Visio is a microsoft tool that facilitates object oriented design using UML(Unified Modeling Language).This tools runs efficiently on Windows XP,Windows Vista,Windows 8 and many more operating system.It helps to create UML diagrams.It also hels in generating C#,C++, or Visual Basic code for UML Diagrams.Visio provides an environment for the creation of drawing and diagrams.Good library for symbols and shapes.
The English language version of Microsoft visio comes with two sets of templates 1).US units and 2). MetricUnits.US units are used in the US measurement system, such as inches,feet,yards and miles.If you want create some diagram in metric units or in US units than you need to install both the sets of template.
In 1990 developer from Aldus Corp. formed their own software company.They founded Shareware Corp. based in seattle, WA.In 1992 First version of visio 1.0 is released.In 1995 name of the company is changed to Visio Corp.
The current version of Visio is Microsoft Visio 2010 for windows only.There are mainly three Edition of Visio like
- Visio Standard : Designed for General Businesses.
- Visio Professional : Designed for Software Industry.
- Visio Technical : Designed for Engineering and technology businesses.
It provide very good layouts and templates for designing new drawing with advance functionality that's make the product very user friendly.
Following are the types of diagram and drawing available in Microsoft Visio are
- Use Case Diagram
- Class Diagram
- Activity Diagram
- Sequence Diagram
- Object Diagram
- Communication Diagram
- Package Diagram
- State Machine Diagram
- Deployment Diagram
- Timing Diagram
- Flow Charts
- UML
- Database Model Diagram
After integration with the Microsoft we can easily read and write many file formats like .VSD for Diagram, .VDX for XML Diagram etc.
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