Generating a graphical class and reference diagram from code ?

Eike Mueller

Hi there,

does anyone one know of a way to generate a rough graphical diagram of an already existing C# project ? Anything built-into VS2005 maybe, or some external tools ?

Thanks, Eike

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Jan Montano19y ago
That's strange... I used EA 4 months ago and I was using a System consisting of 100+ classes. And it didn't take that long. it only took minutes. And my box was only P4 3.0ghz 1gbram. I just can't remember the selection I used. But I didn't set anything unusual though. I have no EA installed on right now. I think there's something wrong.
Eike Mueller19y ago
Thanks,

but it seems the VS visualization function doesn't show the associations between classes. Most importantly I am looking for something that analyzes the instances of the classes and draws the connections between the classes.

I tried Enterprise Architect as well, but that got stuck with one CPU core at 100% load since about 6 hours, while trying to generate the layout. I keep it running till tomorrow, maybe it just takes a while and finishes after all. What menu option do you use to import c# projects in the EA ? Maybe I did it wrong somehow.

Unfortunately I do not have any version of Visio ;(
Jan Montano19y ago
Hi,

You could use the class designer in VS2005. Just right-click your project then select "View Class Diagram"

For external tools, you could look at "Enterprise Architect" by sparx systems http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/

Visio can also be integrated with .NET, I just can't remember what version (enterprise?) you need to have for it. I'm trying Visio 2003 but can't find the option to reverse engineer .NET code.