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JUDE User Comments in 2006

Jan. 22, 2007 Updated
User comments in 2007, 2008.
satisfaction Satisfaction unsatisfaction Unsatisfaction request Request question Question Answer

Date Category Comment
2006.12.30 unsatisfaction User interface is not super easy to use because it is not standard. After you learn it it's convenient.
2006.12.15 good This is a useful application, and to all the people like me who are studiying Java as a Developing Language is really a great tool.
2006.12.10 unsatisfaction I would like to add one comment - we need this to work on linux or we can't use it. So far it looks like it wasn't tested on linux and we can't get it to run. It's too bad.
2006.12.08 question Can 1.5 be supported?
JUDE teamAnswer
Since JUDE/Professional 3.1, we started supporting a part of Java5.0 for [Import Java]. *Currently Generics are imported as normal classes although it will be supported in near future!
2006.12.07 good Jude is one of the best tool that I've found on the net, I'd like to say that could be better if was more faster. Tks
2006.12.07 question Why not a Brasilian Portuguese version/tanslation?
2006.11.28 unsatisfaction It's a little hard to work with the mouse, clicking on some items on the screen, like diagrams, actors e use cases. Sometimes, the click has no effect and we have to keep clicking on and on until the items is selected.
2006.11.28 good a french version should be cool
2006.11.28 good I like JUDE 'cause JUDE is very easy to use, even to inciants in Software Engineering, like me.
2006.11.25 idea provide some regional officer or virtual office for product sales on Brazil country.
2006.11.24 good You are the best ever developers! I love you all!
2006.11.21 good JUDE is a very good tool, it's easy and works great.
2006.11.18 idea I would like the site for download was to easy.
2006.10.11 idea Reverse engineer Java code.
JUDE teamAnswer
Since JUDE/Professional 3.1, we started supporting a part of Java5.0 for [Import Java].
2006.10.09 Stability, simplicity, provide UML/Java development support without forcing me to do things a specific way. Your product in the past has been awesome. However your licensing is confusing. Is the price something I have to pay each year if I don't need support? Once I buy a version can I just continue to > use it forever without paying more?
JUDE teamAnswer
Once you purchase a JUDE/Professional User License, you can use JUDE/Professional permanently without paying. Support renewal fee would be required only if you need a support after your first free support period expires. Support Renewal License is a license to extend your support period for one more year. And by purchasing a support renewal license, you can receive free software updates including bug fixes and always have access to work with the latest version of JUDE/Professional..etc. For more detail about Support Renewal License, check out here.
2006.10.08 idea Auto code-generation (for both of Java and dot net). Document generation and code generation.
JUDE teamAnswer
JUDE supports a [Export Java] function. Go to [Tool]-[Export Java] from Main Menu.
2006.10.06 idea Java code generator.
JUDE teamAnswer
JUDE supports a [Export Java] function. Go to [Tool]-[Export Java] from Main Menu.
2006.10.06 idea Use cases linking possibilities.
2006.10.06 good Just keep it simple.
2006.10.06 idea More facilities for users!
2006.10.05 idea Generics Support.
JUDE teamAnswer
Generics is planned to be supported in near future!
2006.10.05 goodidea I am developing java 1.5, with annotations and generics, and it's difficult to use JUDE in this case. But I'm using it, and I'm liking. I hope that the support for java 1.5 is coming soon!
JUDE teamAnswer
Since JUDE/Professional 3.1, we started supporting a part of Java5.0 for [Import Java]. *Currently Generics are imported as normal classes although it will be supported in near future!
2006.10.04 goodidea To continue being the best tool. Also a version in Portuguese!
JUDE teamAnswer
JUDE/Professional has started support UML 2.0 on some parts!
2006.10.03 idea More integration with development tools.
2006.10.03 good Thanks for making it free for personal use. I don't make money doing this, but it is a good and helpful tool.
2006.09.30 idea I want JUDE to be free tool complete and not limited by the time. And open source would be nice.
2006.09.30 good It is already over the expectation for my purpose above.
2006.09.28 idea Maybe a version in Portuguese, it will call more development professionals.
Answer
GUI in Portuguese is planned to be created in the future by JUDE User!
