The 2021x Refresh1 release introduces further performance and scalability upgrades in key product areas: compatibility modes, report generation, metrics calculation, integration, general modeling, and collaboration improvements. Furthermore, new tables and usability improvements are here to make your modeling experience better. Additionally, this version introduces a technology preview of ArchiMate model import.
This release also comes with Behavior to Structure synchronization, Contextual Relationships enhancements, and other improvements.
Collaborative modeling has been extended to assess the impact of element modification or deletion in other projects an element is used in, enable users to conveniently organize projects into the nested categories, customize the representation of Magic Collaboration Studio users in the modeling tool, and quickly return to the Merge dialog to change the merge decisions.
The version and Hot Fix number of a modeling tool and its plugins must be the same. After installing the Hot Fix version of a modeling tool, select the same Hot Fix version when downloading its plugins. The modeling tool will not work correctly if you install plugins of a different version and/or Hot Fix number.
In this version, we continued improving the performance with a major focus on compliance mode, reports, and UAF metrics.
Compliance Modes
Turning on the BPMN or SysML compliance modes in large projects now takes less time than in earlier versions.
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2021x
2021x Refresh 1
BPMN Compliance Mode (UAF)
> 60 min
9 min 27s
SysML Compliance Mode (UPDM)
> 60 min
3 min
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Report
The report generation was optimized so it takes less time for large projects. In the optimization process, the tables, matrices, and relation maps were excluded from the scope of the Used in Diagrams column. MS Word supports files only up to 512 MB, therefore we do not recommend generating a report with the entire project as its scope.
The following table shows the testing, performed with the scope of ~ 5000 elements, results.
Feature
2021x Refresh 1
All views report (XL project)
5 min 30s
Dictionary report
31s
Summary and Overview report
15s
Dictionary Excel Spreadsheet
2 min 11s
UAF Metrics
The metrics calculation was also optimized and runs smoothly in the larger projects. However, we do not recommend selecting the entire project as a scope for calculating metrics.
The following table shows the testing, performed with the scope of ~ 5000 elements, results.
Feature
2021x
2021x Refresh 1
UAF metrics (1M)
Low memory
21.719 s
UAF metrics (10M)
Low memory
190.35 s
UPDM2 metrics (1M)
Low memory
42.564 s
UPDM2 metrics (10M)
Low memory
56.109 s
Diagrams and Tables
The Hierarchical Typical Measurements tables were enhanced and no longer hold the status of technology preview. New hierarchical display modes were implemented. You can also generate predefined reports for these tables. Also, having the Hierarchical Typical Measurements table filled out makes it easy to create the Hierarchical Actual Measurements table by simply clicking the Evaluate Measurements button. Learn more >>
The Hierarchical Actual Measurements tables are available for all domains. The hierarchical table for actual measurements allows working with the actual measurements directly in the table. You can add new or existing Actual Property Sets and define values. When you add a Property Set to the table, all existing Actual Property Sets will be collected recursively according to the defined scope. Learn more >>
TheActualProjectMilestone SummaryTable (Pj-Rm) depicts all actual project milestones in the model. Adding the actual project milestones into the table allows you to see their name, kind, start date, project, project status, version released, version withdrawn, and actual resource information. You will also be able to add or modify the actual project milestone information directly in this table. Learn more >>
If you need to see the original name, set the Show Original Name of Measurement symbol property to true. The original name will be displayed in brackets and in gray font. Learn more >>
You can create a Model Library package for each UAF domain.
A new system property is implemented to help with the migration of server projects. There are two cases regarding the migration of UAF and UPDM projects:
If you are performing UPDM project migration from the modeling tool with the UPDM environment, only the project version will be migrated.
The UPDM project migration from the modeling tool with the UAF environment will not be performed. However, if you want to migrate the UPDM project to UAF, you need to open the magicdraw.properties (or cea.properties) file and change the value of the system property -Dmigrate.project.from.updm2.to.uaf\=false to True. By default, the value of this property is False, which means that your UPDM projects will not be migrated. Learn more >>
ArchiMate Model Import (Technology Preview)
In this version, the import of the ArchiMate model from the open exchange file into the UAF project is implemented. As it is only a technology preview for this version, the imported element mapping is only partial. The mapping of ArchiMate 3.1 to UAF 1.1 approach is based on the NATO Architecture Framework.
