Sybase PowerDesigner vs. Microsoft Visio

[enginhorzum]

which of these product i prefer to use in my company? cons
and pros please.

[Néstor Sánchez A.]

Hi,
personally I prefer PowerDesigner because is more rich for modeling and
code-generation. It has definible metadata so you can specify for each
language/dbms the way you want to work.
Visio is great for visual presentation (transparencies, gradients, shapes,
etc.).

Néstor.

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[Mike Nicewarner]

The company where I work seems enamored with Visio, and I have had to
answer this question many times. Here are a few of my answers:

- Visio is a graphics package, useful for drawing pictures, but not
much else. Microsoft added a few "modeling" features, but it is all an
afterthought. PowerDesigner is primarily a modeling tool, with graphic
features good enough that it often gets compared to Visio.

- PowerDesigner has linked and integrated models, so you can reuse
objects from one model in another. This really promotes standardization
and reduces the amount of work to create new models.

- Visio doesn't understand XMI or any of the other model interchange
formats, so it can't interoperate with other modeling tools. PD can be
used with other modeling tools like ERWin and Rational Rose.

- PowerDesigner is constantly being improved, with significant
enhancements in the last few versions, and many more planned over the
next few years. Visio is pretty much static, from what I've seen.

--
Mike Nicewarner [TeamSybase]
http://www.datamodel.org
mike[at]datamodel[dot]org (can you figure what to change?)
Sybase product enhancement requests:
http://www.isug.com/cgi-bin/ISUG2/submit_enhancement

[Chris Pollach]

Engin;

Not even the same product functionally. You should compare Viso to
drawing packages and PD to products like ERWin, System Architect, Bachman,
IE Workbench, etc.

Regards ... Chris

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