Modeling Toolset
Various analysis and design features, including design pattern, transitor and visual diff.
UML Profile
A new diagram type, "Profile Diagram" is introduced for designing stereotypes and tagged values visually. Profile diagram supports defining stereotype with generalization and composition. Addition of integer and floating number tagged values are also supported.
- Creating a profile
- Drawing a profile diagram
User's Guide
Visual Diff
Compare and generate differences between two diagrams automatically with visual diff. Identify differences between two databases by compare two entity relationship diagrams. The first of the following movies shows how to use visual diff to compare the as-is and to-be business process diagrams. The second movie shows how to use Visual Diff to compare the changes between two database versions. Latest release export the differences to PDF for reporting purpose.
Animacian
A picture worth a thousand of words, and a movie worth a thousand of pictures! Animacian can configure and generate animation of static design. Animacian supports in business process diagram, sequence diagram and activity diagram. Seeing design in action increase the level of understanding of the design. In latest release, you can define your own animation path in business process diagram.
The following movies show you how to animate your business process diagram, sequence diagram and activity diagram with Animacian. The forth movie shows you how to export animation to Adobe Flash format.
Simulacian
Visually simulate execution of BPMN business process diagram. You can adjust different parameters, for example, required resources, execution duration, number of instances of lane and more.
- Simulating business process
User's Guide
- Business Process Simulation (Paid)
Online training
Reference other project model elements
It is not possible to put everything in single visual paradigm project in enterprise scale project. Visual Paradigm for UML allows visualizing different projects' model elements in a single diagram. The following movie shows how to configure dependent project and show the model elements in diagram.
View dependent project diagrams
View sub-project diagrams in the master project without switching project back and forth.
Duplicate model elements from reference project
Automatic copy reference project model elements to current project. All model element members and properties will be copied at the same time.
Mirror other project model elements
Mirror model elements feature are similar to reference model elements feature that allows visualizing model elements from other projects. The referenced model element will not keep a local copy of the model element in the project and not allow adding child to the model elements. Mirror model elements feature keeps copies of the model elements in local project and allows adding child model elements to the mirrored model elements.
Design pattern
Reusing, refining, elaborating or transcribing portion of previous project's diagram can increase modeling efficiency dramatically. Visual Paradigm for UML supports the use of Design Pattern, which enables you to define diagram or portion of the diagram as pattern, and apply the pattern in future. The defined patterns are highly configurable and customizable to fulfill any needs. All diagrams in Visual Paradigm for UML supports design pattern. The defined patterns can be shared within the team through VP Teamwork Server, Subversion, Perforce or CVS. The following movie demonstrates the definition and applying pattern in class diagram.
- Applying design pattern
User's Guide
Model element nicknaming
Nick name:
Visual Paradigm for UML's market-unique Nicknamer feature lets you define multiple set of name and documentation in single model. In this connection, it allows a diagram to be presented in different languages without keeping multiple copy of the diagrams or project files. You can maintain one business process diagram with different languages for different branches of your company around the world. Besides, you can put a human readable name for each entity in ERD to increase the readability. The following movie shows you how to maintain two languages of business process diagram and make a human readable ERD. You can see the nicknamer in action by changing the combo box at the right hand side.
- Modeling with nickname
Tutorial
- Using nickname
User's Guide
Automatic translation
Translate design to different languages by the automatic translation function. Both model element name and documentation can be translated. The following movie demonstrates how to translate state machine diagrams from English to Chinese.
- Translation
User's Guide
Traceability and model transitor
Traceability between model elements helps to identify and locate the source of origin of specify model element in project. For example, "Process Order" use case is derived from a task called "Process customer order" in a business process diagram. Visual Paradigm for UML supports model transitor to manage and maintain the traceability between model elements. The following movie shows you how to derive user goal from business process (create traceability) and navigate back and forth between use cases and tasks (use of traceability).
