Sparx Enterprise Architect conversion (from source to UML)

uml enterprise-architect auto-generate
user228938 picture user228938 · May 29, 2010 · Viewed 11.7k times · Source

I need to make a UML class diagram for a project. I used Sparx Enterprise Architect in the past to generate source code from a diagram so I'm using that.

The project is complete so all of the code is done and I don't really want to write all the classes/functions manually, so I was trying to generate the diagram from the source code but can't seem to find a way to do it. I searched online and on their website but nothing.

Any help appreciated.

Answer

Sam picture Sam · May 30, 2010

For Version 8 of EA Corporate Edition. Open or create a project. Create empty class diagram. Menu selection: Project -> Source Code Engineering -> Import Files Directory dialogue box opens for you to select files.

I have 'reverse engineered' many C++ projects, large and small. You WILL spend significant time on cleaning up. It will depend on the quality of the project, its structure and code.

Then you can generate a documentation report on it (Project->Documentation) which I have found very useful, the HTML report, to navigate the code.

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