Enterprise Architect Ultimate Edition v14.1 (Build 1427)

Includes enhancements to user security, code miner, SysML Parametrics Expression Editor, diagrams and more.

Features

• User Security and Login
  • Added support for logging in to User Security using OpenID.
  • Added capability to use the user credentials provided to the http security prompt for cloud models to be used as security credentials.
  • Added optional restriction to require model users to be authenticated through Windows authentication or OpenID.
  • Added option to automatically maintain the list of available users based on Windows Active Directory or OpenID groups.
  • Added option to allow users of a model to store their credentials for the current model so they don't need to be re-entered.
  • Current User button added to top right of ribbon to provide access to a number of security related functions.
  • Improvements for checking of locks in various circumstances.
• Code Miner
  • New Configuration options in Execution Analyzer Scripts to use a set of code libraries available for query.
  • Create libraries for C++, C#, Java or XML files.
  • Specify a different set of macros for each library if required.
  • Optionally move the libraries and management into a shared server (to be included with the Pro Cloud Server).
  • Define a library of re-usable queries to retrieve contextual information based on the imported code.
• SysML Parametrics Expression Editor
  • Type an expression for a Constraint Block, and EA can automatically define the parameters that are required for it.
  • Create multiple properties including constraint properties, and easily define how the individual properties are mapped to each other.
• Getting Started
  • Start Page simplified to give focus to the most used items.
  • Visual Style dialog and New EA 14 Features document will no longer be displayed when EA starts for the first time.
  • Project Browser now provides a shortcut to open a project when no model is open.
  • Trial Version startup streamlined.
• Project Browser
  • Added support for creating projects in the Project Browser using the Toolbox.
  • Sorting corrections.
  • Project Browser selection behavior updated to ensure changes in other windows are saved before selection changes.
  • Multiple selection context menu now provides Collaborate menu and option for locking items.
  • Refresh the contents of a package using F5.
• Diagrams
  • Simple UI diagram type added.
  • Added option to override user theme when saving diagram images for WebEA.
  • Multiple selection context menu now includes Collaborate menu.
  • Improvements to Proxy Connector object handling.
  • Corrected Quicklinker menu behavior where UML links could unintentionally be removed.
  • Corrected behavior that blocked the creation of a composite diagram not defined in the active perspective.
  • Diagrams displaying frames will no longer allow drag & drop between different packages/elements until the frame is turned off.
  • Improved handling of Auto Route Layout on a Diagram selection.
  • New Diagram dialog will scroll to display the previously selected MDG Type upon opening.
• Diagram Rendering
  • Page borders now hidden for all diagrams by default.
  • Packages now obey the Show Stereotype Icons option.
  • A few classifier kinds updated to show name in italics when abstract.
  • A few element kinds updated to not underline the name when they are given an alias.
  • Objects with no name or classifier name will now render their name as an underlined colon character ':'.
  • Various diagram Frame improvements.
• XMI Import/Export
  • Improvements to canonical XMI import.
  • Improvements to XMI import with strip guids.
  • Ecore export improvements.
• Code
  • Source Code Editor 'Go to Definition' command now displays operation signatures correctly.
  • VHDL import and export improvements.
  • PHP namespace generation improved.
  • Python generation updated to allow generation of operation code.
  • Schema composer generation of dateTime now maps to xs:dateTime.
• Transforms
  • Transform of Realization connector improved.
  • Extended support for built in TRANSFORM_TAGS macros.
• Simulation
  • Added simulation run hyperlink type.
  • Simulation of large packages improved.
  • Manual simulation of models using BPMN Receive Task or UML AcceptEventAction improved.
• Database Engineering
  • SQL Server sequences can now be imported from different schemas.
  • Table Space and Owner fields are now editable in the Properties window.
• Model Validation
  • Checks improved for Deployment, Activity Edge, Package Import and Package Merge connectors.
  • UML rules are now ignored when validating non-UML models.
• External Data Integration
  • External Data Source Integrations can now be used in non-cloud models.
  • Ensure discussions included in external data are visible.
  • ServiceNow mapping improved.
  • Loading of items now indicates status in a single wait cursor.
• Baseline comparison
  • Tagged Value Note differences now reported.
  • Redefined/Reused ports no longer produce false positives.
• Editing of SysML with compartments improved
  • Elements shown in compartments now update docked windows when their text is selected.
  • Double click behavior for element in compartments is now to open the docked Properties window.
  • The following compartments support this new behavior: parameters, ports, flow properties, proxy ports, full ports, and directed features.
• Embedded Elements
  • Dropping an element containing embedded elements onto the diagram now shows the docked Interaction Points window to allow adding embedded elements.
  • Docked Interaction Points window now allows showing child properties for properties derived from the parent type.
  • Significantly reduced time taken to perform a "Synchronize Structural Elements".
• Docked Features lists improved
  • Enter key now moves focus to docked properties window to allow editing of all properties.
  • F2 key now opens in-line editor for currently selected property.
