“UML Support” Plugin for IntelliJ

Question

I must be missing something. I am reading this article and it says that there is a plugin called \"UML Support\" which is enabled by default. I didn\'t have it, so I went to Pre

Answer 1

Only the ultimate version has the 'UML Support' plugin. This plugin is not free.

https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/class-diagram.html

Answer 2

You can install the free plugin - Code Iris.

I use PlantUML for creating diagrams

Other tools of this type in the IntelliJ IDEA are paid.

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I chose a more powerful alternative:
In Netbeans - easyUML
In Eclipse - ObjectAid, Papyrus, Eclipse Modeling Tools

Answer 3

If you want to install PlantUML plugin to JetBrains product(IntelliJ, Webstrom, Pycharm), you need to

1. download plugins from official website in .zip format: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7017-plantuml-integration
2. go to "File -> Settings -> Plugins" and choose "install plugin from disk"
3. choose the downloaded file and select Restart (WebStorm etc.)

After the installation you could open your UML view from "View -> Tool Windows -> PlantUML"