2006.09.27 idea I like to use JUDE also to model C++ diagrams and standard C++ datatypes like bool should be supported without having to create a new class for them every time.
2006.09.27 good Congratulation for job! It's a simple and easy tool.
2006.09.27 idea Auto-completion drawing.
2006.09.26 idea More flexibility. It could have a better design and more options to change and print diagrams in different ways.
2006.09.24 idea More upgrades.
2006.09.22 good Thanks for making the tool I was looking for!
2006.09.22 idea More facility.
2006.09.22 idea To grow to a real MDA tool.
2006.09.22 idea To follow up UML's evolution.
JUDE teamAnswer
JUDE/Professional has started support UML 2.0 on some parts!
2006.09.21 good Congratulation, it is a good tool for UML.
2006.09.19 goodidea Improve the documents beautification. And export to others languages. JUDE is actually a great program. I use it at my work and to do works for the university. It's very useful. Congratulations!
2006.09.19 I want colors, color in the containers of the UML. JUDE is amazing! The best! Thank you!
Answer
You can color view elements.
1) Select a view elements and right-click on it to have a Pop Up Menu.
2) Select [Set Color] and choose a color you want to put.
Also you can set the default color for each view element. Go to [Tool] - [System Properties] in Main Menu. Select [New Item Color] / [New Stereotype Color] then set the default color.
2006.09.18 idea Integration with Eclipse.
2006.09.18 idea Make JUDE always FREE!
2006.09.16 Always be free and continue the quality improvement.
2006.09.15 idea An introduction to UML modeling for the beginner. Perhaps the professional version could be used for educational purposes.
2006.09.14 idea More functionality for community version such as UML/Java integration and integration to Eclipse/Netbeans/jdeveloper.
2006.09.13 idea Usability improvement and a smarted code generator.
2006.09.13 idea Support to others forms of notation (i.e.. Database Relationship Model) and the downloads could be more freely.
2006.09.12 idea A quickly startup and more powerful tools.
2006.09.12 idea Include Booch Notation.
2006.09.10 idea I hope I can use all UML diagrams in the future. JUDE is the best!
Answer
JUDE/Professional has started support UML 2.0 on some parts!
2006.09.10 idea Congratulations for maintaining such a useful software for community usage. I request to have better integration with development process, code generation and programming language support. Also with documentation tools (OpenOffice like).
2006.09.10 JUDE is a great software for UML modeling.
2006.09.09 JUDE is a good software for system modeling. Thanks so much!
2006.09.08 idea UML2.0 support.
JUDE teamAnswer
JUDE/Professional has started support UML 2.0 on some parts!
2006.09.07 idea Support ERD, support generic types.
JUDE teamAnswer
We are planning to support both of ER diagram and Generic types in near future!
2006.09.06 idea More tools, easier, friendlier with users.
JUDE teamAnswer
We have opened JUDE User's Community Site for JUDE users to talk and exchange your opinions about JUDE, UML!
2006.09.06 idea New features and integrated languages.
2006.09.05 idea UML templates/tutorials that provide sample usage of JUDE to draw UML diagram. And please keep the Community version free for commercial use. Also more integration to common IDE like Eclipse.
2006.09.04 idea More clear and more convenient.
2006.09.03 good Keep the simple facility. I think that JUDE is the major important in the modeling word.
2006.09.03 idea Simplicity, XMI Export.
Answer
XMI input/output is supported only in JUDE/Professional.
2006.09.02 good Please provide code generate for c#. JUDE is a good tool for beginners.
2006.09.02 good Keep it fast and easy to use. And Integration with JBPM and Eclipse. It would be nice to have a partner program.
2006.09.01 I expect JUDE can work with generic types in Java without creating a new class for each ClassName : List" for example." I have noticed that not even for paid versions you have updated your java to version 5, why?
Answer
[Import Java] for generics is planned to be supported in near future.
2006.09.01 JUDE could be in Portuguese!
Answer
GUI in Portuguese is planned to be created in the future by JUDE User!
2006.08.31 The tool JUDE is used for many Brasileiros (Brazilian). It would be easy if existed a version in Portuguese. Thanks.
Answer
We have happily received this report from one of JUDE Users in Brazil that he will make GUI in Portuguese for JUDE in the future.
