Nice HTML5-based Online Modeling Tool

#1

Post by tsaixingwei » Sun, Sep 26, 2010, 1:39 AM UTC

I was reading up on database design esp. 6NF and came across this website on Anchor Modeling. It has a HTML5-based Online Modeling Tool that looks nice and fun to play with.

Nice HTML5-based Online Modeling Tool
anchormodeling.com

Re: Nice HTML5-based Online Modeling Tool

#2

Post by oscilloscope » Sun, Sep 26, 2010, 2:12 AM UTC

The fluid movement + ghosting is well done. There are the beginnings of a pleasant interface here.

One issue: I couldn't figure out how to connect two nodes to make loops. Adding and deleting worked just find-- but not connecting existing elements.

Re: Nice HTML5-based Online Modeling Tool

#3

Post by vyrotek » Sun, Sep 26, 2010, 2:27 AM UTC

Looks nice, but the constant floating around and 'wiggling' really bugged me. It took me quite a while to figure out how to add and remove things.

It also reminded me of an ORM tool which I helped build in college called nORMa. It was a plugin for Visual Studio and was great for designing complex databases.

http://www.objectrolemodeling.com/AboutORM/ORMTools/NORMA/ta...

Re: Nice HTML5-based Online Modeling Tool

#4

Post by tsaixingwei » Sun, Sep 26, 2010, 2:43 AM UTC

oscilloscope wrote: post #2

The fluid movement + ghosting is well done. There are the beginnings of a pleasant interface here. One issue: I couldn't figure out how to connect two nodes to make loops. Adding and deleting worked just find-- but not connecting existing elements.

There is a bunch of video tutorials on their main site that shows how to create a 'tie'. http://www.anchormodeling.com/?page_id=186

But yeah, I was confused in the beginning too.