Recent Features

This section lists the features of Enterprise Architect 9.3, for the following builds:

• 935
• 934
• 933
• 932
• 931
• 930

For information relating to the history of other versions, select a version below.

Changes and fixes for Build 935

• Diagramming
  • Connector multiplicity now drawn on self-connectors when alias is being shown instead of name.
  • Rounded Orthogonal connectors will no longer cause some other lines to be overdrawn.
  • Pasting Elements as New will now fill new names automatically with the user configured auto name counter.
  • Relationships dragged from Element Browser to diagram will now place any new objects under the mouse cursor.
  • Connector and Delegate links now support drawing line jumps.
  • Resize of Lifelines of Use Cases on Sequence Diagrams will no longer increase their width.
• ArcGIS Technology
  • MultiPoint type added with support for import and export.
  • Import of Attributes updated to preserve ordering.
  • Import of Edge Connectivity Rules updated to support Cardinality.
  • Exporter updated to provide flexibility for ordering of attributes.
    • Top-down ordering is now default behavior for attributes inherited from abstract classes.
    • ArcGIS workspace package provides tagged value to allow selection between Top-down and Alphabetic ordering.
    • All required fields are exported first regardless of how other attributes are ordered.
• XML Technologies
  • XMI 1.1 import updated to improve handling of Activity ConditionalNodes.
  • XMI 2.1 import updated to improve handling of HTML notes from other tools.
  • XML 2.1 export updated to prevent excessive resource usage for packages containing many Activity, State and Interaction diagrams.
  • XSD generation updated to support ComplexType class referencing a ModelGroup are in a different package.
  • Control Flow and Data Flow guards now imported from Rhapsody.
• Other Items
  • SPEM technology updated.
    • Exposed Interface added to toolbox.
    • Process Component creation modified to allow selection of the base type that is using it.
  • Automation Interface for Attributes now provides properties for SubsettedProperty and RedefinedProperty
  • Visual Basic .Net parsing updated to improve handling or properties.
  • Interface Customization Wizard now gives a warning when changing to any command set other than complete.
  • Properties dialog for State Transitions now sets effect kind in one place.
  • HTML report updated to run on Chrome when hosted on webserver.
  • Copy and Paste of Elements in Project Browser modified to ensure all Attributes and Operations are copied.

Changes and fixes for Build 934

• Diagramming
  • Background objects including Activity Partitions and Boundaries are now created behind other objects automatically.
• SysML Technology
  • SysML quicklinks improved
    • Problem and Rationale available for all element types
    • Connector available between flow ports
  • DataType added to SysML toolbox
    • Both SysML 1.1 and SysML 1.2 technologies updated
• ArcGIS Technology
  • Enumeration literals for AncillaryRole tagged value on Points updated.
    • Consistent naming convention with other tagged values
    • Toolbox creation now matches names in profile and expected by exporter
    • Exporter accepts valid values in either form
  • Notification tagged value added to RelationshipClass
• XML Technologies
  • XMI export of Enumerations and Interfaces improved.
  • XMI import of references to core UML datatypes generated in latest convention improved.

