2021x Refresh1 Version News

Released on: February 12, 2021

Version 2021x adds the ability to use layers in diagrams, automatically create legends, present diagrams or predefined sequences of diagrams in full screen to stakeholders, create compositions and aggregations in matrices, and use predefined element type filters when searching for the necessary model elements. Additionally, the usage of Simulink import and Modelica export has been extended with few enhancements, the Excel/CSV file import functionality has been reviewed and refreshed, and numerous improvements to Excel/CSV synchronization functionality in tables have been added.

Few powerful simulation features will change the way you simulate your models by using diagrams as a simulation dashboard. For your convenience, streaming behavior simulation is now supported and simulation options have been moved to Project Options, animation-delay affects only visible diagrams to provide better user experience, guard evaluation on transitions expressed in natural language are now interactive, and more.

This release brings significant performance and scalability upgrades in key product areas: Merge, Teamwork Cloud project load, Teamwork Cloud project saving, table loading, Excel and CSV files import, and such common modeling tool operations as Copy/Paste, Find, Numbering, Element Selection, and Validation. 

Last but not least, project merge has been extended to give users the option to show only the changes in directly modified diagrams, hide Target and Equivalent Changes by default, and choose a specific ancestor calculation algorithm depending on merge scenario and expected outcome. 

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Simulink and Modelica Integration Improvements

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Simulation

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Client-side Performance Improvements

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System Requirements

RAM and disk space requirements have been updated taking into consideration different sizes of large models. Learn more about recommended system requirements >>

¹ the project elements count is different due to the profiling data storing metamodel optimized in 2021x. 
  ² these memory requirements are indicative and may vary by project specifics.

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Discontinued Products

• 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. 
  • Methodology Wizard Plugin.
  • QVT Plugin.
  • Excel Import Plugin. We highly recommend using Excel/CSV Sync or Excel/CSV Import features instead.
  • CSV Import Plugin. We highly recommend using Excel/CSV Sync or Excel/CSV Import features instead.
  • LieberLieber Embedded Engineer plugin.
    
  • Project Element Counter plugin.
    
  • MBSE plugin.
• 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:
  
  • FAS. From now on, download it here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/fas4md.
  • SYSMOD. From now on, download it here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/sysmod4md/.

From Teamwork Server to Teamwork Cloud

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.

Learn how to migrate from Teamwork Server to Teamwork Cloud >>

From Cameo Collaborator for Alfresco to Cameo Collaborator for Teamwork Cloud

From version 2021x, Cameo Collaborator for Alfresco is no longer supported. We recommend using Cameo Collaborator for Teamwork Cloud instead.

Learn the benefits of Cameo Collaborator for Teamwork Cloud compared to Cameo Collaborator for Alfresco >>

Learn how to migrate your documents and comments from the Alfresco server to Teamwork Cloud >>

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Collaboration

Detecting Changes in Diagrams During Merge

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. 

An Environment option to specify the changes to detect in diagrams.

Learn more about diagram changes in model merge and project comparison >>

Further Merge Usability Improvements

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.

Selecting the ancestor for future merges in the Merge Project dialog.

Learn more about merge types in Teamwork Cloud >>

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Other Features

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.
  
  

  A bar chart displaying the performance testing of report generation from Report Wizard 19.0 SP4 and 2021x using Web Publisher 2.0.

• You can view the overall progress of generating reports deploying Web Publisher 2.0 through the progress bar and its displayed success percentage.
  
  

  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 >>
  
  

  

  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 >> 
  
  

  

  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 >>
  
  

  

  The Quick properties panel: Documentation and Properties tabs.

• The capability of $report.isEmpty(obj) has been specially improved to check HTML String whether it is empty or not. Learn more about using this report tool >>

• 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 >>

• You can now sort elements by using a tag in applied stereotypes, regardless of being customized. Learn more about this capability of the sorter tool >>

• You can utilize a new sorter function for sorting elements as they appear in the Containment tree. Discover how to use this sorter tool >>

• With a new option reducing XML meta-data file name length, the error of Web Publisher 2.0 files with lengthy names has been fixed. Know more about this report variable in Web Publisher 2.0 >>
• 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.
• You can now access and list property objects (including DSL) classified in the PropertyGroup of customized stereotypes. See how the report tool works this way >>
• Reference bookmarks and their links can be created for DOCX numbered items. Learn about using these bookmark tools >>
• Functions for displaying lists of properties in property groups for given elements and stereotypes are ready to use. Learn how to use this group of report tools >>

Other

• The automatic UAF, SysML, and BPMN project migration has been enhanced. The projects are migrated silently and now no additional confirmation is required.

Key Issues Fixed

The following key issues have been fixed with this version:

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Version news of servers and plugins

• Teamwork Cloud 2021x
• SysML Plugin 2021x
  
• Cameo Simulation Toolkit 2021x
• UAF Plugin 2021x
• Cameo DataHub 2021x
• Cameo Safety and Reliability Analyzer 2021x