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100% Guaranteed Interpretation-Free Visio UML Shapes

In my opinion Visio is a little bit too anal-retentive when it comes to UML. One of the first things I download after repaving a machine is therefore Pavel Hruby's collection of guaranteed 100% interpretation free Visio UML stencils.

When using these shapes, Visio doesn't try to understand or verify your UML diagrams but allows you to just draw. Adding properties to a class for example does not mandate crawling through a four-layer-dialog but can instead be done by just typing in the corresponding part of the shape.

Great if you use Visio just as a documentation tool and not as a code generator. And you really wouldn't use Visio as a codegen, would you?

posted on Thursday, February 19, 2004 3:36 PM

# re: 100% Guaranteed Interpretation-Free Visio UML Shapes @ Tuesday, December 06, 2005 11:03 PM

Thanks for the link.
I totally understand your position, as I've bumped into the same problem myself.

I am totally puzzled by the fact that by default I am not allowed to change the height of my entities.. That's weird.

I found the class diagrams to be piece of cake, though I believe making a sequence diagram in Vision will be a rough challenge.

These stencils you mention will certainly ease the pain.
Alex


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