Reverse Engineering .NET Project

I did a 'reverse engineer' from a VS .NET C# project. When I get into Viso, I see the Model Explorer which has all of the classes and their hierarchy. I basically just want to construct a class diagram. Is there an easy way to do this? For example, it would be nice if I could drag 'Class A' onto the diagram and tell it to diagram the hierarchy for that particular class automatically. The only way I've figured out to diagram the hierarchy is to find the base class of 'Class A', drag it onto the diagram, then find the base class of that class, etc. ... Not exactly a workable solution.

Thanks.

As a side note, I reverse engineered a database from Visio, and I was able to make it automatically generate the diagram corresponding to the database schema. It would be nice if there were a way to make it automatically generate the inheritance diagram after reverse engineering a project.


"flaunttnualf" wrote:

I did a 'reverse engineer' from a VS .NET C# project. When I get into Viso, I see the Model Explorer which has all of the classes and their hierarchy. I basically just want to construct a class diagram. Is there an easy way to do this? For example, it would be nice if I could drag 'Class A' onto the diagram and tell it to diagram the hierarchy for that particular class automatically. The only way I've figured out to diagram the hierarchy is to find the base class of 'Class A', drag it onto the diagram, then find the base class of that class, etc. ... Not exactly a workable solution.

Thanks.

I have had the same problem and have found this product to help out:
http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/U...2-1335899c6566
RobC

"flaunttnualf" wrote:

As a side note, I reverse engineered a database from Visio, and I was able to make it automatically generate the diagram corresponding to the database schema. It would be nice if there were a way to make it automatically generate the inheritance diagram after reverse engineering a project.


"flaunttnualf" wrote:

I did a 'reverse engineer' from a VS .NET C# project. When I get into Viso, I see the Model Explorer which has all of the classes and their hierarchy. I basically just want to construct a class diagram. Is there an easy way to do this? For example, it would be nice if I could drag 'Class A' onto the diagram and tell it to diagram the hierarchy for that particular class automatically. The only way I've figured out to diagram the hierarchy is to find the base class of 'Class A', drag it onto the diagram, then find the base class of that class, etc. ... Not exactly a workable solution.

Thanks.

Yes! I found the same tool just after I posted this topic and it worked amazingly! I would highly recommend it to anyone who is trying to solve the same problem.

Thanks RobC.


"RobC" wrote:

I have had the same problem and have found this product to help out:
http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/U...2-1335899c6566
RobC

"flaunttnualf" wrote:

As a side note, I reverse engineered a database from Visio, and I was able to make it automatically generate the diagram corresponding to the database schema. It would be nice if there were a way to make it automatically generate the inheritance diagram after reverse engineering a project.


"flaunttnualf" wrote:

I did a 'reverse engineer' from a VS .NET C# project. When I get into Viso, I see the Model Explorer which has all of the classes and their hierarchy. I basically just want to construct a class diagram. Is there an easy way to do this? For example, it would be nice if I could drag 'Class A' onto the diagram and tell it to diagram the hierarchy for that particular class automatically. The only way I've figured out to diagram the hierarchy is to find the base class of 'Class A', drag it onto the diagram, then find the base class of that class, etc. ... Not exactly a workable solution.

Thanks.

Yes, its pretty cool. However, it only diagrams public properties and public methods. Bummer. One has to wonder why.
RobC

"flaunttnualf" wrote:

Yes! I found the same tool just after I posted this topic and it worked amazingly! I would highly recommend it to anyone who is trying to solve the same problem.

Thanks RobC.


"RobC" wrote:

I have had the same problem and have found this product to help out:
http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/U...2-1335899c6566
RobC

"flaunttnualf" wrote:

As a side note, I reverse engineered a database from Visio, and I was able to make it automatically generate the diagram corresponding to the database schema. It would be nice if there were a way to make it automatically generate the inheritance diagram after reverse engineering a project.


"flaunttnualf" wrote:

I did a 'reverse engineer' from a VS .NET C# project. When I get into Viso, I see the Model Explorer which has all of the classes and their hierarchy. I basically just want to construct a class diagram. Is there an easy way to do this? For example, it would be nice if I could drag 'Class A' onto the diagram and tell it to diagram the hierarchy for that particular class automatically. The only way I've figured out to diagram the hierarchy is to find the base class of 'Class A', drag it onto the diagram, then find the base class of that class, etc. ... Not exactly a workable solution.

Thanks.