Changes and fixes for Build 933

• ArcGIS Technology
  • Multiple-inheritance for abstract classes and feature classes now supported in exporter.
  • Feature Datasets now exported from any package below the package being exported.
  • Domain elements now exported from any child package instead of only a package named 'Domains'.
  • Coordinate System for Spatial References can now be set when selected in Project Browser.
  • Exporter updated to write WKID only where a value has been specified.
  • Profile attributes no longer include unnecessary 'Domain' and 'DefaultValue' tagged values.
  • DefaultValue export now specifies the type correctly.
  • CoordinateSystemType tag default value now UnknownCoordinateSystem.
  • RelationshipClass elements now have new tag 'Catalogpath'.
  • XML Import updated to ensure AttributeIndexes refer to a Field where an additional Attribute with the same name exists.
• BPMN 2.0 Technology
  • BPMN 2.0 exporter updated to provide meaningful exporter and exporterVersion information
  • BPMN 2.0 export of Interfaces and Operations updated:
    • Operations directly owned by an Interface are now exported as an owned operation
    • Operations where ownership is being implied by operationRefs will now be referenced correctly from an Activity
    • Operations not owned or referenced by an Interface are now logged
  • Element Notes now exported to documentation member.
    • Where formatting has been applied textFormat is set to text/html.
  • 'Default' property now exported only for appropriate Gateway and Activity types.
  • Examples for BPMN in example model updated to latest version of the profile.
• Code Engineering
  • Member Type field of associations will now be substituted for the target class name during code generation to match other methods for specifying collection types.
  • Code generation macro PROCESS_END_OBJECT updated to prevent errors during iteration over multiple connectors.
• XML Technologies
  • XMI 2.1 based formats provided for export to other tools updated to improve compatibility.
    • Default values for metaproperties on the following types are no longer exported: Attribute, ActionPin, Port, Operation, GeneralizationSet and ActivityParameter.
    • Default value of public for all visibility attributes no longer exported.
    • Nesting connector no longer exported as dependency
    • Comments and constraints not attached to any object or connector are now exported as owned by the containing package
    • Constraints specified internal to an object are now exported as owned constraints of that object
    • A profileApplication will now be exported for each profile used.
  • XMI import of classifiers updated to handle names containing an apostrophe.
  • XMI 1.0 importer updated to support importing tagged values of Attributes, Operations, Operation Parameters and Connectors from Microsoft Visio.
• Other Changes
  • Data types required for Oracle data modeling updated to include missing data types.
  • Template Binding relationship now shown in Traceability window under 'Other Links' option.
  • Project View window is now sorted after MDG Technologies are refreshed.
  • Rhapsody Importer updated to handle connectors with invalid targets.
  • CSV Import now creates objects to the containing Package when started from another element type.
  • Swimlanes & Matrix dialog updated to support standard keyboard accelerators.
  • Copy Base Project function updated to maintain consistency with element and package guids.

Changes and fixes for Build 932

• ArcGIS Technology
  • Creation of new Table (Object Class) Element updated to link OIDFieldName to OBJECTID attribute.
  • New Model Pattern added to create core classes and interfaces from Esri.
• BPMN 2.0 Technology
  • Updates to tagged values for the following element types:
    • BusinessProcess support tag may now link to multiple BusinessProcess elements
    • Choreography correlationKeys tag may now link to multiple CorrelationKey elements
    • Choreography initiatingParticipantRef tag may now link to multiple Participant or Pool elements
    • IntermediateEvent now includes the tag activityRef to link to an Activity element
    • Lane now includes the tag partitionElementRef to link to any element
    • InputOutputBinding name of inputDataRef and outputDataRef tagged values corrected
    • ResourceRole name of role tagged value corrected
    • DataStore name of isUnlimited tagged value corrected
  • Activity and Choreography rendering of Standard Loop marker improved.
  • BPMN 2.0 XML export of Process Models updated to ensure full conformance with specification in all known cases.
• SysML 1.2 Technology
  • Default size of a Property added to a parametric diagram reduced to 16 by 16.
• XML Technologies
  • XMI 2.1 based formats provided for export to other tools updated to improve compatibility.
    • Sequence Message property messageSort no longer exported when matching default value (synchCall)
    • Slot on Instance Specification now references source Attribute with definingFeature
    • Loop Node boolean properties now serialized with values 'true' and 'false' instead of '1' and '0'
    • Loop Node decider property now exported
  • XMI 1.0 importer updated to support importing Stereotypes exported from Microsoft Visio XMI 1.0 files.
• Other Changes
  • GoF Technology now includes built-in patterns rather than relying on them being present in a project's resources.
  • Reset IDs function preserves the following relationships:
    • Note and constraint links
    • UML diagram contents
  • Code Templates generating a qualified name of a referenced type will now silently fall back to previous name when classifier has been deleted.
  • Learning Center topics concerning Simulation Triggers updated to clarify points of possible failure.

