ARCSeeker is the tool which supports to reuse Enterprise Architect's UML models.
In ARCSeeker, you can gather various Software Assets such as UML models, various kinds of documents, and source files, put them together, and store them as a 'Component'. The stored Components are managed in a domain which is called 'Storage'. Thus you can find and use stored Components by using various View and Search features.
What ARCSeeker solves?
As you use Enterprise Architect to make UML models, there are many EAP files in your Hard-drive or Network-drive. In your future work, some EAP files stored in Hard-drive or Network-drive may help you when you design a new system which is similar to past developments.
In this case, sometimes you can not find EAP files or a part of model in EAP files which you want to view/use. Sometimes one of your colleague was already made a model which you want to use, but you did not know that he/she already made it. If you are able to know about the model's existence, you can just ask him/her and use their model to copy or modify.
By using ARCSeeker, you can make your work better. You can store your UML models to ARCSeeker first. When you store Enterprise Architect models to ARCSeeker, all diagrams in the model will be stored as images (PNG format) which allows you to check the Component's contents easily.
After storing all your models as Components to ARCSeeker, you should add Tags and some information to the Components to be able to understand what is each Component, how to use it, when is the best time to use it, etc. By adding the information, in the future, you or your colleagues can find suitable Components easily.
When you want to find existing Components to refer to or copy, run ARCSeeker. You can search Components in various ways. If you can find interesting or useful Components, you can import them easily to an Enterprise Architect project (EAP file or EA repository).
By using ARCSeeker, you can reuse existing information(model) effectively and efficiently.
We have a plan to offer two ARCSeeker editions. One is the current 'Professional' edition, and another is the future 'Corporate' edition release.
The current 'Professional' edition is for private-use or small-medium company/division to store and share EA models. We have a plan to offer a 'Corporate' edition, which allows users to manage users/groups of ActiveDirectory, assign access rights to them, and store Assets in SQLServer/Oracle.
Extend ARCSeeker as you like
When you use ARCSeeker, you may want to let ARCSeeker do your process-dependent actions. For example, if you want to automatically check if a Component's properties are entered or set correctly, you can do it by extending ARCSeeker. In another case, you need to get a Component's information or modify it from an external application. You can do it by using ARCSeeker API.
ARCSeeker has powerful ActiveX-COM Automation Interface. You can use Components in ARCSeeker as you like, or you can make your original Add-ins and call them from the ARCSeeker menu (Main menu and every context menu).
If you want to know how to use ARCSeeker with Enterprise Architect in detail, see this page.