Enterprise Architect combines the power of the latest UML 2.1 specification with a high performance, intuitive interface, to bring advanced modeling to the desktop, and to the complete implementation and development team.

EA supports generation and reverse engineering of source code for many popular languages, including C++, C#, Java, Delphi, VB.Net, Visual Basic and PHP. Free add-ins for CORBA and Python are also available. With a built in "syntax highlighting" source code editor, EA lets you quickly navigate and explore your model source code in the same environment. For those working in Eclipse or Visual Studio.Net, Sparx Systems also sell lightweight bridges to these IDE's, letting you model in EA and jump directly to the source code in your preferred editor. Code generation templates let you customize the generated source code to your company specifications.

EA helps you visualize your applications by supporting reverse engineering of a wide range of software development languages and database repository schema. Bring in complete frameworks from source code or Java .jar files - or even .Net binary assemblies! By importing frameworks and library code, you can maximize re-use and understanding of your existing investment.

EA supports advanced Model Driven Architecture (MDA) transformations using easy to edit and develop transformation templates. With built in transformations for DDL, C#, Java, EJB and XSD, you can quickly develop complex solutions from simple "platform independent models" (PIM) that are target at "platform specific models" (PSM). One PIM can be used to generate and synchronize multiple PSM's - providing a significant productivity boost.

Here are some key features of "Enterprise Architect":

· UML design and construction
· Use Case, Logical, Dynamic and Physical models
· Custom extensions for process modeling and more
· High quality MS Word compatible documentation
· Intuitive and simple to use
· Data modeling, Forward Database Engineering to DDL and Reverse Database Engineering from ODBC
· Multi-user (Professional and Corporate editions only)
· Forward and Reverse Code Engineering (Professional and Corporate editions only) - Support for ActionScript 2.0, Java, C#, C++, VB.Net, Delphi, Visual Basic , Python and PHP
· XMI import/export facility
· Spell checker

Limitations:

· 30-day trial

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· "Lock to Edit" security mode altered to enable the menu item "Apply or Release User Lock" for version controlled packages irrespective of their checked-in / checked-out status.
· GUID reference tagged values can be set to an 'empty string' by selecting the 'none' option in the Select Dialog.
· Unsigned_int16 types included in the grammar for the C++ importer.
· Viewing custom references and transforms in the hierarchy window have been optimized to improve performance.
· Java code importer modified to preserve Full Java 'throws' that exceed 255 characters in length.
· Interface Elements generated as an element and not as an embedded type.
· RTF template editor improved to prevent the insertion of '{{' on field names which could occasionally cause template corruption.
· RTL fonts will not be used by default if the Windows default language is set to Hebrew/Arabic, resulting in an improved RTF report.
· RTL detection of text within a linked Document refined, resulting in the improved ge...