Visual Paradigm project for the Unified Modeling Language (VP-UML) is a UML CASE tool. The tool is designed for a wide range of users, including Software Engineers, System Analysts, Business Analysts, System Architects alike, who are interested in building large scale software systems reliably through the use of the Object-Oriented approach.

VP-UML supports the latest standards of Java and UML notations and provides the industry's full round-trip code generation and code reverse engineering support for Java.

In addition, VP-UML is integrated with Eclipse/IBM WebSphere, Borland JBuilder, NetBeans IDE/Sun ONE, IntelliJ IDEA, Oracle JDeveloper and BEA WebLogic Workshop to support the implementation phase of software development.

The transitions from analysis to design and then to implementation are seamlessly integrated within the CASE tool, thus significantly reducing efforts in all stages of the software development life cycle.

Here are some key features of "Visual Paradigm for UML":

UML Notation Support

· Use Case Diagram
· Class Diagram
· Sequence Diagram
· Communication Diagram
· State Diagram
· Activity Diagram
· Component Diagram
· Deployment Diagram
· Composite Structure Diagram
· Timing Diagram
· Interaction Overview Diagram

Visual Modeling

· EJB Diagram
· Use Case Details Editor
· Resource Centric
· Automatic Diagram Layout
· Model Generation
· Model Sharing
· Visio Integration
· Importing Visio Stencils
· Copy and Paste to Microsoft Office
· Rich Text Documentation
· Mouse Gestures
· Style and Formatting

Interoperability

· XMI Import and Export
· Import Rational Rose Projects
· Export and Merge VP-UML Projects

Teamwork Ready

· Performing Teamwork Operations

Object-Relational Mapping

· ORM Pane
· SQL Customization
· Mapping One Class to Multiple Tables
· Create Custom Query
· Reverse Existing Database into ERD
· Create Persistent Layer for Legacy Database
· Generate Persistent Layer and Database from Class Diagram
· Automatic Generation of Array Table
· Extend your Persistence Layer with Custom Logic

EJB Support

· EJB Code Generation
· Synchronization between EJB Diagram and ER Diagram
· EJB Deployment

Streamlined Design and Development Environment

· Integrate with the Most Popular IDEs
· Full Software Development Life-cycle Support
· Generate/Reverse Source Code from UML Models
· Keeping your model and implementation in sync

Broad Output Format Support

· Create Intelligent Documents in an Ad Hoc Manner
· HTML Report Generation
· PDF Report Generation
· Sophisticated Diagram Printing Facility
· Export Diagram as Images

Keeping Your Software Up-to-Date

· Visual Paradigm Update

What's New in This Release:

· New features include support for Mind Mapping Diagrams for organizing ideas and thoughts, increased effects for publisher published Web content, more robust annotation support via Callout and Freehand shape, the ability to create translated copies of a model through the use of Nicknamer, support for defining Requirement types and displaying in Tabular view, and Perforce integration.
· In addition, Report Writer has been upgraded to use a newer version of the engine, which makes it more stable and allows it to edit both the model and report simultaneously.