UMLet is an open-source Java-based UML tool designed for teaching the Unified Modeling Language and for quickly creating UML diagrams. It is a drawing tool rather than a modelling tool as there is no underlying dictionary or directory of reusable design objects.
UMLet has simple user interface that uses text formatting codes to modify the basic shapes with decorations and annotations, so there is no forest of icons nor parameter list dialogs in y...
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UMLet is an open-source Java-based UML tool designed for teaching the Unified Modeling Language and for quickly creating UML diagrams. It is a drawing tool rather than a modelling tool as there is no underlying dictionary or directory of reusable design objects.
UMLet has simple user interface that uses text formatting codes to modify the basic shapes with decorations and annotations, so there is no forest of icons nor parameter list dialogs in your way. This does require the user to learn yet another text markup language, but the effort is small and the markup obvious to the experienced UMP designer. The app can export diagrams to pictures (eps, jpg), drawing formats (svg), document formats (PDF). The clipboard can be used to copy-paste diagrams as pictures into other applications. It is possible to create custom UML elements.
The basic drawing objects can be modified and used as templates which allows users to customize the app to their needs. This requires programming of the...
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