Visual Paradigm 12.1 Released

April 09, 2015

Visual Paradigm International Limited announced today the release of Visual Paradigm 12.1.

Visual Paradigm 12.1 introduces a number of new features, which includes:

• Integrate model data into your project documentation and reports
• Simplified Doc. Composer template language
• Configurable loop block that ease data retrieval in Doc. Composer
• UI re-design with the wireframe smart edit feature
• Link your design, internal and external artifacts with the Reference Mapping editor
• Storyboard-like storyboard
• Revamped PostMania with a fresh new look
• Active Directory authentication for VPository users
• LDAP authentication for VPository users

Enhancements to Visual Paradigm 12.1 includes:

• Supported showing composite parts in block specification
• Supported showing existing parts as shapes in IBD
• Supported attribute formatting for class
• Supported selecting all attributes & operations by pressing Alt-A in class
• Supported multiple selection of candidates in Textual Analysis
• Supported .xlsx in Excel exporting and importing
• Disallowed committing changes of design patterns to server through setting permission
• Supported deleting design patterns synchronized to server
• Share diagram via URL, in PostMania
• Supported deleting project revisions in VPository/Teamwork Server
• Supported merging user stories of use cases upon the merging of use cases
• Supported importing and exporting User Story via Excel
• Made large wireframe viewable when being played as a slideshow
• Supported description, stereotype and tagged values in wireframe widgets
• Supported tabbed pane widget for Web wireframe
• Supported date picker widget for Web wireframe
• Supported column formatting for entity
• Supported selecting all columns by pressing Alt-A in entity
• Added Generate Data Specification button in ERD action bar
• Supported generating DDL with bitmap index
• Supported splitting DROP and CREATE scripts in DDL generation
• Supported generating database from ERD for specific schema
• Supported reversing entity and column comments from MySQL in DB Reversal
• Supported reversing CREATE DOMAIN statements from PostgreSQL
• Indicating duplicated or conflicted rules in Decision Table
• Automatically name request and response class when being created from REST Resource
• Upgraded NHibernate version
• Better indication of collapsed Mind Map nodes
• Supported skipping intermediate elements (e.g. ball-and-socket join) in analyzing matrix content
• Accelerates when moving shapes by keyboard
• Supported automatic model selection when create diagram
• Supported dragging description pane's title bar to make it float
• Supported renaming project in team environment
• Reminded for committing changes when exiting Visual Paradigm
• Revamped "New Diagram" window
• Supported changing the subscribed edition of Visual Paradigm in Customer Service Center
• Supported closing project
• Not to show format toolbar until focusing on description editor
• Supported switching active diagram with hotkeys
• Supported closing active diagram with hotkey
• Supported creating new diagram with Ctrl-N

Pricing and Availability

Visual Paradigm 12.1 is now available through the Visual Paradigm online shop (visual-paradigm.com/shop/vp.jsp) and through Visual Paradigm authorized resellers (visual-paradigm.com/shop/authorizedresellers.jsp). Visual Paradigm is available under both single-seat (developer-based) and floating licenses. Single-seat licenses are available from US $99.00 for the Modeler Edition to US $1399.00 or the Enterprise Edition. Alternatively, these licenses can be purchased with a one-year software maintenance contract for prices starting from US $118.50 up to US $1678.50. A floating license is available from US $128.50 to US $1818.50, or US $154.00 to US $2182.00 including a one-year software maintenance contract. Both minor and major version upgrades are covered by the software maintenance contracts.

Visual Paradigm

Visual Paradigm is a UML tool. The tool is designed for a wide range of users including software engineers, system analysts, business analysts and system architects, or for anyone who is interested in reliably building large-scale software systems using an object-oriented approach. In addition, Visual Paradigm supports the latest standards of UML notation. The Visual Paradigm features page is located at visual-paradigm.com/features/.

Visual Paradigm International Limited

Visual Paradigm International Limited is a leading provider of software solutions that enable organizations to develop quality applications faster, better and cheaper. Visual Paradigm is dedicated to continually developing and delivering software, services and partnerships to help customers accurately transform their system requirements into high-quality software solutions, all with minimum risk and maximum return on investment. All Visual Paradigm products are designed and developed to remove complexity, improve productivity and compress customers' software development time frames.