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System Requirements
Intel Pentium III Compatible Processor at 1.0 GHz or higher.
Minimum 512MB RAM, but 1.0 GB is recommended.
Minimum 400MB disk space.
Microsoft Windows (98, 2000, XP, or Vista), Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris or all other Java-enabled platforms.
Microsoft Visio 2003 and Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 are required for using Visio Shape and Import Visio Stencils.
IDE Integration
Eclipse 3 or above
IntelliJ IDEA 4 or above (6.0 ready)
JBuilder 9 or above
JDeveloper 10g (10.1.2)
NetBeans 4.0 or above (5.0 ready)
Sun Studio Enterprise
WebLogic Workshop 8.1
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UML Support
  1. Class diagrams   
  2. Use case diagrams
  3. Sequence diagrams   
  4. Communication diagrams
  5. State machine diagrams
  6. Activity diagrams
  7. Component diagrams   
  8. Deployment diagrams
  9. Package diagrams
  10. Object diagrams
  11. Composite structure diagrams
  12. Timing diagrams
  13. Interaction overview diagrams
  14. Use case detail editor
  15. Use case flow-of-events listing
  16. Generate sequence diagrams from flow of events lists
  17. Business model use case support
Requirements Management
  1. Requirement diagrams
  2. Textual analysis
  3. CRC card diagrams
  4. User interface designer
  5. Identify candidate activity and action by textual analysis
  6. Define and customize requirement types
  7. Display full set of requirements in tabular view
Business Process Modeling
  1. Business process diagrams   
  2. Data flow diagrams
  3. Event-driven process chain diagrams   
  4. Process map diagrams   
  5. Export business process diagrams to BPEL
  6. Identify candidate business process elements using textual analysis
  7. Automatically stretch pools and lanes to fit diagrams
  8. Smart routing for connecting objects
  9. Extend business process model with stereotype and tagged value   
  10. Set state for data object   
  11. Organization charts   
Mind Mapping
  1. Mind mapping diagrams
  2. Create link relationships between nodes
  3. Smart layout for mind mapping nodes and diagram   
Database Modeling
  1. Entity relationship diagrams
  2. ORM diagrams
  3. Reverse engineer existing databases to entity relationship diagrams (ERDs)
  4. Generate and execute database schema (DDLs)
  5. Reverse engineer stored procedures to ERDs
  6. Foreign key auto-naming
  7. Download database drivers automatically
  8. Display database architecture in object-relational mapping (ORM) pane
  9. Customizable SQL generation
  10. Generate class diagrams from ERDs
  11. Generate ERDs from class diagrams
  12. Generate and reverse engineer database support for Oracle schema
  13. Generate or reverse engineer user-defined database types
  14. Database trigger and stored procedure modeling
  15. Reverse engineer DDL models to ERD models
  16. Database trigger and stored procedure generation and reversal
Object-Relational Mapping
  1. Java ORM code generation
  2. .NET ORM code generation
  3. PHP ORM code generation
  4. Lazy collection fetching
  5. Database view support
  6. Custom ID generator support
  7. Map single classes to multiple tables
  8. Custom query support
  9. Automatic array table generation
  10. Criteria class generation
  11. DAO code generation
  12. Factory code generation
  13. POJO code generation
  14. Optional library selection
  15. Hibernate annotation support in ORM persistence
  16. Generate Hibernate version tags for optimistic concurrency control
  17. Formula support for ORM attribute   
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. Overview diagrams
  8. Resource-centric interface
  9. Model sharing
  10. Cut, copy and paste
  11. Copy diagrams as images for use in other applications
  12. Undo and redo options
  13. Mouse gestures
  14. Reverse connector directions
  15. Group creation support
  16. Jump to feature for selecting a particular shape or model
  17. Quick connect feature
  18. Easy navigation to connected elements
  19. Model commenting
  20. Duplicate shapes and models
  21. Selectable/non-selectable toggling for shapes
  22. Diagram locking
  23. Reference to any type of artifact
  24. Advanced file and directory selector
  25. Advanced tree support
  26. Duplicate, move and reconnect connectors
  27. Package headers for all types of diagrams
  28. Tagged value display toggling for diagram elements
  29. Sub-diagrams and reference indicators
  30. Visio integration
  31. Import Visio stencils
  32. Rectilinear, round rectilinear, oblique, round oblique and curve connector styles
  33. Space reclamation or elimination using Sweeper feature
  34. Create shapes with user-defined initial sizes
  35. Drag-and-drop creation of shapes using trees in diagrams
  36. Auto-fit shape sizes   
  37. In-line editing
  38. Spell checking
  39. Visual alignment guides
  40. Numerous grid options
  41. Diagram information display in diagrams
  42. Jump to diagram feature
  43. Drag-and-drop copying, moving and reordering of classes and entity members
  44. Open view from model element
  45. Diagram renaming boxes
  46. Add folders as favorites
  47. Display Undo/Redo action names   
  48. Inverse shape selection   
Model Element Nicknaming
  1. Assign nicknames to model elements
Model Transitor
  1. Generate and link model elements   
  2. Trace the origin of model elements (model traceability)
  3. Diagram Transitor   
Style and Formatting
  1. Customizable shape style and formatting
  2. Image incorporation in diagrams
  3. Stereotyped element appearance
  4. Rich text documentation
  5. Add rich text elements to diagrams
  6. Shape format copier
  7. Enrich model documentation with images
  8. 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. Ad Hoc report creation
  6. 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.