The development of the following plugins is discontinued:
Document Modeling Plugin (Model-based reports). For more effective model publishing and reviewing on the web, use Cameo Collaborator.
To create Views and Viewpoints diagrams using the modeling tool with no plugins installed, use the Cameo Collaborator Publisher plugin or the SysML plugin instead.
The DockBook Library Profile is no longer available.
Web portal reports are no longer available. For more effective model publishing and reviewing on the web, use Cameo Collaborator. You can also use Web Publisher (Simple HTML) or Web Publisher 2.0 ReportWizard templates to generate HTML reports.
WSDL Code Engineering and WSDL diagrams are no longer available.
C# Code Engineering and C# Professional Edition are no longer available.
CIL and CIL Disassembler Code Engineering are no longer available.
The News Reader (RSS) is no longer available. The notification at the right bottom corner of the modeling tool will inform you about the new version release instead.
The no_install_mac.zip and 32-bit installation files are no longer offered for download.
The Project Usage Map Profile is no longer available.
The JavaScript Nashorn is deprecated with the intention of removing it. We highly recommend using JavaScript Rhino instead.
The following 3rd party plugins are discontinued:
Cameo Workbench
Cameo Inter-Op
ParaMagic Lite
The following no cost plugins are no longer available in modeling tools:
Teamwork Server is no longer supported in the latest release. Teamwork Cloud should be used as a product for collaborative modeling and model version control. Customers still using Teamwork Server must migrate their server projects to TWC 19.0 series first and then upgrade to TWC 2021x.
You can now specify in the Environment Options dialog whether to compare only the direct or all the changes in diagrams during the Project Merge and Project Comparison operations. By default, only the changes made by the user in loaded (open) diagrams are analyzed, leaving out unintentional diagram changes that occurred due to indirect changes in the model. This feature not only eases both merge and project comparison processes for the user, since the number of diagrams with changes is considerably reduced but also optimizes modeling tool performance.
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An Environment option to specify the changes to detect in diagrams.
The model merge has undergone further usability improvements. From now on, changes from the Target and Equivalent Changes are automatically hidden by default; only the Source changes are shown. As a result, fewer changes need to be reviewed by the user.
Additionally, the model merge has been extended by adding a capability to select which ancestor calculation algorithm to use. You now have the freedom to choose a Branch Point as an ancestor for your merges. This is especially useful when merge results become too complex to understand and analyze due to previously rejected changes. By default, the Lowest Common Parent ancestor calculation algorithm is used.
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Selecting the ancestor for future merges in the Merge Project dialog.
keep your Internal Block diagram (IBD) consistent with Activities with less effort! Our brand new behavior-to-structure synchronization allows you to validate Part Properties in an IBD to check whether Proxy Ports exist and are typed by compatible Interface Blocks based on flows found in Activities. As a result, instead of manually updating IBDs to be consistent with Activities, coherence between them is ensured by automatically detecting inconsistencies and providing the user with the solvers to handle each inconsistency individually.
Contextual Relationships have undergone major improvements! From now on, you can create contextual relationships directly in structure tree view tables and represent data in table columns by considering the usage context of the row elements.
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Creating contextual relationships in tables.
Additionally, for a more compact Internal Block Diagram (IBD) view, you can now represent contextual relationships in the Element Properties compartment of the element shape.
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Displaying contextual relationships in the element compartment.
In earlier versions, the Show Parts filter in the ICD Whitebox tables was hard to use in larger projects: only a limited list of connectors was visible; and identifying the connectors was difficult in some cases. This version brings enhancements that will allow easy searching, identification, and selection of all connectors outgoing from the parts. Using this dialog, you can easily filter connectors and choose which ones should be displayed in the table or hidden from it. Learn more >>
Numbering validation. Project opening now takes less time as a result of boosting numbering validation efficiency. Image Added
A chart comparing the project opening speed in 2021x and 2021x Refresh1 SysML projects with 0.5M, 1M, 2M, and 5M elements.
