Omni group omnigraffle pro6/17/2023 A brilliant one, the stencils being probably most important to this thread, but still a drawing tool. Last but not least, OG is a drawing tool, not a modelling tool. ![]() Simply removing that requirement eliminates the need for getting the magnet in the "right" place. The Relation line going to specific attributes is (a) big mistake (b) very limiting for the person drawing and maintaining (c) very limiting to the understanding and utility of Databases. If you post a real example, I can give you more explicit help.ĭata Models definitely should not be drawn in UML, that's simply incorrect, there are much better methods that are more suited and standardised (before UML was born). That's why I stated all stencils are not the same. There are things one can do when building the stencil, to improve utility for the specific task (here UML with the symbols known to be changing size). It may be worth your while to extend the diagramming methodology to (a) fix the symbol sizes and then (b) allow text content to overflow the symbol, in a nice way.įor the stencil. Half the problem is still the stencil the other half is the UML diagram symbols, and the fact that you can resize them (some diagramming techniques disallow changing the size of the symbol, to fit the contents in the symbol). Well I would have a few things to say, can you please post a good example that we can discuss.įor the magnets moving proportionately problem. My work is never complete until the paperwork is done and I would not dream of getting someone else to do the paperwork, not only because they can never reach the depth of what I had in mind, but because I am proud of my paperwork. However, Omnigraffle doesn't provide CAD integration like Visio, since it lacks some features such as DWG or DXF ( Autodesk file formats), import/export functions, among others. It does not work to get someone else to do the docs, and then impose whatever method on them (they have to buy a book or two, etc), and the resulting diagram is sterile devoid of context the result of someone who has read a book or two. The Pro version of OmniGraffle can both import and export Visio files created using Visio's XML export function. The idea is, the geek doing the design should document it, and they an use any number of methods to do so, UML being one of them. ![]() The book or two idea is good but that's exactly where I see people struggling. (I've written a few stencils, but I have no plans to write a UML stencil it is not my preferred communication or documentation method). So, expect to fiddle around an choose a template you like, and add stuff o it to upgrade the quality to what you need. And there are many UML stencils, not just one some better than others all less than adequate as far as I'm concerned.
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