Trace Modeler v1.6.2 has been released.
Pressing ENTER when an activation is selected starts edit of the corresponding call label
Further improved the type inferencing algorithm of the 'Build model' feature
Added a few alternative ways to zoom in/out with the mouse, the possibilities are now
CTRL-MOUSEWHEEL, CMD-MOUSEWHEEL, ALT-MOUSEWHEEL, META-MOUSEWHEEL
Workspace now displays a border around the selected diagram when it has the keyboard focus
On large diagrams, SHIFT-RIGHT-DRAG can be used to scroll 1:1 with the mouse pointer
RIGHT-DRAG scrolls faster, depending on the diagram size
Renamed the shell scripts and executables
for Windows : win_tracemodeler.exe and win_batchexport.exe
for Unix and Linux : nix_tracemodeler.sh and nix_batchexport.sh
for Mac OSX : osx_tracemodeler.command and osx_batchexport.sh
Some Mac OSX specific changes
Fixed the visual menu glitch, menu are now rendered correctly
Screen menu bar is used instead of a window menu bar (OSX 10.5 only)
Uses the native file dialog for opening and saving trace files
Added a shell script osx_tracemodeler.command that can be run from the Finder
Added lots of OSX-specific keyboard and mouse controls (see manual for a complete list)
Any errors about missing files during the loading of the workspace are now reported in bulk
Fixed : the activations of self calls whose top is off-screen, are now correctly stacked
Changed the standard font for the UI, welcome diagram, default diagram and examples to "Arial"
They no longer rely on the logical "SansSerif" and "Dialog" fonts because they are mapped differently on different platforms
Trace Modeler v1.6.1 has been released.
Added a feature to quickly give feedback about Trace Modeler, available from the toolbar and menu bar
Opens a webpage where you can suggest features or other improvements (no login required)
You can also view and vote for suggestions made by others!
Improved the type inferencing capabilities for the experimental 'Build Model' feature
Added better support for keyboards without a numeric keypad, particularly for zooming in/out. To summarize, the possible ways to zoom in/out are now :
CTRL-MOUSEWHEEL with the mouse
using the corresponding entries in the toolbar and the View Menu
CTRL-PLUS / CTRL-MINUS on the numeric keypad
CTRL-PLUS / CTRL-MINUS on the regular keyboard (if this doesn't work on your keyboard please use CTRL-PAGEUP / CTRL-PAGEDOWN)Fixed : pressing HOME to reset the view is now working again
Trace Modeler v1.6.0 has been released.
Changed the drag & drop indicator style to make it clearer what will happen when dropped
Indicator for activations now uses an arrow and shows which target will receive the message
Drop indicator color is now blue when the element can be dropped
Drop indicator color is now red when the element cannot be dropped
'Export as image' opens an export dialog where the destination (file/clipboard) can be chosen
Available on the toolbar and the Tools menu
'Export to clipboard' and 'Export to file' were removed from the toolbar and menus
Reorganized the menubar
Removed the Window menu and moved its contents to the other menus
Reordered the entries of the File menu
Added 'Build model [experimental]' to the Tools menu
Added an example for the 'Build Model' functionality
Consists of 4 sequence diagrams depicting 4 representative scenarios for the same domain
Detailed instructions are given in the trace file 'tic-tac-toe readme' in the 'examples' folder of your Trace Modeler installation. This is one of the examples that is automatically opened on first use. If needed, you can quickly open all example diagrams from the Help menu.
Added a new preference setting 'Palettes always visible' (checked by default)
When checked the palettes remain opaque when not in use
When unchecked the palettes become semi-transparent when not in use
When in presentation mode the palette always becomes semi-transparent when not in use
Changes to the 'Preferences' window
'Preferences' window is now modal and has 'Confirm' and 'Cancel' buttons
Renamed preference 'use workspace' to 'save workspace on exit'
Removed the blurred background on menubar menus and context menus
The 'Diagram Style' and 'History' windows are now internal windows (again)
Trace Modeler v1.5.31 has been released.
