> Is there a built-in UML tools in VS 2005 Team Suite?

"Jesse Houwing" <jesse.houwing@nospam-sogeti.nl> wrote in message
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>* Alan T wrote, On 23-7-2007 9:03:
>> Is there a built-in UML tools in VS 2005 Team Suite?
>
> You mean, does VSTS coem with built in UML support? Then the answer is no.
>
> There are a number of designer tools:
> - Class Diagram (not UML conform, but works fine)
> - Physical Data Center ( )
> - Logical Data Center (comes close to deployment diagram)
> - Application Domain ( )
>
> But they do not conform to any UML standard and have their own little
> nifty tricks built in.
>
> If you're looking for a good UMl tool that integrates with Visual Studio
> you could take a look at:
> - Visual Paradigm SDE
> http://www.visual-paradigm.com/product/sde/
> - Borland Together for Visual Studio
> (though I believe it will be discontinued)
> http://www.borland.com/us/products/together/index.html
> - Rational Software Architect
> (there's a plug-in for .NET model-importing, but no round trip
> support and no integration)
> http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/products/rsa/
> - Altova UModel
> (though I believe it does not directly integrate in Visual Studio)
> http://www.altova.com/products/umodel/uml_tool.html