Released: Jul 19, 2017

Updates in 13.5

Features

Formal Reviews

• A powerful yet simple mechanism for capturing and managing Element discussions in a team based environment.
• This feature is an extension to normal Element Discussions by providing a structured process around creating, reviewing and actioning those conversations.
• Formal Reviews Includes:
  • New 'Review' Toolbox, Element and Diagram type.
  • Discussion Window renamed to 'Reviews & Discussions' with a new tab 'Reviews'. This window will be the focal point for creating, managing and reviewing Formal Reviews.
  • New tab 'Reviews added to the Docked 'Discussion' for creating Formal Review topics and discussing them.
  • Priority status added to Review and Normal Discussion topics.
  • User Avatars can now be assigned. These are displayed in model chat, discussion and review windows.

Navigation Cells

• New way to navigate a model using Diagrams.
• Creates attractive hyperlinks using an image and label.
• Improves ability to navigate a model in both EA and using WebEA from a mobile or desktop device.
• Create a Navigation Cell by dragging a Diagram from the Project Browser onto a Diagram.
• Navigation Cells created will display as a simplified version in older builds.
• Latest Example Model has been updated to use Navigation Cells.

Time Aware Modeling

• Trace different versions of diagrams using the new Show Diagram Version dialog.
• Diagram Properties now provides an option to set version of newly created objects to match diagram version.
• Context menu option added to easily upgrade a linked Diagram Object to new a version of a cloned Element.
• Clone Structure as New Version clones the Package objects current state including Tagged Values, Linked Document and more.
• Clone Structure as New Version adheres to the current security permission settings.
• Clone Structure as New Version creates a Trace Connector between packages to provide version history.
• Clone Element as New Version attempts to resolve the cloned element into a matching Package structure.
• Clone Element as New Version maintains reference classifier IDs.
• Clone Element as New Version now clones full Element hierarchy.
• Trace relationships between element versions now created more consistently.
• Locking behavior improved when cloning a locked source structure.

ArchiMate

• ArchiMate 3.0 Model Exchange File Format import and export now available.
• Traceability window now displays customized labels for ArchiMate 3.0 relationships:
  • Other MDG Technologies can use this extension by adding _MeaningForwards and _MeaningBackwards properties to the metatype for their stereotypes.

SysML

• Compartments display for SysML 1.4 blocks improved:
  • Composite properties now moved into the 'parts' compartment.
  • Properties and will now show redefines or subsets relationships when defined.
  • Properties will now show multiplicity unique, ordered, union and readOnly strings when defined.
• Now possible to set derived union property on Part/Property elements.

Automation

• Corrected read of addins when default value exists for HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
• Java API updated.

Other Changes

• MariaDB ODBC driver now supported.
• Creation of new Ports and Properties on a typed property will now create the property on the type.
• Properties dialog for Ports and Properties modified to only show the derived property on the Property page.
• Properties dialog for Ports and Properties synchronized with a port on the owners' type now displays the base properties.
• Document generation now provides new report constant: ReportFilenameShort.
• Package Browser and Gantt View context menu option added for opening the selected Package as a list or Gantt view.
• DB Explorer window now supports reload using tab context menu.
• XMI export performance improved for models with test points defined.
• Controlled Package XMI Import on a Package now preserves Discussions on Elements in its child Controlled Packages.
• XMI import now detects versions 2.4.1 and above for XMI exported by IBM Rational Software Architect.
• Saving of cached images and documents for WebEA improved.
• New project option added to set the minimum build number required to access a project.
• Linked Document Editor updated to prevent retry message when inserting an OLE object.
• Alternate Image handline on SQL Server Repositories improved, including restoring the ability to add images over a cloud connection:
  • Requires SQL Server user to have ALTER TABLE permission for the t_image table.
• Publish to Joomla! now handles MySQL servers that aren't configured for XAMPP default.
• Elements will now apply the correct default colour when 'Use Element Group Style' is disabled.
• Sequence diagram behavior where note links have been created before any messages improved.
• Adding actions to Conditional and Loop Structured Activities no longer causes database error on Cloud Service.

Fixes

• Restored drawing of child diagrams for Diagram frames with unknown subtype.
• Allow export to Open Exchange when ArchiMate 2 technology disabled.