Changes and fixes for Build 931

• Diagramming
  • Creation of profiled Attributes and Operations from toolbox now provides dropdown of datatypes for target Element.
  • Diagram options for compartment visibility corrected in translated editions.
  • Save diagram as Image will now validates extension for supported image types.
  • Repeat of last Connector (by pressing F3) improved when used in combination with Toolbox and quicklinker.
  • Creating duplicate objects using Drag and Drop from Project Browser or other diagram on Oracle repositories improved.
  • Diagram Frames showing self connectors will no longer resize when viewed from Pan & Zoom window.
• Automation Interface
  • Attributes and Operations will now call EA_OnContextItemDoubleClicked when double clicked from Project Browser.
  • New Triggers created from Transition properties will now call EA_OnPostNewElement.
  • Creating a new profiled metatype from automation will now add composite diagrams appropriately.
  • Attributes will no longer create a duplicate attribute after updating StyleEx.
• Code Engineering
  • Code generation of method comments for C updated to follow user settings determining where comments should be generated.
  • C++ generation of Template Instantiation update to generate from old models.
  • Code Generation toolbar update to import PHP files when PHP selected as default code language.
  • Synchronizing of source code on a DBMS connection under WINE will no longer give an error.
• Execution Analyzer
  • PHP and GDB debuggers updated to recognize End Recording Markers.
  • Testpoint evaluation improved for classes with at least two levels of namespaces.
  • Modular operator support added to Testpoint expressions.
  • Debugger usage after performing a manual record improved.
  • .Net debugger instance recording updated to identify a call between two different instances of the same class.
  • Native debugger updated to step to next available frame when stepping out from function called from external code.
• ArcGIS Profile
  • Default types updated for attributes created from ArcGIS toolbox.
    • Field and SubtypeField now created with default type of esriFieldTypeInteger
    • AttributeIndex, DomainCodedValue and SpatialIndex now created with no type specified.
  • Abstract UML Class may now be used to define attributes common to multiple ArcGIS elements during export.
    • Abstract Class added to Core toolbox.
  • System attributes (RequiredField, AttributeIndex and SpatialIndex) now hidden by default on imported or newly created objects.
  • Command for toggling display of System attributes added to Extensions menu.
  • AncillaryRole tagged value applied to Point feature class only.
  • Ordering of Topology toolbox page improved.
  • Minor updates to ArcGIS export and import.
• Other Changes
  • XMI import creation of External References may now be set globally for a model.
    • Available in Package Control dialog and Version Control Settings dialog
    • When set, XMI 1.1 import will no longer create cross package relationships for the target of a relationship, allowing deleting of relationships without saving both packages
  • Execution Analyzer Profiler Reports can now be saved to Artifact objects, allowing them to be preserved and shared in the model.
  • Stereotypes on Attributes in UML Profiles can now specify the default type to be used when creating them from the toolbox.
    • New supported attribute _defaultAttributeType
  • Simulation of Activity diagrams created under a Use Case now possible.
  • BPMN 2.0 XML export updated to ensure validation of Process Models.
  • Export of Glossary reference data updated to prevent duplicate items during import.
  • Code Template editor will now save changes correctly when changing between style overrides.
  • Structured Tag Values now supported on Operations.
  • Attributes dialog will now select newly created attribute consistent with user preferences for re-selecting items after save.
  • Package Browser now checks lock status of appropriate packages when adding and deleting items.
  • Embedded elements property type is now available through classifier field name in RTF generation.
  • Docked Project Management, Maintenance and Testing windows no longer marked as dirty when copying text.

