What's new in Rhapsody Systems Engineering 1.4.0

Learn more about what’s new and changed in Rhapsody Systems Engineering 1.4.0.

Views

Table view: In table views, you can view OSLC links based on their link types. You can filter, add and remove links from the table view. For more information, see Managing links in table views.; You can directly add elements from a table view. For more information, see Adding elements from table view.

Support for streamlined creation of system views, traceability, and requirement management

When you create a project by using the Harmony template, Harmony library is automatically included. This library includes the following:

System actors, which are custom-defined type extending the standard part.
System context view definition that includes system actors in the drawing palette.
New trace relationships, which are custom-defined are introduced. For example: each requirement can be connected by using specific trace types that are predefined in the library.
Requirement types such as stakeholder requirements and system requirements are stackable by using predefined library definitions.
Requirements include a priority attribute by default.

For more information, see Using the Harmony library.

Enhanced handoff in Harmony V2

The updated handoff mechanism in Harmony V2 includes the following enhancements:

Support for Quality Management and Change Management domain: Rhapsody Systems Engineering supports OSLC linking with Quality Management and Change Management domains. You can establish, view, and manage cross-domain links to artifacts, such as test cases, work items, and more.

Support for link index provider: Rhapsody Systems Engineering supports querying links from Link index provider (LDX) application. This enhancement helps you to query and manage incoming links based on specific configurations. For more information, see Integrating with link index provider.

Recently opened views: Once you start working on views, the Recently opened tab now shows upto 6 views.

Searching for model elements: You can quickly find model elements within a view by using the Search box in the global toolbar. You can also filter the results by element type to locate specific elements within the view. For more information, see Searching elements in project editor.

Locating elements across views: The ability to quickly locate and highlight elements across views is now enhanced with the Find in Views option. This option includes real-time search and selection capabilities. For more information, see Locating elements across views.

Identifying invalid graphical elements: To ensure that your views remain logically correct, Rhapsody Systems Engineering provides visual indicators for graphical elements, such as nodes or edges. For more information, see Using visual indicators to identify invalid graphical elements.

Multi-select actions in Browser panel: You can select multiple elements in the Browser panel and perform actions, such as moving them to a new destination or deleting them, or running validations.

Reusing nodes or edges: You can copy or cut nodes or edges in one diagram and paste in another diagram.

Improved Properties panel: The Properties panel is redesigned for a more intuitive user experience. Tabs are introduced at the top of the panel, making it easier to switch between different property categories quickly and efficiently.

Customizing the view of Browser panel: You can customize the view of your Browser panel by showing or hiding model details based on your requirements. For more information, see Filtering the elements details.

Creating elements from textual notation: The quality of creating structural elements from textual notation is improved.

Language extension: You can now create new concepts or element types based on existing element types. For example, you can create a new concept called AirCraft based on PartUsage. You can create an extension library project with domain-specific concepts, which can then be used to create model elements. For more information, see Language extension.