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Software Ideas Modeler

Software Ideas Modeler is a powerful UML tool that supports all 14 diagrams of UML 2.5. It is easy to use, and provides complex diagramming and modeling options. The software supports documentation generation, export to many image formats, reverse engineering, and source code generation. Except for standard UML diagrams, other UML-derived diagrams are supported: Information Flow Diagram, Model Diagram, and Manifestation Diagram. The UML software also offers a special UML Mixed Diagram that allows you to use all the UML tools from all UML diagram types.

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Tool for UML Diagrams

Software Ideas Modeler is a comprehensive UML diagramming tool that allows you to create, edit and export a wide range of UML diagrams. The software is designed to be user-friendly and intuitive, making it easy for software developers, business analysts and other professionals to create professional-looking diagrams quickly and easily.

Our UML modeler enables you to draw, edit and export UML diagrams. It supports the latest UML notation and helps you drawing structure, behavior, and interaction diagrams. The software is optimized for Windows systems and you can use it offline.

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What is UML?

UML stands for Unified Modeling Language. It is a general-purpose modeling language in software engineering designed to provide a standard way to visualize the design of a system and its components.

Start your UML journey

Discover the world of UML with our easy-to-use UML diagram maker. Start learning the basics of UML diagrams with plenty of UML tutorials we offer you in the help section. With UML you can design software, make your documentation professional, and communicate with your colleagues and other teams more effectively.

UML drawing tool

Software Ideas Modeler is designed to make the drawing UML diagrams easy. The UML editor offers various ways how to draw diagrams - point and click, drag and drop, specify the bounds of drawn elements, batch element inserting, and much more. Use smart snaplines, grids, and layout actions.

UML modeling tool

You can do more than only draw UML diagrams with Software Ideas Modeler. It is a true UML modeling tool that allows you to manage the parts of the created model. Share the parts in multiple diagrams, reference the elements from one diagram to another. Our UML designer provides tools for navigating the model and generating the code based on it. Try a variety of UML modeling capabilities for free.

Become a UML star with Software Ideas Modeler

With our UML modeler, you can design professional UML diagrams very easily. You can generate the diagrams from code, you can get source code in many languages from the drawn diagrams. Become a diagramming star. UML will be your helper when designing and documenting a software architecture.

UML diagramming tool supporting all 14 UML 2.5 diagrams

This UML software allows you to design and draw all types of UML diagrams. Created diagrams can be exported to various formats. You do not need to draw the diagrams yourself, there is a lot of tools that allow you to generate the diagrams from the textual definition, database, source code or .NET assemblies. You can also generate a code or database tables from drawn diagrams.

Structure Diagrams

Behavior Diagrams

Interaction Diagrams

UML-derived diagrams

  • Model diagram
  • Manifestation diagram
  • Information diagram
  • Mixed diagram

UML Software with All Features You Need

Our UML diagramming software offers a lot of useful features that improve your diagrams. You may use a lot of styling options, create custom reusable visual styles, or choose from many pre-defined style sets. Smart guides help you to build well-aligned professional-looking diagrams. You do not need to start with a blank canvas, you may generate diagrams from various sources - databases, source codes, .NET assemblies, or even texts. The result may be printed or exported to many imaging formats (bitmap and also vector ones).

Everything is a Model

Some UML diagram tools are just drawing software. Software Ideas Modeler is a model-based UML tool. Every element on your diagram has its model part. It allows you to use a single element multiple times - on various diagrams or even on the same one. Then you edit the element just once and all its instances and references are updated immediately.

Diagram Sharing

You can share your UML diagrams very easily. Export them to common bitmap and vector formats (SVG, JPG, PNG, GIF, PDF, and others). Then you can work with your diagrams in other graphical apps or text processors. You can attach the diagram files to an email message and send it to others, who do not have any UML diagram software. You can also share the Software Ideas Modeler project file and send it to your friends as we offer the free viewer for the project files.

Model Sharing

You can also share the UML models and use them in other UML tools or you can import the models from them to Software Ideas Modeler and generate the corresponding UML diagrams. It is possible via the XMI import/export feature.

UML Diagram Types
UML Diagram Types

UML Tools for 2024

Our UML tools are ready for the new challenges of the 2024 year. They are effective, easy to use, and compatible with the latest standards and notations. Software Ideas Modeler includes:

UML Software for Your Programming Language

Software Ideas Modeler supports various programming languages in terms of data types, reverse engineering and source code generation functionality. You can model your software projects in:

Free UML Tool

Standard edition of Software Ideas Modeler is free for non-commercial use. Students and non-profit organizations may download this UML tool and use it for free. Higher editions with advanced features or commercial use of Standard edition are paid. Any edition of Software Ideas Modeler is free to try for everyone, up to 10 days without registration or 30 days with registration.

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Latest UML Tool Tutorials

Adding Messages to Lifelines Using Drag & Drop

Software Ideas Modeler provides a variety of intuitive tools to simplify the editing of sequence diagrams. One of the quickest methods to add a message arrow between two neighboring lifelines is by using the drag-and-drop feature. This guide will show you how to efficiently use this technique.

How to Create a UML Package Diagram

In this tutorial, we’ll guide you step-by-step through creating a UML Package Diagram using Software Ideas Modeler.

Setting Behaviors for State Actions in UML State Machine Diagram

In Software Ideas Modeler, you can assign specific behaviors to a state, making it respond with Entry, Do, and Exit actions. These behaviors dictate what activities the state performs when it’s entered, during its execution, and when it exits.

Wireframes with Data Model

Wireframes are a powerful tool for designing user interfaces, and when combined with data models, they become even more functional and dynamic. Software Ideas Modeler allows you to bind wireframe elements to data from other diagrams, such as UML or ERD (Entity-Relationship Diagram), ensuring consistency between the data model and the user interface.

How to Create a UML Object Diagram

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of creating a UML Object Diagram in Software Ideas Modeler. We will use an existing project that includes a class diagram called ThemeSystem, which contains three primary classes: AppTheme, Color, and Font. This object diagram will represent different app themes, demonstrating how you can visualize object instances and their relationships in real-time.

Latest UML Examples

Asynchronous Processes using UML Activity Diagrams

In modern software development, understanding the intricacies of asynchronous processing is vital for designing systems that are efficient, responsive, and scalable. UML activity diagrams allow to visualize the workflow of asynchronous processes. These diagrams can help to trace the flow of control and data through various system components also in parallel executions.

Employee Onboarding Workflow (UML Activity Diagram)

Onboarding a new employee can be a complex process, involving multiple teams and departments within an organization. A swimlane diagram can be a helpful tool to visualize and analyze the workflow and identify areas for improvement.

Banking System (UML Deployment Diagram)

This UML deployment diagram example shows the various components and nodes that make up a bank's system.

User Login (UML State Machine Diagram)

In this article, we will discuss the design of a state machine diagram for a login process. We will define the various states that a user can be in during the login process, as well as the transitions between those states.

Online Shopping (UML Sequence Diagram)

This UML sequence diagram example shows the process of an online shopping transaction, involving the Customer, Shopping website, Payment gateway, and Shipping company.
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