2006.08.30 You can give the possibility to choose the GUI look and feel. It can be useful to select the Java metal default look and feel under some platform (Linux for example).
2006.08.30 Eclipse plugin integration.
2006.08.30 Code Generation.
2006.08.30 The one and only fully functional yet simple to use UML tool available out there! Way to go folks! I have been a JUDE fan for more than two years now.
2006.08.30 To the size of the application, is a beautiful work.
2006.08.27 Integration Eclipse!
2006.08.26 Good work!! Support other languages than Java (at least C++) and keep a free version; by the way this is one of reasons that made JUDE famous!
2006.08.25 I have nothing to say about JUDE; just they say it's the best.
2006.08.25 Brilliant tool. UML 2.0 support. Eclipse integration option!
2006.08.22 I need some more documents (Maybe not relate to JUDE) about Standard for Software Detailed Design. If you could support me, I would be very grateful to you.
2006.08.21 UML 2.0 support.
Answer
UML 2.0 has been partly supported since JUDE/Professional 3.0.
2006.08.21 I wait for the support of engineering reverse for projects I java.
2006.08.21 Robust round trip Java code engineering. Java anti-pattern/code analyzer (If you find it relevant for UML tool) then you can beat other tools!
2006.08.19 idea JUDE is nice and easy. You may not even know UML and start making architectural design or brief project description for teammates at once. This is cool. In the agile world that's the tool we need.
2006.08.18 goodquestion Good facilities. Where is OSX version?
JUDE teamAnswer
Please check out FAQ. 4 about JUDE on MacOSX.
2006.08.18 idea To not be compounded with a lot of extras, but to stay focused on UML.. When exporting diagrams, it would nice to be able to set the DPI value.
2006.08.16 good BEST FOR US STUDENTS!
2006.08.15 idea Generate code for C++.
2006.08.11 idea I expect JUDE will improve its graphical interface.
2006.08.11 goodidea I expect a better integration with another UML tools. I'm just starting with JUDE, I used to work with other tools, but I decide to migrate for JUDE, because it seemed to be great software.
2006.08.10 goodidea Only thanks for giving me the tool. But maybe more on-line helps.
2006.08.10 goodidea Mind Maps + UML = Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you think in designing your own Methodology or Paradigm of software development?
2006.08.09 goodidea 1) A plugin interface would be nice. I would like to use this in order to connect certain diagram elements to external entities such as files or classes (Hyperlinks must always be created manually.) and also to create such entities as soon as model elements are created (Simple UDP Messages might be enough.). The reason is that I regularly have to "manually" bridge the gap between my models and implementation entities (which are not java classes). The API you provided is one very nice step towards this, but using this I always have to synchronize the whole model and still don't get the implementation "on click"...
2) Generic attributes on model elements (Just a list plain "key=value" pairs (even better:also key="model element") would help a lot in the process of code generation because UML does not see to all ends yet...
3) Another nice feature would be the ability to use "shared" model repositories (For example, I would like to derive a class from a model stored in a different JUDE project file).
In Version 3.0, grid lines sometimes are painted over the diagram elements (So they look like they are in "jail").
Answer
Thank you for your report! We will check out about the grid lines painted over the elements.
2006.08.08 goodidea Please don't make this software too heavy!!
2006.08.08 goodidea One of the best UML tool I have ever used.
2006.08.04 goodidea It will be nice to have some code generation at least for Java, maybe the language as Plugin. thanks a lot for making the product available for download.
2006.08.04 goodidea As I work SW analyst I would like to see possibility to generate various (definition) documents from UML models, as they are required by customers. As you have added API for JUDE I grew really excited, because this might pave the way for some fancy but still robust reporting facility for JUDE.
2006.08.03 good It's nice to see a good program, above all itLs free.
2006.08.01 goodidea Entity-Relationship diagrams, with full SQL generation & reverse from database. You guys are great!
2006.07.31 idea Standard UML 2.0 diagrams and support tablet PC mouse gesture/directly drawing. Thank you for providing so good a UML tool.
2006.07.28 idea Project package organization to follow RUP (Use Case Model, Design Model, Implementation Model, Deployment Model).
2006.07.28 good Congratulations for the excellent application.
2006.07.26 good Reverse methods or classes in sequence diagrams. Really good job.
