PowerDesigner is an enterprise modeling program for Microsoft Windows, intended to run as a plugin for Eclipse as well. Thanks to this tool, users are able to easily visualize, analyze and manipulate data for efficient information structural design.

Purpose

The main goal of this software distribution is to help you plan and manage complex business transformations. It provides you with a collection of data modeling instruments for building a blueprint of your current enterprise architecture and visualizing the impact of changes before they occur. It is also possible to automatically capture layers and requirements, connect to a metadata repository and share thoughts with your team.

Functionality

The utility allows you to organize structures, relationships, activities, processes, resources, people, goals and constraints of a business. PowerDesigner comes with integrated support for Business Process Modelling, Java, VB, .NET, WinForm and others.

Object modeling and report generation capabilities are also available. In addition, the application is compatible with more than sixty relational database management systems. Alternatively, you may try similar programs, namely Oracle BPM Suite, Adobe LiveCycle Designer or Minitab.

Features

free to download and use;
compatible with modern Windows versions;
gives you the ability to visualize business structures;
you can work with various database management systems;
supports a considerable amount of programming languages.