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From: sjbr@ut-emx.uucp (Sjaak Brinkkemper)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.editors,comp.graphics,comp.infosystems,comp.lang.visual,comp.windows.misc,tx.general,austin.general
Subject: Request for experiences: Software Tools for Diagram Editors
Summary: Interested in experiences with tools for fast implementation of diagrammatic specification techniques in CASE-tool
Keywords: Diagram editor, Graph Editor, Experiences, CASE-tool, user interface generation
Message-ID: <44076@ut-emx.uucp>
Date: 12 Feb 91 18:31:41 GMT
Followup-To: comp.software-eng
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin; Austin, Texas, USA
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    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