Data Modeling tools

Joel Dudley plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Thu, 29 May 2003 20:49:00 -0700


Have you looked at Dia? It has ERD functionality and much more. It's 
pretty mature at this point.

- Joel

On Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 04:00 PM, Liberty Young wrote:

>
>
> I'm looking for a quick and off-shelf data modeling tool, especially 
> for
> ERDs...the default ERD figures that come with xfig are few and 
> outdated.
> Plus, i don't like the user interface of xfig, especially when compared
> to an excellent product like Visio. I haven't looked into kivio, but i
> don't want to install KDE and kde office for just one program. Dia is
> okay, but again, it feels klunky and i don't see any good ERD figures 
> in
> there.
>
> Again, my only beef is the lack of ERD figures and the interfaces are
> klunky.
>
> I'm sad to say it, but right now, Visio is still the best tool I've 
> seen
> (at least, for smaller projects, i have yet the pleasure of working on
> super huge systems yet :)
>
>
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