Rational Rhapsody editions

For systems engineering, you might use IBM® Rational® Rhapsody® Architect for Systems Engineers and Rational Rhapsody Designer for Systems Engineers. For software engineering, you might use the Rational Rhapsody Developer editions and Rational Rhapsody Architect for Software. For team collaboration, you might use Rational Rhapsody Design Manager.

The following table provide information about the capabilities of each edition of Rational Rhapsody.

Table 1. Rational Rhapsody editions
Focus Edition Capabilities
Systems engineering Rational Rhapsody Architect for Systems Engineers Enables systems engineers to model and architect a system using SysML but does not support simulation. With this edition, you can model and design systems with SysML, UML, or AUTOSAR, and evaluate parametric constraint diagrams.
Rational Rhapsody Designer for Systems Engineers Provides design-level simulation for early requirements and design validation. This product edition is intended for simulation purposes only, and therefore does not generate code for embedded targets. This edition includes all the capabilities of IBM Rational Rhapsody Architect for Systems Engineers. You can also create model-level simulations in order to validate early designs.
Software development Rational Rhapsody Developer for C, C++, and Java™ This edition includes all the Rational Rhapsody Developer functions, full behavioral generation of C, C++, and Java code.
Rational Rhapsody Developer for Ada This edition includes all Rational Rhapsody Developer capabilities for Ada only.
Rational Rhapsody Developer This edition includes all the Rational Rhapsody Developer functions. You can generate code in all the supported target languages: C, C++, Java, and Ada. This edition is specifically for organizations that want to develop software and systems in all languages (C, C++, and Java), plus Ada.
Rational Rhapsody Architect for Software With this edition, you can model a design visually in C, C++, and Java to generate structural code only, also known as code frames. This product does not include full behavioral code from statecharts or the ability to generate build artifacts to automate the build process. You can use IBM Rational Rhapsody TestConductor Add On to validate the designs that you develop. Rational Rhapsody Architect for Software edition offers a lower price entry point than the Rational Rhapsody Developer offering for developing for C, C++, and Java applications.
Team collaboration Rational Rhapsody Design Manager feature

For more information about this feature, see the "License management for Design Management" topic in the product documentation for Rational Design Management. To see the role-based client access licenses and their read/write settings available for Rational Rhapsody Design Manager, see the "Client access license management overview" topic in the product documentation for Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management.
With this feature, you can publish and create reviews of design information (including MathWorks Simulink) to the Jazz™ platform, to share, search, collaborate, and review design information through the web client or the Rational Rhapsody client. You can directly edit Rational Rhapsody models on the server from the Rational Rhapsody client. You can also integrate with Rational DOORS® through the use of Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) links. In addition, you can access change management, report customization; and planning, design management, software configuration management, automation (build system), requirements management, and test management.

For more information about Rational Rhapsody Design Manager, see the "Design management overview" topic in the product documentation for Rational Design Management.
Rational Rhapsody Contributor feature

For more information about this feature, see the "License management for Design Management" topic. To see the role-based client access licenses and their read/write settings available for Rational Rhapsody Design Manager, see the "Client access license management overview" topic.
With this feature, you can access change management, report customization; and planning, design management, software configuration management, automation (build system), requirements management, and test management through the web client or the Rational Rhapsody client.

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