"eUML2" UML Diagramming Tool
eUML2 Home Page: http://www.soyatec.com
eUML2 is a commercial UML diagramming tool for Eclipse that supports round-trip engineering, i.e. creating diagrams from code and creating code from diagrams.
A free version of eUML2 is available but has operationalrestrictions.
Installation:
- The free edition of eUML2 cannot be installed over the web and must be installed manually.
- Go to the Soyatec download site and download the latest version of the free edition of eUML2 for your edition of Eclipse: http://www.soyatec.com/euml2/installation/
- Save the download ZIP file on your hard disk.
- In Eclipse, go to Help/Install New Software
- Click the "Add..." button
- In the "Add Repository" dialog that pops up, fill in a useful name, such as "eUML2".
- Then click the "Archive..." button and browse to the the ZIP file you downloaded. Highlight the file and clikc "Open".
- Click "OK" to close the Add Repository dialog.
- Select all install components for the the Free eUML2 software. Click Ok, accept any license agreements and continue with all default install parameters until the package is fully installed.
- If you encounter the following error:
Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found.
Software currently installed: eUML2 Free Edition 3.7.1.20110624 (com.soyatec.euml2.free.feature.group 3.7.1.20110624)
Missing requirement: Diagram tools Plugin 3.7.1.20110624 (com.soyatec.diagrams 3.7.1.20110624) requires 'bundle org.apache.batik.dom.svg 1.6.0' but it could not be found
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: Core Plugin 3.7.1.20110624 (com.soyatec.core 3.7.1.20110624)
To: bundle com.soyatec.diagrams 0.0.0
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: eUML2 Free Edition 3.7.1.20110624 (com.soyatec.euml2.free.feature.group 3.7.1.20110624)
To: com.soyatec.core [3.7.1.20110624]
You will need to install the Graphical Modeling Framework before installing eUML2
- In Eclipse, go to Help/Install New Software
- In the "Work with" text field, type "http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/gmp/updates/releases/". Click "Add...".
- The "Add Site" dialog will ask you for a name. Type in something useful, such as "Graphical Modeling Framework". Click "Ok".
- Select only the latest run-time that applies to your system. As of 10/2011, for Eclipse Indigo, this would be the 1.5.0 runtime:
- Click "Next", accept any license agreements and continue taking all defaults until the package is fully installed.