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I started to use dia. It has a very clean interface, but I found it was missing a very important UML connector, the Composition connector is used quite a bit. However, I do like dia, as it is easy to use and generally light weight. On 07/24/2009 01:45 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > On 07/24/2009 11:37 AM, Gordon Marx wrote: > =20 >> I like dia (http://live.gnome.org/Dia/) for basically anything that >> someone might use Visio for. I'm not sure if there's a better way to >> import the diagram into OpenOffice than exporting as a PNG -- if that= >> works for you, then there you go. There's also kivio >> (http://www.thekompany.com/projects/kivio/) which I know much less >> about. >> =20 >> =20 > Thanks, > Dia looks pretty decent both as a diagraming tool like Visio as well as= > a UML tool. Initially, I was not going to look into it, but since it is= > on my laptop, on futher glance it does support UML and should meet my > needs. All the systems in the office are GNOME based so kivio is not > really the best choice. And,, if it does not run under Windows, they ca= n > use putty and exceed. They all have RHEL running as VMs. > > What I am tasked to do is to diagram a rather complex financial modelin= g > instrument that incorporates a stochastic pricing model and Monte Carlo= > simulation. I have some existing UML diagrams that I should be able to > redraw and update to the current state of the code. The issue is really= > that our financial engineers want to be able to understand how this > software works. > =20 --=20 Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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