MagicDraw Installation

This page provides directions to download and install MagicDraw 16.5, a tool for creating UML models. AndroMDA support this tool thanks to its ability to export models to EMF / UML2 files

Please note that MagicDraw is a commercial tool. A UML2 Community Edition was available for free through version 16.5, but the free version is no longer available, and existing free versions expired in 2010. Only the temporary demo version is available for free. Also note that the AndroMDA project is not affiliated with MagicDraw in any way.

Follow the instructions below to install MagicDraw 16.5.

Versions 11.5 and later (i.e. through 17) which support export to EMF-UML2.x and 3.x will work with AndroMDA.

  1. Go to the MagicDraw site
  2. Download and install MagicDraw 16.5 for your machine
  3. Sign up for a MagicDraw account and request a Demo license version from MagicDraw.

Set up a path variables in MagicDraw specifying the location of your Maven 2 repository. Models generated by AndroMDApp contain references to this variables.

  1. Start MagicDraw.
  2. Choose Options > Environment from the main menu.
  3. Click on Path Variables.
  4. Click on Add in the Path Variables panel.
  5. Enter maven2.repository in the Name field.
  6. Enter the location of your Maven 2 repository in the Value field, e.g. C:\Programs\m2repo
  7. Click OK twice.
  8. Close MagicDraw.