Can I use Visual Paradigm at home?

Yes, for academic purposes. You have two options:

• Recommended: Download and install Visual Paradigm from Academic Partner Portal and follow License Activation Instructions. 
• Optional: Download and install Visual Paradigm Community Edition from Visual Paradigm home page. However, by installing this community edition you are taking the chance that the UML project will not be compatible with the version installed at FI.

How to Activate License Key in Visual Paradigm?

• For PCs at FI, we use a bulk installation, and then no key activation is necessary anymore. 
• For non-commercial usage at home see the previous question.

How to export PDF reports?

PDF export is available via Tools -> Doc -> Generate PDF. If you do not see this option (and are in the new Sleek GUI), you can enable it by:

• Choose "Window" -> "Application Options"
• Tab "General" -> "Environment"
• Tick checkbox "Document Generation (Obsolete)"
• Restart the application.

How to avoid incorrect encoding of Czech letters in PDF reports?

• Tools -> Doc -> Generate PDF Doc...
• Tab "Options"
• Font: Arial (or another Czech font)

What to include in the PDF report?

Relevant pieces of information only ;-)

• In the "Content" tab, select only relevant models.
• In the "Options" tab, leave only the "Generate diagrams" and "Generate diagram type title" options checked. Also, leave only the "Properties" and "Use Case Details" details checked. Use other options/details only if necessary.

How to switch to classical GUI and vice versa?

Visual Paradigm provides two types of GUI since version 12.1. To switch between them follow the next steps:

• Sleek GUI: choose "Window" -> "Application Options"
• Classic GUI: choose "Tools" -> "Application Options ..."
• "General", tab "Appearance"
• User Interface: choose either classic or sleek
• Restart the application.

How to switch Visual Paradigm to English?

• Menu "Window" -> "Volby aplikační" (in classic GUI: "Nástroje" -> "Volby aplikační ...")
• "Obecné" (first item in the list on the left-hand side), tab "Vzhled"
• Choose "English" in the section "Instalovaný uživatelský jazyk"
• Click on "Použít".
• Restart the application.