Process, Data & Class Models for System Analysis & Software Design

Placitas, NM -- September 21, 2005 - Excel Software is shipping a new
Standard edition of MacA&D OSX. Mac OS X developers now have a low cost,
highly scaleable tool for drawing multi-level data flow diagrams, logical
and physical data models and UML class diagrams. MacA&D Standard edition
includes a powerful data dictionary, namespaces for partitioning and
managing large projects and code generation.

Data flow diagrams (DFDs) show the flow and processing of information in a
system. They are especially popular in real-time, embedded systems where
software closely interacts with hardware or many concurrent threads of
execution are needed to handle external events. MacA&D Standard supports
multi-level DFDs, textual specification of primitive processes, data
leveling between diagrams and the data dictionary and extensive design
verification and balancing checks.

UML package and class diagrams show class structure in an object-oriented
system. Class attributes and operations can be defined in the model. C++,
Java, Delphi or Objective-C class declaration and implementation files with
stubbed functions are generated to accelerate coding. Models are linked
directly to code through a built-in code browser enabling developers to
click through diagrams in the model and directly to the code.

Database designers can create logical and physical data models and generate
the SQL schema code for popular RDBMS products including Oracle, SQL
Server, DB2, Sybase, Informix and InterBase. Rich data models represent
tables, views, constraints, assertions, triggers, indexes, procedures and
other SQL elements.

In conjunction with the new MacTranslator OSX reengineering tool, MacA&D
Standard generates UML class models from C++, Java, Delphi or Objective-C
code and data models from SQL.

The tool includes a Contents view for diagram navigation, diagram scaling
and printing, custom icons, color support, user-defined detail dialogs for
diagram objects and full text import/export of diagrams and dictionary
information. Data types, UML stereotypes and a project glossary can be
maintained for a development project.

MacA&D Standard OSX 1.1.4 is priced at $495 and runs on Mac OS X 10.1 or
later. It comes with two printed and PDF manuals, the Setup & Tutorials
Guide and the User's Guide. All project documents are compatible with the
Developer edition of MacA&D OSX priced at $1995. See www.excelsoftware.com
for site license pricing, product descriptions and online ordering.