v4.3.c.Release (15-MAR-2024)

Context patterns and associated tables, plugin methods, and browse hierarchy extensions to expose key model relationships.

This release adds some useful views and browsers, particularly around relationships between diagrams and requirements. For example, what requirements are present on which diagrams and vice versa. The browse hierarchy for requirements and diagrams required a bit of a workaround to show traceability on the owner of the activity/statechart but this seems to work well and acts to aggregate relations to the intrinsic owner anyway. 

V4.3.c.PreRelease (15-MAR-2024):

0808 12-FEB-2024: ExecutableMBSE: Initial support to extend update package diagram with context so that it works recursively to sub-packages (menu hidden) (F.J.Chadburn)

0809 29-FEB-2024: ExecutableMBSE: Added getObjectNodesWithFlowTargets, getObjectNodesWithNoFlowoTargetsOrSources, getOutgoingFlowTargets, pluginMethods for table views (F.J.Chadburn)

0810 29-FEB-2024: ExecutableMBSE: Added getObjectNodesWithFlowSources, getIncomingFlowSources pluginMethods for activity diagram table views (F.J.Chadburn)

0811 01-MAR-2024: ExecutableMBSE: Added getRequirementsOnDiagram for use in context patterns (F.J.Chadburn)

0812 01-MAR-2024: ExecutableMBSE: Added tablel - Requirements On Diagrams table layout to _TablesAndMatrices package as a base example of usage (F.J.Chadburn)

0813 01-MAR-2024: ExecutableMBSE: Changed Export requirements to csv for import into DOORS NG so local names are exported (log window reports if remote name different) (F.J.Chadburn)

0814 05-MAR-2024: ExecutableMBSE: Add a Browse Hierarchy > Browse Requirements On Diagrams browser option to menus for project (F.J.Chadburn)

0815 05-MAR-2024: ExecutableMBSE: Added getDiagramsWithRequirementOn for context patterns/tables plus new Browse Hierarchy > Browse Diagrams With Requirements menu (F.J.Chadburn)

0816 05-MAR-2024: ExecutableMBSE: Added action pin and object flow back on to the textual activity drawing toolbar (F.J.Chadburn)

0817 05-MAR-2024: ExecutableMBSE: Added getDiagramsWithObjectsOn pluginMethod for context patterns/tables plus new Browse Hierarchy > Browse Usages With Requirements menu (F.J.Chadburn)

0818 06-MAR-2024: ExecutableMBSE: Added properties so that profile's Browse Hierarchy sub-menus also work on Package right-click + changed menu names to make clearer (F.J.Chadburn)

0819 11-MAR-2024: ExecutableMBSE: Fix Browse Hierarchy > Browse Diagrams And Requirements On Them Rhp 8.3.1 -> 9.0.2 issue by listing reqts under ActivityDiagramGE/StatechartDiagram (F.J.Chadburn)

0820 11-MAR-2024: ExecutableMBSE: Added explicit Table View - Diagrams And Requirements On Them table to the MBSE View right-click menu for all packages (F.J.Chadburn)

0821 11-MAR-2024: ExecutableMBSE: Added explicit Table View - Requirements And Diagrams Theyre On table to the MBSE View right-click menu for requirement packages (F.J.Chadburn)

0822 15-MAR-2024: ExecutableMBSE: Added null parts check to Populate Parts helper as not working in generalisation context, where feature inherits from system block (F.J.Chadburn)

v4.3.b.Release (26-JAN-2024)

Welcome to 2024!

This release has some incremental improvements and was primarily cut to enable wider testing of new auto-package diagram population to make it easier to build navigation into the project browser, plus a useful table for reviewing requirements of function blocks in the context of the subsystems they are allocated to.

Now available on github. Don't forget to rename top-level folder SysMLHelper without the version number before moving into Profiles folder. Also ensure that previous profile is not just renamed but removed from Share/Profiles completely (as Rhapsody will open first filename it finds rather than the explicit path to .sbsx).

V4.3.b.PreRelease (26-JAN-2024):

0803 19-JAN-2024: ExecutableMBSE: Loosen software design package modelling so that you can hierarchically decompose software components (F.J.Chadburn)

0804 19-JAN-2024: ExecutableMBSE: Allow software components to own full, i.e. standard, ports (F.J.Chadburn)

0805 24-JAN-2024: ExecutableMBSE: Add new Subsystem to Function Block Requirements table for system architecture and subsystem packages (F.J.Chadburn)

0806 26-JAN-2024: ExecutableMBSE: First implementation of new Package Diagram - Index auto-creation capability and associated properties (F.J.Chadburn)

0807 26-JAN-2024: ExecutableMBSE: Ensure that Package Diagram - Index auto-creation properties are taken from package, rather than project, level (F.J.Chadburn)

v4.3.a.Release (20-DEC-2023)

Incremental improvements. Most notable are first introduction of package diagram - index diagram type as an optional basis for improving ability to have a starting point for users to navigate the model when they first open it. Also, ability to allow actors underneath system block so that it's easier to use allocate function function and scenarios where the system interacts with users. This coupled with some tweaks to default display options, and form-based creation of feature function packages, further improves usability of the function flow modeling method.

Now available on github. Don't forget to rename top-level folder SysMLHelper without the version number before moving into Profiles folder. Also ensure that previous profile is not just renamed but removed from Share/Profiles completely (as Rhapsody will open first filename it finds rather than the explicit path to .sbsx).

