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Umbrello 1.5.3 Released 07/06/2006

Umbrello 1.5.3 has been released along with KDE 3.5.3. Download sources.

Umbrello 1.5.2 Released 02/04/2006

Umbrello 1.5.2 has been released along with KDE 3.5.2. Download sources.

Umbrello 1.5.1 Released 10/02/2006

Umbrello 1.5.1 has been released along with KDE 3.5.1. Download sources.

Umbrello 1.5 Released 09/12/2005

Umbrello 1.5 has been released along with KDE 3.5. Download sources.

Umbrello 1.4.3 Released 16/10/2005

Umbrello 1.4.3 has been released along with KDE 3.4.3. Packages are available as part of Kubuntu Breezy and other distributions. Download sources.

Umbrello 1.4.2 Released 04/08/2005

Umbrello 1.4.2 has been released along with KDE 3.4.2. Download sources.

Umbrello 1.4.1 Released 08/06/2005

Umbrello 1.4.1 has been released along with KDE 3.4.1. Download sources.

KDE-Files.org Launched 15/05/2005

KDE-Files.org has launched today as a community website for sharing templates and example files. It incluedes a category for Umbrello files. Please upload sample files and any UML diagrams you can spare so others can learn from your UML techniques.

Umbrello 1.4.0 Released 20/03/2005

Umbrello 1.4.0 has been released along with KDE 3.4.0. Download sources.

Import Java with Java2XMI 15/02/2005

Robin Rawson-Tetley has written Java 2 XMI, a Java programme to import Java into Umbrello's XMI file format.

Umbrello 1.4.0-beta2 Released 09/02/2005

Umbrello 1.4.0-beta2 has been released for testing along with KDE 3.4.0-beta2.

Umbrello Compiled for Windows with Cygwin 04/02/2005

Jay Snyder has compiled Umbrello for Cygwin. Get it from the download page.

Umbrello 1.4.0-beta1 Released 17/01/2005

Umbrello 1.4.0-beta1 has been released for testing along with KDE 3.4.0-beta1.

Umbrello 1.3.2 and 1.4.0-alpha1 Released 13/12/2004

Umbrello 1.3.2 has been released along with KDE 3.3.2 and Umbrello 1.4.0-alpha1 has been released for testing along with KDE 3.4.0-alpha1.

Umbrello 1.3.1 Released 05/11/2004

Umbrello 1.3.1 has been released along with KDE 3.3.1.

Umbrello 1.3 Released 16/08/2004

Umbrello 1.3.0 has been released. This version comes with KDE 3.3 but you can download it for KDE 3.1/3.2 from the download page.

This release of Umbrello features improved memory management for large diagrams, tools for aligning objects, compressed XMI file support, new icons and better XMI standard conformance.

Umbrello 1.3 beta Released 19/07/2004

Umbrello 1.3 beta is the version from KDE 3.2 beta 2. You can download Umbrello 1.3 beta source or install the whole of KDE 3.3 beta 2 which will be available from download.kde.org soon, or by using Konstruct.

Umbrello 1.2.1 Released 15/03/2004

Umbrello UML Modeller 1.2.1 has been released with KDE 3.2.1. This fixes several important issues with 1.2. A source package for KDE 3.1 is available on the download page.

Umbrello 1.2 Released 03/02/2004

Umbrello 1.2 is the result of a hard year's work by a dedicated team of developers. New features include improved code generation in more languages, undo/redo, a resizeable and zoomable canvas and more diagram types. It is part of KDE 3.2. A source download is available from our download page and we welcome packages for KDE 3.1.

Screenshots Wanted 28/12/2003

Our Screen Shots page shows the now quite old Umbrello 1.1. With Umbrello 1.2 due to be released in January we're now looking for screen shots of the new version. If you are using a 1.2-beta please take a capture of Umbrello doing something interesting, put it on a webserver and e-mail to URL to umbrello @ jriddell.org

Umbrello Quickies 08/12/2003

Brazillian users can watch out for Umbrello in the KDE-special end of year edition of Revistado Linux Magazine and again with a full article in the January edition.

Umbrello is also briefly featured in Chris Howell's desktop column in this months Linux Format magazine published in the UK and other places.

Last month Umbrello developer Jonathan Riddell received runner up in Scotland IS's Young Software Engineer of the Year Awards 2003 for his dissertation on Umbrello at the University of Stirling. Photo, Jonathan second from right.

