How to Install: UMLet

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology –
Computer Science & Software Engineering

Overview

UMLet is a free, simple-to-use tool for drawing rudimentary UML diagrams.

Installing UMLet

To install UMLet:

1. Download and unzip this UMLet zip file somewhere easily accessible.
2. Double click UMLet.jar (in the unzipped UMLet folder) to run the application.
   • You will probably want to make a shortcut to it.
3. To create a UML object in UMLet, double-click on an item from the pallette on the upper-right-hand-side.
4. To put text into the object, select it and then type in the area in the lower-right-hand-side.
   • Get someone to show you if this is not clear — it's more easily shown than explained.
5. Further information can be found at http://www.umlet.com

An alternative that some of you might like is their Eclipse plugin that lets you run UMLet from within Eclipse.

• Download it into the plugins folder inside Eclipse.
• See http://www.umlet.com/faq.htm for how to create a UMLet diagram in Eclipse.
  • (Quick version:
    1. select a directory in the Eclipse resource navigator;
    2. select "File → New → Other.." from the menu or the context menu;
    3. in the subsequent wizard, select "UMLet → Diagram".)