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In this paper, we present a visualization approach for the reverse engineering of object-oriented (OO) software systems and its implementation in MetricAttitude, an Eclipse Rich Client Platform application. The goal of our proposal is to ease both the comprehension of a subject system and the identification of fault-prone classes. The approach graphically represents a suite of object-oriented design metrics (e.g., Weighted Methods per Class) and "traditional" code-size metrics (e.g., Lines Of Code). To assess the validity of MetricAttitude and its underlying approach, we have conducted a case study on the framework Eclipse 3.5. The study has provided indications about the tool scalability, interactivity, and completeness. The results also suggest that our proposal can be successfully used in the identification of fault-prone classes.