Umbrello 1.2 beta has been released with KDE 3.2 beta (KDE 3.2 beta-2/3.1.94 has just been released but not yet announced). All feedback welcome, get it from download.kde.org.

Umbrello Snapshot in Debian 28/10/2003

A recent shapshot of Umbrello from 2003-08-28 is now in Debian unstable (sid). This date was chosen for the stability of Umbrello at that time. apt-get install umbrello is now possible. We hope this will be in the next stable version of Debian (KDE 3.2 is unlikely to be).

New - Users Page 14/10/2003

It is the aim of Umbrello to encourage developers of Free (and proprietry) Software to use UML for designing and documenting their programmes. Our new users page lists some of the users of Umbrello. If you use or know of users who would like their projects or organisations here please contact the uml-devel mailing list.

Umbrello Competes with Commercial Alternatives 14/10/2003

Poseidon and at least one other company have bought Umbrello as AdWords on Google. We would like to thank these companies for acknowledging that our Free Software competes with their proprietary and commercial offerings.

Umbrello 1.2 soon to be in beta 14/10/2003

Umbrello is now in bugfixing mode along with the rest of KDE 3.2. It should be stable enough to be usable for real work, but obviously be cautious. Umbrello again compiles with KDE 3.1 thanks to Oliver.

New Code Generation in Umbrello 1.2 01/09/2003

A new code generation structure has been imported into Umbrello 1.2 (the KDE CVS version). This should be a big improvement over the old code generation. Currently it is very unstable. If you want to use Umbrello 1.2-alpha for real work you should cvs co -D 2003-08-28 kdesdk rather than using the latest CVS version. Testers of the new code should rm ~/.kde/share/config/umbrellorc before running Umbrello.

As of 2003-09-24 Umbrello no longer compiles with KDE/Qt 3.1.

KDE Contributors Conference at Nove Hrady 01/09/2003

Last week various Umbrello contributors were able to meet in person for the first time at Hove Hrady. Much useful conversation and hacking happened.

Talk on Umbrello 06/08/2003

Jonathan Riddell gave a talk on Umbrello at UKUUG Linux 2003 Conference in Edinburgh. Read the slides, see the photo.

Work stopped on Umbrello 2 06/08/2003

Andrew Sutton has stopped work on Umbrello 2. He will work on other areas of Umbrello. Work continues on Umbrello 1.2 as part of KDE.

Linux Magazine (English language edition) Review 06/08/2003

The August Linux Magazine contains a translation of the German article mentioned below.

Linux Magazine (German language edition) Review updated 27/05/2003

Fame at last, from a review in Linux Magazine (in German). Google translation to English.

Umbrello was also featured on the subscription CD of the June 2003 English language edition of Linux Magazine.

Debian package for 1.1.1 24/03/2003

A Debian package for Sid (unstable) is available from the download page.

Umbrello 1 and 2 12/02/2003

The inital code for Umbrello 2 is now in Sourceforge's CVS under the umbrello2 module. This is a complete re-write and doesn't currently do anything.

Meanwhile development of Umbrello 1 continues apace in KDE's CVS.

xmi2code 25/01/2003

xmi2code converts XMI to programme code and works with Umbrello files.

Umbrello now part of KDE 24/01/2003

Umbrello 1.1.1 is now in KDE's CVS in kdesdk. It will be released with KDE 3.2

Bugs and feature requests should now be reported to http://bugs.kde.org.

1.1.1 bugfix version released 24/01/2003

1.1.1 fixes the bug which caused a crash on printing. SuSE and Red Hat RPMs available. Download.

New stable version released 20/01/2003

Umbrello UML Modeller 1.1 has been released.

Currently only source and SuSE packages available.

Handbook available in German and Slovak 20/01/2003

Translations of the help file are now on the documentation page.

Relase Candidate 2 out 16/01/2003

1.1 release candidate 2 is out. This is a last chance release and doesn't include such luxuries as a ChangeLog or big announcements. 1.1 should be released early next week. Download it now.

Updated Umbrello User Handbook 18/11/2002

A complete introduction to UML and Umbrello, the handbook is now online.

Many thanks to Luis for the hard work.

Umbrello 1.1 release candidate 1 23/10/2002

Featuring bug fixes and 101 improvements 1.1rc1 is now ready for download.

