I'm programming with Eclipse and I wanna use UML diagrams in Eclipse Indigo. I try to install either UML2 or UML2 Tools plugins but I don't succeed.
By the way, I downloaded ZIP files of EMF, XSD, UML2 SDK, UML2 Tools and extracted them then copy their files into plugins and features folders. I see installed files in Eclipse but I can't yet work with it.
I don't know what should I do. Could you tell me, please?
The easiest way to get a version of Eclipse with all the UML plugins is to download the Eclipse Modeling Tools distribution from this page.
If you only have downloaded the "plain" Eclipse Classic (and not EMT as #ChrisH suggested), go to Help->Install Modeling Components and install "Papyrus" that should get you started with UML.
Insert Eclipse Indigo update site in Install new Software -->Modelling.
There you will see one category named as modelling.Expand it & choose UML & then follow the procedure.
I've installed the Luna version of Eclipse Modeling https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-modeling-tools/lunar and the "EMF Generator Model" wizard is not found under the Eclipse Modeling Framework. I've reviewed the Luna documentation to see if the generator is embedded or moved to a different package. I also installed Papyrus and all of the EMF related packages that were not installed and restarted. No luck yet.
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Where can I download all the plugins required to run Papyrus on eclipse CDT as zipped files and without to use eclipse itself ?
I am using eclipse CDT 4.5.2 to develop embedded C applications and I would like to add the Papyrus modeling tools so I can view and draw UML models in the same eclipse instance. I am looking for a way to achieve this on this eclipse CDT installation, not to start from the Papyrus distribution except if there is no other way.
The main constraint is that I cannot use any update site [long story short : company network] from eclipse, therefore I use to install the other plugins from a zipped archive containing jars. I couldn't find how to do the same thing with Papyrus and the UML tools.
I am using Eclipse Juno EE and I can not install the Ecore Tools SDK. I have tried everything, searched everywhere and I cant find a solution. I tried via the Install New Software Manager, the Market, I even downloaded the archive file(when I try to install it with the archive from the site it tells me that no software was found). While searching, I found that article: http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/354109/ where this guy "Cedric Brun" gives a link for instalation ( http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/emft/ecoretools/updates/1.1/201205140421 ). I tried the link, installed the SDK(at least I think so), but now when I click on New... There is no Ecore Tools folder with options, and I can't create Ecore Diagrams. Do someone have a solution to that problem?
Since I'm running the Eclipse Modeling package, it is already installed, but checking the update site "Juno - http://download.eclipse.org/releases/juno" shows the "Ecore Tools SDK" under the category "Modeling".
Have you tried installing from that repo?
http://download.eclipse.org/releases/juno
For installing Ecore Tool go to Help -> Install new software and use one of these links :
for eclipse mars http://download.eclipse.org/ecoretools/updates/releases/3.0.1/mars
for older versions
http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/emft/ecoretools/updates/1.2/201306071421
Note that after installation is possible that to make a new ecore diagram in the fallowing ways:
File->New->Other...Ecore Tool->Ecore Diagram
File->New->Other...Other->Ecore Diagram
Via the context menu - right click on a .ecore file and select Initialize Ecore Diagram...
Also you can go to Help->Install New Software... select your eclipse release site and under Modeling check the Diagram Editor for Ecore (SDK) you will probably need Eclipse Modeling Framework SDK to.
I have Eclipse IDE for Java Developers (Helios) installed. I want to add an UML plugin, Papyrus, to it. I tried online install and local install the Papyrus. But none works for me. By looking at Papyrus tutorial carefully,tutorial, I found it referes to the Eclipse Modeling Tools. Is that mean I have to install the Eclipse Modeling Tools? Then I have to use two separate tools from Eclipse?
EDIT:
Found the answer:
The link to update the Papyrus for Helios is this: http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/papyrus/updates/releases/helios
The latest source download from papyrus site is for indigo, I think.
I think that Papyrus is not a plugin. You need to download the full Papyrus packages which is bundle of Eclipse Helios and UML plugins. If you use Java then it is not possible to install Papyrus because this modeling tool is not related to java.
Papyrus is working well but requires it own modeling environment as opposed to java. This is fully logical because modeling is not always related to Java but more MDA.
I'm using Eclipse Helios as IDE, specifically I am using the "modeling" version that may have all modeling plugins pre-installed.
Unfortunately, I'm not able to find a compatible version of UML2 tools.
I've downloaded both mdt-uml2-Update-3.2.0RC3 and mdt-uml2tools-Update-incubation-0.9.0 but I can't install UML2 tools because I got some dependencies errors.
Do you know which version of Eclipse has a full support for UML2 and Modeling tools?
Thanks
It's true the UML2 Tools project is not active anymore, and will not be part of Indigo.
However, the UML2 project providing the UML2 reference implementation is still active and is used as a basis by the MDT-Papyrus project which is now the "standard" UML2 tool as part of the Modeling bundles. I know, quite confusing!
UML2 tools does not have a Helios-compatible release. You could use instead the new Papyrus UML tool available from the Modeling Component Browser component or from http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/papyrus/
UML2 tools was stopped last year after the take over of Borland. Concerning open source projects only Papyrus and Topcased are available for Helios.
I'd like to install UML2 Tool plugin in eclipse 3.6, but I can not find it in update-manager
Could anyone help me install this plugin ?
Thanks
"UML2 Tools" didn't make the Helios release train. And the version of UML2 Tools that was in Galileo won't work as it has dependencies on a component from MDT/OCL that was removed in the version of that project that went into Helios.
This FAQ has a complicated workaround.
As others have mentioned, development in the UML2 Tools project seems to have stopped, and Papyrus could be a replacement. The UML2 project at Eclipse (which is a library that implements the UML 2.* metamodel, but does not provide diagramming features) has not died, and many commercial products and open source projects rely on it. And no, the UML standard itself hasn't died either, and is undergoing active development.
You have two open source projects (e.g. Papyrus and Topcased) and two commercial tools (Omondo EclipseUML and RSA IBM).
btw, UML is really very few uses today.
It seems to me that the GMF project on which Eclipse modeling tools are based is stopped since Eclipse 3.5. A difficult upgrade to 3.6 was made but I doubt that 3.7 will ever be done. I therefore consider that Eclipse 3.6 is the last UML version for Eclipse and no other smart UML tool will be developped on the latest Eclipse indigo 3.7 and further builds.
You will find all UML tools in Eclipse Market Place ("UML" category)
The official UML2 Eclipse project is still in active development, and can be downloaded here.
Plus MDT/UML2 provides only the metamodel, it does not provide UML modelling tools themselves. One implementation is MDT-UML2Tools (which is not currently updated for Helios and more).
So Eclipse Market place remains the place where you can find more complete UML2 tools.
Dont worry nobody really cares about UML any more. Write better documentation w/ the code rather than silly diagrams that quickly become out of date and you and those that follow will have an easier life.