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element selection
Element selection. Further improvements have been introduced to element selection (i.e., the Select Element dialog and drop-down lists) performance. The stereotyped element search is now performed approximately 20-200 times faster.
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import from another project
Import from another project. Projects can be imported much faster as the import operation now works more like Copy/Paste rather than Merge.
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A chart comparing the sample project import speed in 2021x and 2021x Refresh1 SysML projects with 0.5M and 1M elements.
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Time consumption on large server projects
Time consumption on large server projects
Time consumption on large server projects. Report Wizard now utilizes significantly less time on large server projects using the Web Publisher 2.0 template, in comparison with the 2021x version.Image Added
A chart displaying the results of performance testing between SysML project 5M and 10M sizes in the whole elements scope.
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ignoring smart package calculation in tables and matrices
ignoring smart package calculation in tables and matrices
Ignoring Smart Package Calculation in Tables and Matrices. Depending on the complexity and the total number of Smart Packages within the specified scope in tables and matrices, significant performance degradation can be caused while building tables and matrices. Since the 2021x Refresh1, the inner Smart Packages are no longer calculated by default unless you turn on theInclude Additional Content option. Consequently, tables and matrices are now built faster. Image Added
The contents of a Smart Package that falls within the specified scope is excluded when building a table.
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freezing smart package contents
freezing smart package contents
Refreshing Smart Package contents on demand. You can now suspend the automatic Smart Package contents recalculation in the background to enhance performance by simply changing the Smart Package state to Frozen. As a result, elements are no longer automatically added to the Smart Package contents; however, the dynamic contents can still be refreshed on demand by clicking the button.
Four SysML projects in 2021x that were used to run the performance tests, ranging from 0.5M to 5M in size, are equal in size to projects of earlier versions with sizes ranging from 1M to 10M.
Import variability data to your modeling tool project directly from the 3DS ENOVIA Model Definition application on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. The 3DEXPERIENCE ENOVIA Model Definition Integration plugin is available for your modeling tool (together with the Product Line Engineering plugin).
Tree View in Select Element Drop-Downs and Quick Find
Quick Find and Type Selection drop-downs have been enhanced with the Tree view. In cases when multiple elements share the same name, it will no longer be confusing as to which one to select: all you need to do is switch to the Tree view to identify the element's place in the model hierarchy.
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Switching between the Tree and List views to find the needed element faster.
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Other Feature Improvements
Other Feature Improvements
Other improvements
The 3DEXPERIENCE menu item groups all available integrations with the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. When you install plugins that support integration with the platform, all their available functionalities will be added under the 3DEXPERIENCE menu. Learn more about authentication with the 3DEXPERIENCE platform >> Image Added
Since the UsageInDiagrams Opaque Behavior is a time-consuming operation (it loads all diagrams - matrices, tables, and maps), it has been deprecated and replaced with the UsageInDiagramsWithSymbols Opaque Behavior that searches for symbol usages only. Learn more about built-in operations >>
The following key issues have been fixed with this version:
Improved performance - Smart Packages that fall within the tracking scope are no longer automatically calculated when the Suspect Links > Show Suspicions command is executed.
The problem with Java sign-in is solved and the modeling tool now launches on macOS Big Sur without warnings.
The project update no longer fails when the standard profile has no internal version specified.
The modeling tool no longer becomes unresponsive when the element search is in progress.
The diagram is no longer scaled incorrectly on mouse click/drag.
The filtered changes are now accepted/rejected recursively when performing the merge operation.
The information in structured expression queries is properly updated when adding projects to Teamwork Cloud.
The element refactoring no longer fails when the Legend item is applied.
The applied Legend item adornments are no longer removed after saving a Teamwork Cloud project locally.
The Diagram Info box in the diagram no longer changes its position after performing the merge operation.
Action pins no longer remain synced to Activity when the action behavior is unset.
Associations are no longer moved when centering Classes vertically.
The modeling tool no longer freezes when publishing large projects to Teamwork Cloud.
When two different custom prefixes are applied for two different sets of elements, the element renumbering no longer works incorrectly for the set of elements with one custom prefix.
CSV Import Plugin support will be discontinued from the next major version. Excel/CSV Sync or Excel/CSV Import features will be replacing the CSV Import Plugin.