Umbrello 1.1 Beta 2 Released 16/10/2002

The biggest change is the move to the new name: Umbrello UML Modeller
Other updates:

• Many bugfixes
• Some nice graphical user interface (GUI) enhancements
• Support for old file format
• Hopefully last version before major release 1.1

Please test this release and report all remaining bugs to the bug tracking system or contact the mailing lists.

New Programme Name 7/10/2002

Our programme name vote is now closed. With 126 votes out of 271 the new name is Umbrello UML Modeller.

UML 1.1 beta 1 reported to compile on Solaris 8 19/9/2002

Egon Willighagen has managed a Solaris 8 install. Instructions on the install page.

UML 1.1 Beta 1 Released 16/9/2002

Our first release in almost a year. Updates include:

• A new XMI based file format
• Activity and State Diagrams
• Code import
• Code export
• Now uses QCanvas instead of QWidget for faster screen rendering
• Many others

Mind that this is a beta release and there's lots to be tidied up, but if you are having any problems with older releases or need any of the new features you are advised to upgrade.

New project admin 16/9/2002

Jonathan Riddell has taken over as the project administrator following the tragic spontanious combustion of Paul Hesgen's computer. I'll be developing the programme as part of my final year project at Stirling Uni but others are more than welcome to help in the programme's development.

CVS Snapshot 19/06/02

A snapshot of CVS is now available for you to try. Download here.

Lots of new features including State and Activity diagrams, Code importing and generation and many more.

UML Modeller now uses a XML format with XMI complience being worked on.

Report any bugs you find and request any features you want aswell.

Project Status Report 19/06/02

A snapshot of CVS will be released very shorty that will be full of new features and also very stable. CVS will now compile cleanly for KDE 3.0+ for all you users who can't wait.

First Compile with KDE 3.0 and SuSE packages 25/04/02

Available at http://jriddell.org/programs.

New Debian Packages Available 1/11/01

Updated debian packages are now available in the download section.

Update on program status 17/10/01

I have been getting a lot of E-Mail asking if I have stopped supporting UML Modeller.

Nothing could be further from the truth. I have University assignments and exams to do, which has force me to suspend programming at the moment.

University finishes on Nov. 22 and expect a release shortly after that with the first version of State diagrams added.

It looks like I will be doing an Honours year next year, this will leave me with plenty of time to continue my work on this program. So expect plenty of updates.

Suse/Debian Packages Available 30/09/01

Thanks to Jonathan Riddell RPMS for Suse 7.1 are now available.

Also thanks go to Warren Turkal for the Debian package

Mandrake Packages Available 23/09/01

Thanks to Simon Edwards RPMS for Mandrake 8.0 are now available.

Self Promotion 21/09/01

I thought I would take this opportunity with University finishing soon, to promote myself.

I'm looking for a programming job or Post-Graduate position (with scholarship) anywhere in Australia.

So if there is anyone who is interested could they E-Mail me and I can forward the relevant information about myself.

Thanks,

Paul Hensgen phensgen@techie.com

Version 1.0.3 Released 20/09/01

This release is for all the people who need to convert version 1.0.1 files to the latest version.

It can load both 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 files, but due to a bug in the code of 1.0.2 there is a chance that in the list view (left hand side window), some items may end up in folders that were not initially in folders.

Once loaded, I would suggest saving and reloading before using as this will make sure that everything is correct.

The only other new features in this version are that text now remembers it position and diagrams can now be put into folders.

Version release and the file format 19/09/01

I have had some negeative feedback (valid though) in regards to new releases not supporting older file formats.

Some comments made have been that the releases have been minor and that the file format should not change for such a minor release.

They have been minor releases, but alot has changed in the code. This change in code has occurred to allow future improvements in the program to be made easier and thus meaning future features added quicker.

The file format used at the moment was never meant to be a permanent format. The program will be changed for version 2.0 to use XMI, the standard for UML diagrams.

I therefore need your opinion on the way the program should be released. There are two ways I'm looking at now.

1 - Release one more 1.x version to iron out the bugs and only release future 1.x versions as bug fixes and leave the file format static.

The developers would then start on the 2.0 branch which would not be released for a couple of months. This would use the XMI file format and also have code to support the old file format of 1.x.

This would mean you would not get new features as quick unless you used the CVS version. But it would mean that the files you create would be able to be loaded with any future versions.

2 - The other way we can go is to keep going as we are, but this would mean the file format would keep changing, but you would get new features quicker.

I am leaning towards the first option, as you get the best of both worlds. A stable file format and if you want the new features you can use the CVS version (which will be kept stable).

