It seems to me the UML module of NetBeans is a bit too much hidden. In NetBeans 6.5 it was very easy to create an UML diagram. No plugin installation necessary or sth. like. Re
cant add comment :-( but just want to confirm what DCraft said:
the community edition of Visual Paradigm does not support forward or reverse engineering.
seems the only solution is to use an older version of netbeans