2006.07.26 good It's great that you provide a free version of JUDE for extended evaluation and daily use!
2006.07.26 idea Conversion of sequence diagrams to collaboration diagrams.
2006.07.25 good The best tool for UML project language activities.
2006.07.24 good JUDE is nearly a state of art in UML, and is important to keep free. I like to see a manual with examples for JUDE.
2006.07.24 idea XMI support (do you actually provide it? It's not clear). Clarify if you are going for standards (XMI) or not.
Answer
XMI input/output is supported in JUDE/Professional only.
2006.07.24 idea Code generation for C#.
2006.07.21 idea A major integration with Java code. Maybe a Plugin for Eclipse or something like that.
2006.07.20 idea I hope there will be the version for Chinese.
JUDE teamAnswer
A Chinese version is available from here.
2006.07.20 idea I request two useful enhancements:
1. Ability in state diagrams to use spread across multiple lines the event/guard/action annotation on transitions.
2. C++ code or C round trip engineering. (useful for embedded applications)
2006.07.18 idea High quality code generation.
2006.07.18 goodidea Great tool.
* Please add support for JDK5.0
* It would be nice to edit notes in the property view for more selections, e.g. topics in mindmaps - like usecases in an usecase diagram
* Add a 'refresh' to the content menu of classes
* Add a 'open file' to the content menu of classes
* To set visibility in class diagrams you have to use the context menu for each setting... better way: use property view, add a tab 'Visibility'
2006.07.18 good JUDE is very a good valuable software, keep up the good work!
2006.07.18 good Your software is so good that I feel guilty observing people to use other UML tools. Please do your best replace them, thanks.
2006.07.15 goodidea Just keep it simple, and add some shape in order to better express system architecture.
2006.07.14 good Good software please continue.
2006.07.14 good I would like to thank you for the opportunity to use a good software free. I liked a lot. Thank you.
2006.07.13 I expect JUDE using the newer version of UML and working together with Eclipse or Netbeans IDE.
2006.07.12 good keep being so useful.
2006.07.12 goodidea Congratulations for the excellent work, divulge tutorial to facilitate the access to this magnificent tool.
2006.07.11 goodidea I use it with Mac OSX. I will appreciate a better integration with the OS.
2006.07.09 idea Sequence diagrams would be generate source with calls(messages).
2006.07.07 question Do you plan to integrate JUDE with Eclipse via plugin mechanism?
2006.07.06 good Great product - This is the UML modeler for all projects! I will purchase this later in the month!
2006.07.06 goodidea Congratulations! Connection with MDA plugins.
2006.07.04 good I love JUDE. Keep up the good work.
2006.07.04 good This tool goes to help to improve my projects of commercial application, and in my monograph.
2006.07.04 good Keep simple and lightweight, is the way I like tools.
2006.07.03 idea I hope JUDE will help me to deploy in visual C++.
2006.07.03 idea Make it simpler to detect use of classes from standard Java library.
2006.07.01 idea It is not possible to copy contents of one diagram to another in a different file. This would be particularly useful where version control is in place.
2006.06.30 good Thanks for the good work. I use JUDE for teaching UML in Brazil!
2006.06.29 good Congratulations for the work.
2006.06.29 good Thanks for the gratuitous tool!
2006.06.29 idea Expect to improve a way to document the steps of sequence diagrams, and print them out with diagrams and a way to print a report for class diagrams of all the classes and their associated methods and attribute descriptions in a summary (like javadoc) way to view them.
Answer
Exporting RTF documents feature is supported in JUDE/Professional.
2006.06.29 good JUDE rox! :)
2006.06.29 goodidea Better compatibility with Eclipse (Java development tool). Clipboard compatibility with Open Office would be marvelous! Why not make data XML? Bidirectionality with Java (changing the code would update the .jude file). I want to thank you for sharing your efforts.
Answer
XMI input/output is supported in JUDE/Professional only.
2006.06.28 good Maintain the current simplicity while adding features.
2006.06.28 good JUDE provides a very intuitive interface. It is actually helping me to learn UML. Very nicely done!
2006.06.28 I'm interested in the mind map feature.
2006.06.28 satisfactionidea If you go open source, the number of users will raise a lot more!
2006.06.21 satisfaction I Love JUDE.
