steve@solar.card.inpu.oz.au (Steve Giardullo) (04/18/91)
I am looking for recommendations for CASE tools for a network of Sun
SparcStations. Has anyone used or have heard of products which I may
consider and their good/bad points. etc... steve
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& Development |Phone : +61 (0)2 364 3248 Fax: +61 2 262 3813jackm@handies.ucar.edu (Jack Morrison) (04/27/91)
Hi, Steve. >I am looking for recommendations for CASE tools for a network of Sun >SparcStations. Has anyone used or have heard of products which I may We have a product which, while not a full CASE tool, is an inexpensive and powerful program for drawing all types of flow diagrams. Here's a little blurb; I'll have a brochure and sample diagram sent to you in the meantime. ROBOCHART is an interactive graphics program designed to create and edit flow diagrams. It is particularly geared toward Yourdon-style Data Flow Diagrams, but can generate many other similar diagrams, such as state transition diagrams, system configurations, flow charts, entity-relationship diagrams, organization charts, etc. ROBOCHART is NOT a general-purpose drawing tool, but for these types of diagrams it's much faster and easier to work with. ROBOCHART doesn't need complicated commands. You simply manipulate the diagram directly on the screen. The program knows you are drawing a flow diagram, and keeps things perfectly connected and aligned as you make changes. Some of the features are: * Objects can be drawn, moved, or resized with a single mouse command. * Flows between objects can be drawn or moved just as easily. * Flows are automatically redrawn when a connected object moves. * Flows can be rerouted with intermediate vertices. * Labels are entered by simply pointing at an object or flow and typing. * Labels are moved automatically when objects or flows move. * An optional snap grid simplifies diagram alignment. * Hierarchical diagrams are supported for logical zooming between levels of detail. Automatic level numbering is optional. Object consistency across levels is automatic. * Diagrams can be saved to disk and reloaded for editing. Multiple diagram pages can be stored in one file. * Pick, Cut and Paste functions handle hierarchical diagram sections. * Program defaults are user-configurable. The program provides 18 object shapes, each of which can stretched to any width and height. Flows can be solid or dashed lines, and each end can be plain, single or double arrowhead, or crossed. ROBOCHART runs on PC/XT/AT/PS2 and compatible machines with 275K free RAM. A Microsoft-compatible mouse is required. Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA, and super VGA displays are supported. Hardcopy output is provided for many laser, dot matrix, and PostScript printers, and HPGL plotters. ROBOCHART can export your diagram in several graphics file formats. Diagrams can be up to 16 times the graphics screen area. List price is $96, with quantity discounts available. ROBOCHART is also available for SUN 3 and SUN 4 systems. It runs under SunView with SUNOS 4.0 or later, and provides PostScript, EPSF, and HPGL output formats. A demo version with full manual is available for $25 (refundable against purchase of licensed version). Full version licensed for a single node is $345. Additional licenses (including manual) are $90 each. OPEN LOOK and Motif versions are under development; inexpensive upgrades from SunView to X-window versions will be provided. For further information or ordering, contact Lynn Morrison, Marketing Director Digital Insight P.O. Box 2095 Evergreen, CO 80439-2095 (303) 674-5232 Send E-mail inquiries to Jack Morrison at ...ncar!boulder!agcsun!jackm
jww@hpfcbig.sde.hp.com (Jim Wichelman) (06/05/91)
> I am looking for recommendations for CASE tools for a network of Sun > SparcStations. Has anyone used or have heard of products which I may > consider and their good/bad points. etc... steve Hewlett Packard has announced its SoftBench CASE environment and platform for Sparcstations. I believe it will ship sometime this summer. Contact your local HP sales office for more information. Jim Wichelman Hewlett Packard jww@hpfclp.sde.hp.com
cbw@grebyn.com (CBW Consulting) (06/11/91)
There is also a tool called the Virtual Software Factory that is available for the SPARC. VSF is a totally user-configurable CASE environment that allows the user to specify the behavior of the CASE tool through a very sophisticated rule checking mechanism. VSF allows almost 90% of your methodology rules to be checked interactively as the models are being built. VSF has been used to successfully implement CASE environments for HOOD, SSADM, and IBM's AD/Cycle methodologies. If you would like more information on VSF, please send me e-mail and I'll send some more information. Chuck Williams CBW Consulting e-mail: cbw@grebyn.com