sjbr@ut-emx.uucp (Sjaak Brinkkemper) (02/13/91)
A week ago I posted a request on more information on software tools
for diagram editors. Upto now eight tools showed up in the responses.
I want to include in the summary some experiences with these tools.
Send your experiences with the following products, listed with their
vendors or creators, to me. Emphasize ease of use, reliability,
installation, editors developed, etc.
Ascent Technology: MetaView
Index Technology: Excelerator - Customizer
Meta Software: MetaDesign and Design/OA
Linton, Stanford University: InterViews, HotDraw and Unidraw
Digital Insight: ROBOCHART
CADWARE: SYLVA
Thomas, University of Washington: XSIM
AT&T: DAG
Additional tools welcomed, of course.
As before reactions via E-mail to me, or follow-up in comp.software-eng.
Thanks, Sjaak
P.S. Please do not to stuff my mailbox with requests for info or summaries.
It'll be on the net soon.
P.P.S. Former posting is given below:
> For a project on new diagrammatic specification techniques we need
> a tool for the creation of diagram editors. Diagram editors support the
> creation and modification of diagrams according to some notational
> convention. They can be found in CASE-tools for modelling Data Flow
> Diagrams, Petri Nets, Entity-Relationship Diagrams, Finite State
> machines and the like.
>
> We are looking for a tool that simplifies the construction of some
> diagram editors.
> Capabilities must include:
>
> - Grammar based diagrammatic conventions
>
> - Support of windowing, mouse input and icon selection
>
> - Simple user interface code generation
>
> Any product in the UNIX or PC world will be considered.
>
> Please respond by E-mail or follow-up in Comp.software-eng. In case
> of sufficient response I will post a summary.
>
> Thanks, Sjaak
>
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Sjaak Brinkkemper Organizational Computing Lab
MSIS, CBA 5.202 University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
sjbr@emx.utexas.edu tel.: +1.512.471.8879 / +1.512.892.1423