2006.06.21 idea Out put to html/xhtml to documentation on-line.
2006.06.20 Maintain the good intention with users and also try to follow the google easy-light way of use.
2006.06.20 It looks like it is a tremendous tool.
2006.06.18 I have been using UML modeling tools for quite sometime and have gone through most of the products available in the market. I found JUDE to be the best of the lot and supports all the UML features and is easy to use and organize models. A great product, the team has done a good job :)
2006.06.18 Please implement JDK 1.5 support :-)
2006.06.17 Thanks for giving us the opportunity to use a tool that I considered a very good. I expect that JUDE will have a possibility to generate a code of programming and vice-versa.
2006.06.17 Request - The major reason most of the software developers I work with do not use JUDE is because the PNG/JPEG export feature will only export one size of the diagram. Most developers (including myself) would prefer to export the PNG in a smaller size. So I request an ability to save PNG diagrams in different sizes/zoom.
2006.06.16 Thanks for programming!! I would like to have a nice MAC version :).
2006.06.16 Integration in Eclipse.
2006.06.15 It's a very good software.
2006.06.13 It needs more objects to support.
2006.06.09 JUDE is easy to use for students and professional uses.
2006.06.06 Support the newest UML specifications. Good work.
2006.06.03 Great tool!
2006.06.03 I wish that the JUDE/Community doesn't stop and grow more and more, with interest and big ideas for UML.
2006.06.01 Very simple, yet powerful. I can finally focus on modelling with JUDE. Graphical operations (dragging, resizing etc.) work perfectly - no latency, no unexpected behavior. I would like JUDE to provide features that help modelling, not coding - I do not need code generator, reverse engineering etc. I want to visualize a problem from business and technical perspective. And when you mouse over an artifact it would be good to see its 'definition' - some cloud like tooltip.
2006.06.01 When you mouse over an artifact it would be good to see its 'definition' - some cloud like tool tip.
2006.05.31 JUDE is the best.
2006.05.25 I'd like to thank you for giving me a chance to utilize a UML tool for free.
2006.05.24 Very easy to use and up to date.
2006.05.23 The JUDE file format makes it hard for me to use this tool in larger corporate environments, where other people are resilient to introducing a propriety file format.
2006.05.22 A good tool, very easy to use. Thank you.
2006.05.22 More possibilities for making notes on diagrams.
2006.05.18 Great work guys!
2006.05.18 Team... you are great, please keep developing and maintaining a community version.
2006.05.18 I would like to save documents in .XMI format.
Answer
XMI input/output is supported in JUDE/Professional only.
2006.05.17 Keep up, guys! good job!
2006.05.17 Excellent work.
2006.05.16 JUDE is excellent!!!
2006.05.16 I only have it is to congratulate you for the great work. The best UML tool more than any other tools that I have used.
2006.05.13 very good!!
2006.05.13 Without comments of a surprising tool.
2006.05.12 Please make it updated with new UML specifications.
Answer
JUDE/Professional has started support UML 2.0 on some parts!
2006.05.12 I want to take part in making JUDE if possible.
2006.05.12 I've been using JUDE/Community for about one year and it has been supporting all my activities on the Master Degree I am taking, for the UML, Java and OO disciplines. It is really friendly and easy to setup and use.
2006.05.12 I thought the professional edition was free...
2006.05.12 Thank you for continuing to make the community edition freely available.
2006.05.10 Better support for XMI export/import to be interoperable with others UML tools (yes, you may win more users if you support other vendors). Java import/export in the Community Edition.
2006.05.09 Professional Linux support could be interesting for me.
2006.05.08 Thank you for providing this wonderful tool.
2006.05.07 A student is not supposed to spend money on tools. That's why these free ones, like JUDE, are so important. You should keep doing that, because if someday i decide to buy for professional uses, it will be the one I'd already known.
2006.05.06 I am using JUDE to improve my studies in the university.
2006.05.03 Java 5.0! ;)
2006.05.03 To support UML 2.0.
Answer
JUDE/Professional has started support UML 2.0 on some parts!
2006.05.02 Release more kind of language of Help!
2006.05.01 Thanks, for JUDE, that help us in the our academic formation.
2006.04.29 Please, create version or help in Portuguese. Thanks...
Answer
GUI in JUDE/Community can be displayed in various languages by the external resource files. Go to here for more detail.
