Violet UML Editor focuses on producing straightforward UML diagrams quickly. It is aimed at developers, students, teachers and authors who need diagramming without the complexity of a large modeling environment.
The application offers common UML diagram types in a conventional graphical editor. Linux packages are available alongside the cross-platform Java application.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Use case diagrams.
- Class diagrams.
- Activity diagrams.
- Sequence diagrams.
- State machine diagrams.
- Object diagrams.
- Multiple documents.
- Links between diagrams.
- Grid snapping and zooming.
- Undo, redo and clipboard operations.
- Export diagrams to image files.
- Cross-platform Java application.
Website: sourceforge.net/projects/violet
Support:
Developer: Cay S. Horstmann, Alexandre de Pellegrin and contributors
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Violet is written in Java. Learn Java with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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| OpenPonk | Extensible workbench for UML, BPMN and other models |
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