Building Geodatabases with CASE Tools
Date Submitted: September 26, 2003
Last Modified: November 19, 2009
Summary:
These documents show you how to design a geodatabase in UML with Visio or Rational Rose.
Description:
In addition to the help files below, at the Microsoft Download Center site you can download the UML To XMI Export tool for either Visio® 2003 version(11.XXXX.XXXX) or Visio® 2002 version(10.X.XXX).
ESRI supports Rational Rose 2002 and 2001A. We currently have no plans to support the recent version of Rational Software Architect and Rational Software Modeler.
For UML/XMI compatibility, Microsoft Visio 2007 Professional can be used as a CASE tool for geodatabase schema design. Microsoft Visio 2007 Service Pack 2 is required to complete the process. For further information, see the article on Can Microsoft Visio 2007 be used as a CASE tool for geodatabase schema design?
When you're finished creating a geodatabase, you'll have generated feature datasets, feature classes, tables, and other items from the design with ArcCatalog.
Useful Links:- Geodatabase XRay Tools for GIS Design and Documentation. Search for "XRay" in ArcScripts
- Geodatabase Diagrammer (GDB Diagrammer) for documenting your geodatabase design.
Information on GDB Diagrammer and search for “Geodatabase Diagrammer” in ArcScripts - ArcGIS Diagrammer 9.2 for creating, editing, or analyzing geodatabase schema.
Blog on ArcGIS Diagrammer 9.2 and search for “ArcGIS Diagrammer” in ArcScripts
Desktop Help links for Case Tools:
- Introduction to UML
- Geodatabase Design Steps
- Modifying the repository and generating schema
- A note about the use of UML for geodatabase design
- Copying the schema of a geodatabase
Supporting Files:
- Designing Geodatabases with Rational Rose - ZIP - 933 kb
- Introduction to CASE Tools - ZIP - 597 kb
- ArcInfo UML Model Template - ZIP - 324 kb
- CASE Tools Tutorial - ZIP - 1125 kb
- Designing Geodatabases With Visio - ZIP - 2176 kb
- CASE Tools Tutorial Sample Data - ZIP - 2058 kb
- Visio 2003 professional XMIExport Readme file - ZIP - 4 kb