Added three new UML elements : actions, constraints and state invariants
Added support for opening multiple diagrams at once, for every opened diagram an entry is added to the diagram list sidebar
Added a diagram list sidebar
Sidebar can be collapsed/expanded from the menu, toolbar and divider (and from the diagram context menu when using the presentation interface)
Diagrams with unsaved modifications are indicated with a disk icon
Added workspace functionality
When Trace Modeler starts it will automatically reopen all diagrams you were working on when you last exited
Added a 'Use workspace' preference setting (available in the 'Preferences' window)
Much faster loading, layout and rendering of huge diagrams (10'000+ calls)
Trace Modeler handles them with ease, even on modest hardware.
Necessary for [censored]
Some changes to the File menu
Added 'Open folder' item to the File menu, use it to quickly open all trace files in a folder
Added 'Save all' item to the File menu
Changed the way the entries in 'Open recent' are organized
Removed the big trial watermark and replaced it with something a bit more subtle
Added lots of tweaks and new rules to the layout engine
many of them related to operand guards and some constructor specific rules
'Optimize target order' can now produce a call-local ordering
Useful for studying huge diagrams
Select a call, activation or return and click 'Optimize target order' and it will layout the targets so that flow around that call can be studied
Added style support, each individual element can now be styled (custom line, fill and text colors).
elements can share common styles and styles can extend each other
style support through files only for now, UI integration is coming soon
Diagram frame can now be added and removed in the same manner as the other elements
removed the 'Diagram frame' diagram style property (no longer necessary)
Added floating comments
the diagram frame will not consider these when calculating its boundary
the comment and its links are drawn with a drop-shadow for easy identification
When in text edit mode, you can easily switch to the next/previous element
hold down PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN in text edit mode to see it in action
Some important changes to text edit mode
ENTER will now add a newline (no longer necessary to combine with SHIFT or CTRL)
ESCAPE will now confirm your editing and leave text edit mode (no longer cancels)
if you want to cancel your changes, simply press CTRL-Z during text edit mode or confirm your editing and then undo (using the toolbar, edit menu or CTRL-Z)
Added some more features to text edit mode
added a context menu (cut, copy, paste, select all, copy all) to text edit mode
added a red border around the text edit area making it easy to spot
the highlight of the selected figure is now hidden during text edit mode
Added a 'palette location' preference setting
possible values are 'left', 'right' and 'both'
when setting it to 'both', the mouse travel distance is at most half a screen!
available in the 'Preferences' window
Added support for drag and drop of message and return arrows
It switches automatically to drag and drop of the corresponding activation bar.
Changed the in-diagram drag & drop indicators
it is now consistent with the drag & drop indicators used by the element palette
LEFT-DRAG of diagram elements is now a bit less sensitive to initiate a drag&drop gesture
Call and return arrows can now be used to initiate a drag and drop of an activation
switches automatically to drag and drop of corresp. activation when dragging an arrow
'Export to clipboard' can now be scaled too
uses the scale factor from the 'Export settings' window
Changes to the 'Export settings' window
added a 'try to free more memory' button to the export settings window
available memory report in the export settings window is now updated every 5 seconds
required memory info is now more accurate
reported size in pixels is now correct
Improved tab order
now includes all elements on the diagram and uses their position on the diagram to determine their ideal tab order
The presentation interface can now be activated from the toolbar as well
The keyboard shortcut for the presentation interface is now F7 (used to be F6)
When using the presentation interface, the diagram context menu now also has an entry to switch back to the regular interface
Added a context menu to the 'Application log' window for easy copying of messages
Target names are now preserved when editing & saving (only relevant if you generate trace files yourself)
Added an arrow that indicates where the diagram is when it is scrolled out of view
Submenu entries are now a bit taller so the submenus should feel a bit less sensitive
Added a splash screen to tracemodeler.exe to indicate the JRE is starting (win only)
When a license is imported, the license file is no longer used after import
Better reporting of errors that are encountered whilst loading a diagram
line numbers in error & warning output
unknown commands are now reported instead of ignored
Better shell scripts on *nix and OSX (thanks Kristof and Bram!), the user no longer needs to enter program directory
Changed the default extension for trace files from .trace to .tmt
Changed the direction of horizontal scrolling with SHIFT-WHEEL
The following secondary windows can now be placed outside of the main window as well
Diagram style window
Preferences window
History window
Export settings window
The tip of the day window is no longer modal
You can open it and keep working in Trace Modeler at the same time
Added a 'Experimental features' checkbox to the 'Preferences' window
Experimental feature : 'Build Model' button on the toolbar
Uses a new file format (file format version is now v2)
Trace Modeler v1.5 or later can read all older format versions
Trace Modeler v1.4 or earlier can NOT read the new format v2 (!)
