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Video tutorial for Open ModelSphere 3.2 beta
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Review
This is official description applies to version 3.1
Designed to be platform-independent, Open ModelSphere was created as a 100%-Java application. Having been developed as a commercial software by Grandite over several years, Open ModelSphere has become a professional and mature product that is supported by an experienced community of software architects and engineers who want you to benefit from the product and share their expertise with you.
The following review written by one of the Software Informer contributors applies to version 3.0
Open ModelSphere is a great modeling tool for software projects of any size. You can design Data Models, Business Process Models (BPMs) and UML Models. It's Java based, so you will need to install the latest JRE in order to use it.
The user interface is not so colorful and good-looking as by other products like MySQL Workbench, and its operation is not so intuitive like the rest.
But he bigger strength of this product is that it's freeware, but you have no limitation at all to print, export or reverse-engineer your models.
Yes, that's correct: if you install the JDBC driver for your favorite DBMS (MySQL in my case), you can easily reverse (and even forward!) your database (build your model based on an existing database and vice-versa).
This program has very few drawbacks taking into account its numerous advantages, for example: its installer is designed to work on Windows systems only. But the boost of productivity and project quality that you obtain using this software makes it a must-have for developers and system analysts. |
- Freeware and open source, without limitations.
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- Not available for Linux. User interface is not so attractive as other products.
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Reviewed by: Martín Palacio Pentucci Reviewer rating: Reviewed: 3 years ago
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What's new in version 3.1
“A bi-directional interface to Java has been added, i.e. class models can be generated from Java code and vice versa. Exploiting the advantages of Java 6, the user interface has undergone a major makeover: The Look & Feel has been upgraded, menus have been reorganized and numerous features been added to improve the intuitive use as well as the UML compliance of the application”, states Axel Troike, President. “The lion’s
share of credits for this version goes to our cooperation partner neosapiens. They delivered major contributions based on their profound knowledge of the application’s architecture as well as their Java expertise.”
Open ModelSphere, a Java application licensed under GPL, covers conceptual, logical and physical data modeling and includes generic forward / reverse engineering and synchronization of databases. Traditional business process modeling as well as the established diagrams of UML modeling are supported. Grandite offers interfaces for DB2 UDB, Informix and Oracle as commercial plug-ins. Its service portfolio for Open
ModelSphere includes maintenance & support, training classes, consulting and individual development on demand. |
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