Hi all,
I should perhaps explain, why this feature is so important for any
software architect, not only for me alone:
As an architect, I structure the parts, so the design maps 1-1 to
implementation. Now, what I get as input from side of Business Contacts
and Analysts are a plethora of spurious words and
sometimes colorful, ambivalent PowerPoint presentations or Visio
paintings that I in turn can't rely on.
So, I'll have to do things from scratch. Of course, I have my meetings,
in which I'll have to present my design.
Fact is, that Business contacts then keep urging me to make some fancy-
looking pictures from that ("non-technical" as they call them), so that
they may present this to the business.
So, what I'm doing is to copy the digrams and replace the standard symbols
by some colorful clips. That's exactly what the images.zip is good for.
But now, I need to rotate some of the bitmaps and insert some new ones,
and I run into the transparency problem!
Can I convince Business Analsts, Contacts, Management, and business to use
UML2 or even EA? Of course not! So, whether I love or not, I'll have to
turn good, unmistakable UML design into the world of always-smiling colors,
and any means to facilitate that for me will be a great, great help!
Gruß
Hans
