforce Repository
  7. Compare past revisions using Perforce Repository
  8. Detect and resolve conflicts using Perforce Repository
  9. Branch and tag projects using Perforce Repository
  10. Merge branch changes using Perforce Repository
  11. Export multiple revisions from Perforce Repository
Documentation Generation
  1. PDF report generation
  2. MS Word report generation
  3. HTML report generation
  4. Project publisher
  5. Intelligent element sorting during report generation
Printing
  1. Print multiple diagrams
  2. Preview printable pages
  3. Print clip marks
  4. Page margin, size and orientation alteration support
  5. Fit-to-pages option
  6. Fit-to-ratio option
  7. Customizable page header and footer
  8. Project name and diagram name display in header or footer
  9. Print with frame or border support
  10. Toggle gradient color printing
  11. Quick print support
Shape Editor
  1. Design arbitrary shapes
  2. Import SVG shapes
  3. Incorporate different shapes into UML diagram
  4. Organize shapes by gallery, category and stencil
  5. Advanced shape design capabilities
Layout Facilities
  1. Automatic diagram layouts
  2. Shape alignment and centering
  3. Uniform shape width and height maintenance
  4. Automatic shape distribution
Interoperability
  1. Command-line operations
  2. Import and export XML
  3. Import and export VP project file format
  4. Generate BPEL code for Oracle workflow engine
  5. Generate BPEL code for JBoss workflow engine
  6. Export diagrams as JPG, PNG, SVG and EMF image files   
  7. Export diagrams as PDFs
  8. Slice exported diagrams into smaller segments
Intuitive User Interface
  1. Group diagrams by category
  2. Advanced property pane
  3. Dockable user interface windows.
  4. New project generation using predefined templates
  5. Easy-to-use "New Diagram" dialog
  6. Flexible zooming
  7. Palette-style toolbar
  8. Collapsible toolbar
  9. Display tool names for toolbar buttons
  10. Expand grouped toolbar buttons
  11. Display various diagram categories in toolbar
  12. Numerous looks-and-feels
  13. Import user preferences from existing workspaces
  14. Multilingual support
  15. Searchable options
Automatic Updates
  1. Automatic online updating
  2. Maintain local update server with update synchronizer
Open Architecture
  1. Plug-in support (Java)
  2. VP model and XML interaction
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