Please let me know what you think.

Developers required 19/09/01

My University has given me permission to take developers on board. If you are interested in being a developer for this project, E-Mail me with details of what you would be able to bring to the project.

There are many different jobs available, like maintaining the web-site, coding, documentation, etc.

Experience in these fields would be an advantage, but I feel it is more important to be willing to give your best and have a strong commitment to open source development. Everyone needs to get a start and I'm willing to give that chance.

CVS fixed 19/09/01

CVS can now be downloaded as used. If you have any trouble look on the FAQs' page for the the fix.

Thanks to the people at Sourceforge for letting me know why CVS was unable to be accessed.

Version 1.0.2 Released 17/09/01

With this version I consider that UML Modeller can start to be considered as a good application.

Need to put your UML diagrams into a document or do you need to cut and paste between diagrams?

You now can! UML Modeller now supports Cut, Copy and Paste and multiple selections. Every Cut, Copy you make is put into the global clipboard as a PNG picture to allow you to paste it into any program that supports PNG pictures.

If that's not good enough, you can also paste onto other diagrams!

Version 1.0.2 also adds some features that you requested. Class diagrams have had the following associations added to them: Implementations, Realizes, Compositions and unidirectional associations.

Use Case diagrams have had Generalizations, unidirectional associations and dependencies added.

Want to organise you Actors, Classes, and Use Cases? You can now put them into folders (Still in development).

Plus plenty of bugs have been fixed, check out the ChangeLog for more details.

NOTE: The cut and paste system is still new, so report those bugs to help make this a better program for YOU!

With the new associations added, I have relaxed the rules on what the association types can do, so let me know when you find a UML rule being broken.

Older files saved with UML Modeller will no longer load properly

CVS is ready to go. 13/09/01

UPDATE: Currently having trouble with CVS server. I have let sourceforge know and hopefully will be fixed soon. Let me know when you can log in to server.

CVS is now available, so you can keep up to date with the latest developments.

CVS currently has a few minor bug fixes included but also includes a new feature - Cut, Copy and Paste.

You can now cut, copy and paste in between diagrams. It also has built in rules checking to not allow you to break UML rules. It also puts a PNG picture of the cut/copy into the global clipboard to allow you to paste into any program that can handle PNG picture pastes.

See the download section for details on how to get the CVS copy.

Mailing lists have been setup. 10/09/01

Mailing lists have been setup to allow users to discuss UML Modeller.

Links to subscribe to the mailing lists are located on the contact page.

Version 1.0.1 Released 8/09/01

After non-stop bug fixing, Version 1.0.1 has been released.

Check out the ChangeLog for all the changes that have occured.

Classes now can have stereotypes and packages.

You can now select which diagrams you wish to print, with alot of printing bug fixes implemented.

Diagrams can now be larger by your requests.

With the changes made it is well worth the download if you like version 1.0.

So download now and give it a try!!!

Version 1.0 Released 5/09/01

I am proud to announce version 1.0 of UML Modeller for KDE 2.2 has been released.

Check out the ChangeLog for all the changes that have occured.

I have fixed the installing problem people were having (I hope). Let me know if it works.

Text is still not transparent, but it is when you print. So half way there.

Version 1.0 does not keep backward compatability with beta versions.

I will make sure though it will keep compatability from Version 1.0 on.

So download now and give it a try!!!

Release Candidate 1 Released 31/08/01

All features have been implemented for the version 1 release, including printing. We are now in feature freeze.

I have removed heaps of bugs and it's becoming harder to find them, so the final version is not far away.

Please download and send those bugs and comments in. I would really like to know what you think of the program, so send me an e-mail and let me know. I would even like to hear the bad comments.

Website Update 28/08/01

The website has been updated again. Thanks to Steven Hensgen for the time he put in to it.

Beta 2 Released 24/08/01

Plenty of bug fixes.

More rules and correct error messages for associations implemented.

Default colour scheme now mimics Rational Rose.

Printing still to be implemented. Expect this within two weeks!!!

Website Update 15/08/01

The website has been updated after it was deleted by someone. We still need someone who knows how to design a good website. If you can help, contact us.

Beta 1 Released

Beta 1 of the program is ready for download.

The program may still have a few bugs, so report those bugs as you find them.

Printing is not implemented. This will be implemented after KDE 2.2 is released.

The on-line help only opens the index page of the help at the moment and the help still needs to be refined and in some cases implemented.