Use case diagrams

Question

What are the free options for creating use case diagrams under Windows? I need some simple use case diagrams for a school project.

don't forget to check the diagrams the various tools generate, some of them won't be standard UML... — Gabriel Ščerbák, Jul 31 '11 at 22:31

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 31 '11 at 21:03

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Why install anything when you can use free online tools such as

answered Jul 31 '11 at 21:03

Mrchief

Seems to be a rip off to use online tools but not be able to keep the diagrams unless you pay. :/ – Jamie Aug 01 '12 at 19:00
@jlg: ***they*** need to eat too! – Mrchief Aug 01 '12 at 19:14

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 31 '11 at 21:09

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There are multiple options, but not yet mentioned are:

Cacoo - web tool for creating various diagrams,
Dia - standalone toolf for creating diagrams, with Win32 version also available in downloads,

answered Jul 31 '11 at 21:09

Tadeck

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 31 '11 at 20:47

When I remember right, there is a community edition of Magic Draw (the leading app?): https://www.magicdraw.com/

I already used Poseidon (Community) and ArgoUML, both not really convenient.

Recently I found a great tool called yEd: http://www.yworks.com/de/products_yed_about.htm This can be run via web start. Not really UML but use cases are perfect with yEd.

Apparently there is already something in Eclipse: http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/?project=uml2 I did use it to test. Not yet convincing usability.

Edit!

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 01 '11 at 13:49

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There's a pretty nice tool called UML Pad.

answered Aug 01 '11 at 13:49

MGZero

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