I taught a class on UML / Introductory Java a few years back, and,
since it was an intro class, fielded a lot of questions about UML tools.<br>
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I still wouldn't really call myself and EXPERT on the subject, but I
have looked a few; it seems that, since there seems to be a close
relationship between the UML and the Java communities, that most of the
tools are written in Java.&nbsp; Ergo, if you're willing to install a
Java VM on Linux, you should (theoretically) be able to run most all of
them.<br>
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Eclipse, which a lotta people seem to like, has <a href="http://www.omondo.com/product.html">a (commercial) plug-in module</a> to do UML modelling, I've not used Eclipse a lot, but have loaded and looked at on Linux without too much trouble.
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On Windows, I looked quite a variety of free tools and used <a href="http://www.esm.jp/jude-web/en/index.html">this tool</a>
myself for a project at my last job -- there were no specs and I wanted
something cheap (ie, free as in beer)&nbsp; to just get my design
thoughts on &quot;paper&quot; in an easily-modifiable form, so that I could
brainstorm ... with myself.&nbsp; So it's not, to my mind, AS much of a
full-scale CASE tool, if that's what you're looking for, but if you
need ONLY what you mention in the O.P. (DB relationship / UML Class
diagrams) it should fit the bill pretty well (and you can't beat the
price).&nbsp; I found it to be pretty intuitive and stable on
Windows.&nbsp; Haven't tried on Linux myself, so YMMV.<br>
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OTOH, there's also a F/OSS project to create a more complex and
full-featured CASE tool loosely based on UML / the Rational Process <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/argouml/">here.</a>&nbsp;
I looked at, and installed, this one as well, but found it to be quite
a bit more work -- it's more like a UML process-development tool than
anything (ie, very flexible, but a steep learning curve -- and a lot of
setup time, AFAICT, even if you already are familiar with it.)<br>
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Then there's always <a href="http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/developer/rose/unix/">the big dog</a>
in the field ... if you're not all that attached to your (or your
employer's) money.&nbsp; (Hey, at least there's a free evaluation,
right?)<br>
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Hope it helps ... <br><br>
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JOE<br>
<br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/20/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jack</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:quiet_celt@yahoo.com">quiet_celt@yahoo.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Does anyone use any CASE tools in Linux?<br>What are the popular choices.<br>I've googled and found quite a few tools<br>out there and was surprised to find a number of<br>dual licensed and commercial CASE tools.<br>My immediate need is for making DB relationship
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