2006.04.27 Thanks for your work. I enjoy the tool. I'm trying to get my employer to buy professional licenses for the team.
2006.04.26 I don't intend to use JUDE for fully detailed UML diagrams, but the early versions I tried were incredibly useful for getting down a design in a quick and easy fashion (though could still have had some improved usability).
2006.04.25 It would be nice to have a version working as an Eclipse Plugin.
2006.04.25 Thanks guys for such an excellent, well designed piece of software, and for having a community edition with so many available features.
2006.04.17 Looks like a nice simple program to use, simple to understand.
2006.04.16 The java programmers will die of starvation. "Keep up the good work!!! And free!
2006.04.15 I would move to the professional if it was integrated with at least Eclipse for Java and C++; I only use JUDE currently to generate documentation.
2006.04.14 Is there any road for JUDE on Eclipse IDE?
Answer
At the moment there is no roads for JUDE on Eclipse IDE. We will consider supporting it in the future.
2006.04.14 Thanks for the demo.
2006.04.13 Its a very good product. I feel guilty using the community edition. Thanks!
2006.04.13 Hardly beginning to explore JUDE and I create by the references that I have found the tool that it looked for to support the process of development of software, I hope the future in finding new elements that incorporate to aspects oriented.
2006.04.13 Because it is free, I expect it will be fundamental for my course. Helping me to learn UML. Lots of people need it too. So thanks very much.
2006.04.11 I am new to UML, so I expect to learn as much as I can with JUDE.
2006.04.11 Thanks for providing a free Community version.
2006.04.10 Request: C++ support, do not save properties and log files in $HOME ... something like $HOME/.jude/ would be nicer.
2006.04.06 Thanks for your spirits of SE and efforts. Make your products for the developer, listen the requirement from them and provide new futures like code-autogeneration.
2006.04.04 Best of the best.
2006.04.01 Good job, JUDE is the best.
2006.03.31 Irrespective whether the software is java based or not, it should support c++ and c# data types for class modeling!
2006.03.27 It is perfect.. i like it so far.
2006.03.23 My best regards for the development team. I'm learning Java and UML together and the Jude just make it easier.
2006.03.18 Thanks for this really nice tool. It is awesome.
2006.03.18 Any observation, congratulations for the works and for the proportionate dynamics for JUDE.
2006.03.14 Introduce more languages.
2006.03.13 Very good idea to introduce MindMaps features in the product.
2006.03.07 Thanks for the great software, really complete and easy to use.
2006.03.01 I haven't used JUDE in a while, but the reason I keep coming back to it is simplicity, we have access to enterprise architect, ibm/rational packages, several eclipse tools - but JUDE has always been simple and reliable - round trip engineering would probably make it the tool of choice.
2006.02.24 This is an excellent tool for applying UML. Keep up the good work.
2006.02.24 My problem with the software is the situation, that two people work on many diagrams in the same project, but we can't do export and import of a single diagram to retrieve the changes.
2006.02.24 I'm expecting the features of reverse engineering of classes, relationships and delphi and java codes.
2006.02.17 Please make UML 2.0 as standard in every product!!
2006.02.17 I hope that this software will publish the Chinese version ^^ This software is really good for student to implement the UML pattern. Thanks for the software developer.
[JUDE Support]
A Chinese version is now available from here.
2006.02.09 I'd like to see the wae (Web Application Extension or WEBML) into the JUDE!
2006.01.17 I would like to import JAVA code for analysis and documentation purposes - but cannot do it as the application was written in JAVA 1.5.
2006.01.16 satisfaction JUDE rocks!
JUDE is faster, more intuitive, and much more stable than others ... and I say all of this as a user of the free version. Thanks for this great piece of software.
2006.01.09 satisfaction Good Work... At any time I check your website for new versions or other I'm very satisfied. Site usability seems very Good, then Your product (JUDE UML) is probably the better choice for any people who study in my faculty. I hope in the future you will disclose a little jar containing API for drawing some little block diagrams, this will leads to a standard affirmation.
2006.01.05 idea UI for importing Java classes needs a complete rewrite and support re-import of existing UML elements without deleting them from the current diagrams. (mainly to get the new associations in sync)

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