MicroTool has released version 6.1 Eclipse Edition of its UML Tools package objectiF. The new release is targeted at developers who want to design with UML, implement with Eclipse and generate as much as possible from their models. Version 6.1 claims to offer a high automation potential for Model-Driven Development (MDD).

Key features of the new version include:

• Seamless integration with the Eclipse IDE
• Roundtrip Engineering according to the theme ‘model equals code, code equals model’
• Diagram references that enable the generation of software design while still in the code level
• Reverse Engineering for existing Java use cases
• Systematic Refactoring for deriving the relationships between classes and packages form Java code and graphically illustrating them in package and class diagrams
• JUnit framework for unit testing

objectiF version 6.1 can be acquired with a workstation license of 2,300 euro or a floating license for LAN networks at 3,950 euro.