V4.3.a.PreRelease (20-DEC-2023):

0789 15-NOV-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Allow System Blocks to own Flow Connectors to open up options for direct connectors between flow ports in different subsystems (F.J.Chadburn)

0790 07-DEC-2023: ExecutableMBSE: First implementation of Create Feature Package Structure... menu (F.J.Chadburn)

0791 11-DEC-2023: ExecutableMBSE: First implementation of Index Diagram to assist with easing model navigation (F.J.Chadburn)

0792 11-DEC-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Update hep file so that general helpers like straightening lines work on new index diagram (F.J.Chadburn)

0793 12-DEC-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Added new Actors to Use Cases table for Actor packages (F.J.Chadburn)

0794 12-DEC-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Renamed Index Diagram to Package Diagram - Index to align a little closer to SysML terminology (F.J.Chadburn)

0795 14-DEC-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Added diagram menu to add trace links to requirements package prior to switching master from DOORS NG to local surrogates (F.J.Chadburn)

0796 14-DEC-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Added requirement package menu to switch master from DOORS NG to local surrogates on diagrams (based on trace link) (F.J.Chadburn)

0797 14-DEC-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Tweak to improve ordering in the context diagram menu, flows now at top as most commonly used (F.J.Chadburn)

0798 15-DEC-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Turned off Internal display of flow ports on function usages to give a more natural natural/flexible default (F.J.Chadburn)

0799 15-DEC-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Add AllocatedTo to the Compartments property for function usages so it appears by default when toggle to specification view on ibds (F.J.Chadburn)

0800 18-DEC-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Add ability for actors to be owned by system blocks so its possible to allocate functions they perform in a scenario (F.J.Chadburn)

0801 18-DEC-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Renamed function flow elements of Data Object to Item Usage to make more consistent, also aligns better with SysML 2 terminology (F.J.Chadburn)

0802 20-DEC-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Updated included tutorial doc to PracticalMBSE-BookI-InsulinPump-ModuleA-UseCaseStructure-V2023-12-20-1132.pdf (F.J.Chadburn)

Module A Video - Create a use case package structure

This shows new project creation using the Executable MBSE profile v4.3. It steps through  creating a project structure manually for use cases, actors and requirements showing the mosaic SysML approach with different package types tailored for focused areas before using the create use case package structure menu to automate all the manual steps. 

The automation approach used by the Executable MBSE profile results in faster model creation and a consistent and usable project structure, and is an example of how it's possible to extend SysML and Rhapsody to add method-aware helpers to make SysML easier to use and adopt. The steps for doing the Module A training lab are a PDF included as a controlled file in the v4.3 profile.

v4.3.Release (13-NOV-2023)

This release incorporates polish that has come from doing more training material development. The v4.2 work focused on DOORS Next and Function Block workflows. For the first time, the release includes a training Lab as a controlled file in the profile, hence I have started a v4.3 development strand which the aspiration for refinement of documentation and video support.

Now available on github. Don't forget to rename top-level folder SysMLHelper without the version number before moving into Profiles folder. Also ensure that previous profile is not just renamed but removed from Share/Profiles completely (as Rhapsody will open first filename it finds rather than the explicit path to .sbsx).

V4.3.Release (13-NOV-2023):

0772 03-NOV-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Merge ibd - system and ibd - func into the ibd - func toolbar, to remove need for user to make a choice (F.J.Chadburn)

0773 03-NOV-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Add Flow to the drawing toolbar for ibd - func (F.J.Chadburn)

0774 03-NOV-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Polished further by adding unique icon for the Subsystem Interfaces Package (F.J.Chadburn)

0775 03-NOV-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Tweak to widen default size of diagram frame for ibd - func to ease adding elements left to right without nudging (F.J.Chadburn)

0776 07-NOV-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Add populate menu for composition/parts classifiers as a usability enhancement (F.J.Chadburn)

0777 08-NOV-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Usability polish - Requirement Analysis menus reordered to a more natural order, e.e., Create a new requirement at top (F.J.Chadburn)

0778 08-NOV-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Usability polish - Renamed Perform traceability checks for elements on Activity Diagram to Check Activity Diagram Traceability (F.J.Chadburn)

0779 08-NOV-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Usability polish - Provide feedback that no activity diagrams if Check Activity Diagram Traceability doesn't find any to check (F.J.Chadburn)

0780 08-NOV-2023: ExecutableMBSE: When creating a requirement for a use case give it a default name based on the use case name (F.J.Chadburn)

0781 08-NOV-2023: ExecutableMBSE: As Rhapsody has two <> stereotypes, make sure that getStereotypeWith returns the SysML profile stereotype if present (F.J.Chadburn)

0783 10-NOV-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Refined hep file to remove unnecessary populate and view options from the projects and diagram right-click menus (F.J.Chadburn)

0784 10-NOV-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Usability tweak to default name of actor package name created in use case structure to include the project name (F.J.Chadburn)

0785 10-NOV-2023: SysMLHelper: Renamed profile .txt filename to stop users choosing SysMLHelper accidentally, as superseded by ExecutableMBSEProfile (F.J.Chadburn)

0786 10-NOV-2023: ExecutableMBSE: UI tweak to remove unnecessary width of create use case package structure dialog by removing name of project (F.J.Chadburn)

0787 13-NOV-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Changed title of use case package structure dialog to 'Create' rather than 'Populate' to align with right-click menu name (F.J.Chadburn)

0788 13-NOV-2023: ExecutableMBSE: Added PracticalMBSE-BookI-InsulinPump-ModuleA-UseCaseStructure-V2023-11-10-1123.pdf labs, to help with user ramp ups (F.J.Chadburn)