  • Editing parameters of a Reception moves focus into editor for Signal attributes.
  • Improved behavior when moving Project Browser selection from a feature to the parent element.
  • Docked Element Features window correctly refreshes when opened in a floating state.
  • Operation Behavior, Pre & Post docked windows now prompt to save pending changes when context is switching to a different context type.
  • Prevented rare circumstances that may result in code updated for an operation via the docked properties window being lost after performing other operations.
  • Corrected behavior of Operation Parameters editor when positioning a Parameter below the "New Parameter.." row.
• Restored Features dialog for users who prefer editing Attributes and Operations in a self-contained dialog
  • Accessible by the ribbon command: Design > Element > Features > Features Dialog.
  • Visual Styles dialog ( Start > View > Visual Style ) now includes option to 'Prefer Property dialogs'
    • Shows Features dialog instead of docked window for double click or Enter on a diagram, F9, and F10.
• ArchiMate
  • ArchiMate 3 motivation element clipped corners are no longer stretched.
  • ArchiMate 3 elements no longer offer the 'Convert to Instance' command.
• Technology Authoring
  • Shape script properties added to get names of elements even if user has requested Alias to be displayed
    • #ActualName#.
    • #Source.ActualName#.
    • #Target.ActualName#.
    • #Classifier.ActualName#.
  • #Classifier.Name# property updated to match behavior of other properties that provide the alias when Use Alias if Available is enabled.
  • Shape script #RectangleNotation# property can now be provided a default value using the _UCRect metatype property in profiles.
  • Shape script #RectangleNotation# property now available for additional types, including Object.
  • Stereotype _instanceType property specifying a package stereotype will now be ignored.
  • Additional properties added to Profile Helper dialogs
    • _defaultAttributeType.
    • _meaningForwards.
    • _meaningBackwards.
    • _UCRect.
  • Shape scripts can now specify text within a subshape should be rendered as bold and/or italics.
  • Export of UML profiles updated to support consistency between generations
    • Stereotypes with multiple generalizations or multiple stereotyped relationships now order xml by target name.
    • Stereotype icons no longer export binary data larger than necessary.
  • Profiles now support extension of use case include and extend connectors.
• Documentation
  • New fields available in 'Content - Files Item' templates for HTML report
    • #LINKPATH# - Full path to file.
    • #FILENAME# - Name of file only.
  • New fields available in Association templates for HTML report
    • #ELEMNAME# - Name of the element being referenced.
    • #LINKREF# - Target of a hyperlink to the specified element.
  • Checklist elements now generated to HTML report in a more friendly format.
  • <> now treated as an alias for <> in HTML reports.
  • Attribute and Operation tagged values referencing elements now generate hyperlinks in HTML reports.
  • Generating HTML Report on a large model no longer shows a database error.
  • Structured Specification Context List now generates hyperlinks to documentation.
  • Document generation now generates child diagrams in Project Browser order.
  • Element filter Attribute initial values now available.
  • Element filter for Test.Class now accepts accepts comma separated integers as argument to 'One Of...'.
  • Document generation templates now display a modified indicator on its tab immediately after changes.
  • Internal bookmark generation updated to improve handling when documents opened in LibreOffice.
  • Diagram Frames for SysML diagrams and State Machines will no longer be clickable in WebEA to ensure diagrams can be scrolled on iOS devices.
  • QA Testing report can now filter on names that contain an apostrophe.
  • Generate Documentation and Document Options dialogs
    • Removed potential for duplicate items to be added in the Exclude Filters list.
    • Prevent excessive mouse flicking on load.
    • Reduced load time.
• Automation
  • DiagramObject.Update() changed to improve positioning of wireframe elements and other embedded elements when the diagram isn't open.
  • Element.Update() now updates the Project Browser display of the classifier name.
  • Returning FALSE from OnPreNewElement broadcast no longer displays a warning to the user.
  • API functions for applying/releasing User and Group locks, now return FALSE without making any changes for users without permission to change locks.
  • EnumXMIType.xmiARCGIS added to allow export of ArcGIS XML using Automation Interface.
  • 'Browse for file' hyperlink supported in generated documentation.
• Modeling and Simulation with Modelica Library
  • Added support for referencing a type defined within the Modelica Library.
  • Allow including a Modelica Library in a simulation (eg. Generate "loadModel(Modelica);").
• More Changes
  • Check list tagged value editor now enforces the order defined for items.
  • Diagram Properties dialog now displays the time of diagram creation.
  • Smart Placement updated to prevent objects being snapped to the right edge of an object when moving close to its top left.
  • Repository.GetContextItem updated to handle no object being available when called during context change.
  • Various document editor improvements.
  • Stereotype name resolution improved.
  • Meaning forwards and backwards text added for SysML 1.5 relationship stereotypes.
  • Multiple database errors in different repository types improved.
  • Basic note editors now escape extended ascii characters to prevent unexpected mappings under certain locales.
  • Improved time taken when saving or adding items to a Diagram via drag drop / copy paste.
  • Improved handling of empty dates when using the Test & Maintenance construct window over a cloud connection.
  • UML Profile export ribbon commands now explicitly specify using a source Package or Diagram.
  • Several minor UI fixes.