The file extension for trace files is now .tmt instead of .trace
Changes in file format
TRACE_MODELER_FILE_FORMAT is now 2
ACTION added
CONSTRAINT added
INVARIANT added
DIAGRAM_FRAME dropped
DIAGRAM_FRAME_NAME renamed to DIAGRAM_FRAME
COMBINE_BEGIN renamed to FRAGMENT
COMBINE_END renamed to FRAGMENT_END
OPERAND_BEGIN renamed to OPERAND
The fourteen different message commands and one option were simplified to
4 message commands (CALL, CONSTRUCT, DESTRUCT and SIGNAL)
3 message options (ASYNC, INDIRECT and SLOW)
STYLE definition command added
used to define named styles
can introduce a new style, or override a default style
Every trace element can have a STYLE option to specify its style
message commands can have an additional ACTIVATION_STYLE option
Check out the examples to see how styles are defined and used
The Pimp My Diagram series discusses some issues in UML sequence diagrams and
shows you how to improve your own diagrams. Each episode features the makeover
of a single sequence diagram, either picked from the web or submitted by a reader.
This short episode shows how you can tell the story of three little pigs.
Trace Modeler v1.4.2 has been released.
Added a workaround for an annoying bug in JRE 1.6.0_10 that prevented Trace Modeler from starting
Fixed a regression bug : the effect of changing to/from (a)synchronous call was not immediately visible.
Trace Modeler v1.4.0 has been released.
Added support for EPS export
available in the 'Export settings' window
Better support for HUGE diagrams in preparation of the [censored]
(huge meaning hundreds of targets and calls)
loading of .trace files is now 4x faster
drawing is up to 10x faster (depending on zoom & diagram complexity)
Scaling factor for export now allows fractional numbers
see 'Export settings' window and 'Batch export' functionality
Trace Modeler v1.3.0 has been released.
Added support for PDF and SVG export
available in the 'Export settings' window
Added 'Diagram frame' diagram style property
diagram frame can be hidden, include comments or exclude comments
the text of the diagram frame can be edited
see 'Diagram style' window, diagram context menu and diagram frame context menuThe diagram will scroll automatically to keep the cursor visible when editing text
on switch to text edit mode, when typing and on cursor movement
Changes in file format
DIAGRAM_FRAME added
DIAGRAM_FRAME_NAME added
Trace Modeler v1.2.0 has been released.
Added 'Messsage numbering' diagram style property
message numbering can be off, flat or hierarchical
available in the 'Diagram style' windowAdded smart labels for messages and replies
on long message/reply arrows, labels are often out of view which hinders understanding
smart labels move to stay in view as much as possible, try it!
(note that targets have always had smart labels)Added 'Standard zoom' preference setting
useful if you have a high resolution display and find the diagram too small at 100%
available in the 'Preferences' windowPreferences from most recent prior version are automatically imported on first use of new version
Native file chooser is used on all Windows platforms
there's also a flag to force the use of a native chooser on other platforms if you want
Change in file format
MESSAGE_NUMBERING added
Trace Modeler v1.1.0 has been released.
Copyright: Copyright © Yanic Inghelbrecht 2006, 2008