No more accidental Recovered Elements and unexpected surprises when updating Used Project versions! The latest release introduces the global element usage search functionality that allows you to query for the usages of the element you are about to modify or delete. Depending on the server-side configuration, projects using the element in question can be returned either from the entire Teamwork Cloud repository or the chosen custom indexed scope.
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Searching for element usages within the Teamwork Cloud repository.
Do your projects need to be grouped hierarchically? Are you seeking to organize them in a folder-like manner? We have a solution! You can now organize your projects into nested categories so you can find them later with no difficulty.
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Organizing server projects into nested categories.
Representation of Teamwork Cloud Users
You now have the freedom to customize how individual Teamwork Cloud users are represented in the modeling tool (for example, when they lock elements) by simply changing the value of the Representation of Users environment option. It is your choice whether a User Name, a Full Name, or an Email address is shown to identify them.
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Changing the user representation in the Teamwork Cloud project.
Need to make some adjustments after finishing the merge operation? Not a problem! You can now quickly return to the previously performed merge operation if you notice that you have accepted or rejected the changes (e.g., rejected the element creation) by mistake and need to change your merge decisions.
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Returning to the Merge dialog to change merge decisions.
Filters in the Merge dialog have been redesigned to improve the user experience.
Updating a server project with local changes in disconnected team collaboration now handles the Used Project branch deletions more effectively, with no errors.
Groovy Tool now supports use of relative paths, apart from Groovy file names and absolute paths, starting from the template to the Groovy file. Learn how to deploy this feature >>
Report Wizard 2021x Refresh1 allows specifying DPIs of images in generated reports at three levels: global, template, and object. Learn more about this helpful function >>
An increasingly effective utility of the Presentation Report Designer diagram has been ultimately designed for designing and generating PPTX and ODP templates. Discover Presentation Report Designer more >>
With $report.getMetaClass($element), you are able to acquire a metaclass from a specific stereotype element. Learn about this function more >>
You can now use both the relative and absolute paths of the image file on your system to display it as a homepage image by utilizing the HomeImage variable of the Web Publisher 2.0 template. Know more about how this function works >>
The exported image scaling option for Web Publisher 2.0 reports has become available in Report Wizard 2021x Refresh1, so that you can reduce, maintain, and enlarge the image size percentage. Find out how to make use of this option >>
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Report Wizard
With a significant improvement in report generations for large-scale MagicDraw projects, Report Wizard 2021x has now been equipped to more efficiently generate reports using Web Publisher 2.0 templates of projects, with less time required and supporting more elements than earlier versions of the product. Image Removed
A bar chart displaying the performance testing of report generation from Report Wizard 19.0 SP4 and 2021x using Web Publisher 2.0.
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The progress bar with the success percentage shown above when generating reports using Web Publisher 2.0.
A more effective tool of the Document Report Designer diagram is now available for conveniently drafting and designing new extensive templates of the Microsoft Word Document (DOCX) format. Discover more about Document Report Designer >> Image Removed
Document Report Designer for drafting and designing new templates of the Microsoft Word Document (DOCX) format.
With the Spreadsheet Report Designer provided in Report Wizard 2021x, you are now capable of effectively designing and generating Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (XLSX) format. Find out how to use Spreadsheet Report Designer >>
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Spreadsheet Report Designer for designing and generating the Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (XLSX) format.
Web Publisher 2.0 now has the Quick properties panel, at the lower left (similar to MagicDraw), to show the documentation settings in the Documentation tab and properties in the Properties tab of elements selected in the diagram and from the Containment tree. Learn more about the new Quick properties panel >>
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The Quick properties panel: Documentation and Properties tabs.
The multi-field sorter is now available as a function for sorting a collection of elements in ascending or descending order by deploying multiple sorting properties, rather than merely a single property as in previous versions. Find out more about the multi-field sorter >>
Single or double quotes can now be interchangeably used in both of the #includesection and #sectionBegin directives and $import.includeSection(templateName, sectionName) of the Import Tool.
The automatic UAF, SysML, and BPMN project migration has been enhanced. The projects are migrated silently and now no additional confirmation is required.
