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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: EA and ChatGPT 5 - the death of the forum?

« Last post by Paolo F Cantoni on November 12, 2025, 10:42:57 am »

I've had the same experience. It's a great timesaver if you know what the result should look like.

If you have no clue, it might be very time-consuming to figure out where exactly it goes astray.

Geert

This seems to be the problem with all AI tools: if you know what you are doing or what you are expecting, they can be a good productivity tool.  If you don’t, they just generate rubbish.

(my emphasis)
Not quite Modesto...
They MAY generate rubbish. The problem is that if you don't know what you’re doing, you can't tell if it is rubbish!  This is worse than consistently creating rubbish.

Paolo

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General Board / Re: MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Enterprise Architect has been released

« Last post by Takeshi K on November 12, 2025, 10:19:55 am »

The implementation for adding/modifying attributes and operations (including parameters) has been completed, now I am testing if they work well. I needed to change some internal existing behaviour to support them, so I need to check all main features.

I think I can release the new installer today or tomorrow.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Integration with requirements management SW

« Last post by Richard F on November 11, 2025, 11:34:36 pm »

Hi all,

I’m the developer responsible for ReqView’s integration with EA. ReqView is a requirements management tool for HW/SW systems and we're looking for feedback from EA users who could benefit from this integration. The latest stable release of ReqView includes it and we'd like to improve it based on actual user needs.

The integration supports export of requirements authored in ReqView to EA, allowing linking of EA model elements to requirements. The EA model (sub)tree can also be imported into ReqView, preserving hierarchy and with diagrams and links included. This results in bidirectional linking and the ability to review both requirements and models easily in both EA and ReqView.

You can find more information in our blog post on EA integration, technical details are covered in our documentation. I’ll be more than happy to answer any questions.

Which features are the most important for you in EA integration with a requirements management tool?

Best Regards
Richard

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: ArchiMate Grouping and Alternatives

« Last post by Modesto Vega on November 11, 2025, 11:09:19 pm »

A key challenge in the Sparx Systems implementation of both the UML Package and the ArchiMate Grouping element is the conflation of an element's type with its role as a container. This design choice, while pragmatic in some respects, restricts the ability to create relationships to or from the container itself and other "proper" elements, fundamentally complicating modelling efforts such as the one described by the OP.

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / Re: EA and ChatGPT 5 - the death of the forum?

« Last post by Modesto Vega on November 11, 2025, 10:55:31 pm »

I've had the same experience. It's a great timesaver, if you know what the result should look like.

If you have no clue, it might be very time consuming to figure out where exactly it goes astray.

Geert

This seems to be the problem with all AI tools, if you know what you are doing or what you are expecting, they can be a good productivity tool. If you don't they just generate rubbish.

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General Board / Re: How to deal with multiple target platforms

« Last post by Modesto Vega on November 11, 2025, 10:52:36 pm »

The only suggestion I can think of is to use ArchiMate, specifically the grouping composite element described here https://www.opengroup.org/sites/default/files/docs/downloads/n190p_5.pdf.

This is likely going to involve creating a grouping per platform.

The biggest problem is how Sparx EA implement the grouping element. Unfortunately, in version 16, it was not implemented as a proper element, this limits drastically the relationships that can created between groupings and proper elements.

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General Board / Re: PCS & SQL Server 2022

« Last post by Modesto Vega on November 11, 2025, 10:39:45 pm »

I got an e-mail from Sparx Systems support about this. In a nutshell:

• SQL Server 2022 is fully compatible,
• Windows Server 2025 has not yet been officially tested, and
• The latest officially tested version of Windows Server is 2022.

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General Board / Re: MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Enterprise Architect has been released

« Last post by pevergreen on November 11, 2025, 05:53:39 pm »

good info

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General Board / Re: MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Enterprise Architect has been released

« Last post by Viking on November 11, 2025, 05:24:55 pm »

I will consider offering these functions, but not in the near future.

On top of my wish list are attributes for UML classes. Would this be possible in the near future?

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General Board / Re: MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Enterprise Architect has been released

« Last post by Takeshi K on November 11, 2025, 10:42:39 am »

Hi Viking,

Thank you for checking the behaviour in BPMN model.
Unfortunately, creating beautiful diagrams with the Pools and Lanes with the current MCP server. The server must offer functions ('tools' in the MCP world) to specify the location of elements and connectors.

I will consider offering these functions, but not in the near future.