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Please suggest a tool to create a Domain Model diagram

Could someone please suggest a tool to create a Domain Model diagram? Some details:

  1. I am running Windows at the moment
  2. A tool is free
  3. It's not a pencil and a sheet of paper
  4. It should be easy to use, i.e. I don't want to spend more than 5 minutes for a relatively simple diagram
  5. I hate MS Visio. IMHO, It's ill-designed.
Solution

  • It's not a pencil and a sheet of paper

    A wacom tablet and paint.net?

    "Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful" George_E._P._Box

    It really depends what use you want for the model. If it's use to to let you understand the domain, or communicate to the guy next to you, a pen and paper are probably the best tool.

    If you want to put it in a presentation, then Visio is good enough. ( For example, some of the OMG UML specs use Visio. )

    If you want to perform more complicated checking and transformation ( unusual for a Domain Model ) or link it to a later implementation model, then a fully fledged model base UML tool.

    IMHO, It's ill-designed.

    Unfortunately, I haven't used a UML tool that was an easy to use and intuitive as I'd like ( the closest being OmniGraffle which had the ease of use for creating diagrams, but no UML model behind it ).