Changes and fixes for Build 930

• Floating and Dockable Views
  • Diagrams and other view types may now be 'Floated' from Window menu or tab context menu.
    • Drag a tab away from tab list
    • Float Current View from Window menu
    • Float in Tab Context menu
  • Floating Views may be docked and moved around in the same way as other windows.
  • Restore position in main view area by dragging to center docking guide.
  • Working Sets (found in the Personal Information window) may contain layout of active floating views are restored when working set is opened.
  • Drag and Drop between open diagrams added for adding object links between Diagrams.
• Menu Customization
  • Suppress menu items from both Main Menu and Context Menus using new dialog to select visible items.
  • Control individual commands from a list with commands organized by functional area or remove all commands in that area.
  • Create named sets of commands and share them with other users.
  • Comes with the following pre-configured command sets: Complete, Essential UML, Business Modeling, Software Engineering, Software Development, Systems Engineering, Testing, Project Management.
  • Interface Customization Wizard added to Start Page and initial startup.
• ArchiMate 2.0 Technology
  • ArchiMate Core improvements.
    • Separate diagrams for Business, Application and Technology layers
    • Clearer differentiation between elements in different layers, e.g. Business Service, Application Service and Infrastructure Service.
    • New element types: Location, Infrastructure Function.
  • Motivation Extension.
    • Models stakeholders, drivers for change, business goals, principles and requirements.
    • New Motivation diagram.
    • New element types: Stakeholder, Driver, Assessment, Goal, Requirement, Constraint and Principle.
    • New relationship: Influence.
  • Implementation and Migration Extension.
    • Supports project portfolio management, gap analysis and transition and migration planning.
    • New Implementation and Migration diagram.
    • New element types: Work Package, Deliverable, Plateau and Gap.
• Testpoint extensions
  • Multiple Invariants may be assigned to any Class.
  • Multiple Pre and Post Conditions may be assigned to any Operation.
  • Line conditions may now be added to any line of an Operation.
  • Complex expression handling in Testpoints improved.
  • GDB debugging support for Testpoints added.
  • Post Conditions on PHP operations now supported.
  • Testpoints involving stl vector variables now evaluated correctly.
  • Layout of Testset diagram from recording improved.
  • Performance of running a large test suite improved.
• Execution Analyzer
  • Breakpoints & Markers can now be moved by dragging to a different line in the Source Code Editor.
  • Generate Sequence Diagrams showing each instance for the classes used.
    • To record instances, run from the recording window and select the set of classes you want instances for.
  • Object Diagrams creation
    • Easily add objects corresponding to the ones in a debug session including runstate and relationships between objects.
    • Locals window provides the option to add an Object to the current diagram.
  • Start Recording dialog improved:
    • Define additional filters or select from a previously used set.
    • Choose between basic recording, instance recording and state recording.
  • Wrapping of MFC datatypes in Locals and Watch window improved for objects not yet created.
  • Recursive Directory builds for Java updated to handle invalid initial directory.
  • Sequence Diagram generation from recording updated for PostgreSQL and Oracle support.
  • Debugging of commands including '.dll' now possible.
  • Maximum recording depth increased from 8 to 30.
  • Recording of .Net execution updated to ensure recording ends.
  • Rebinding assigned breakpoint to match source in native debugger will no longer result in a duplicate breakpoint.
  • Watch evaluation in native debugger improved.
  • Sequence diagram generation will now omit arguments when length exceeds allowed size in database.
• Simulation
  • State Table Visualization of simulations added
    • In a style consistent with the diagram view of a simulation view the active state and potential next states.
    • Optimized to work with all State Table formats.
    • Fire triggers corresponding to any connector in the context menu of the connector.
  • BPMN simulation of Throw and Catch intermediate event types added.
  • Simulation of Sequence diagrams where final messages contained in parallel fragments improved.
  • Visualization of current position in simulation no longer affected by Diagram Filter setting.
• Diagramming
  • Compartment visibility in Diagram Options updated to allow custom compartments such as the ones used by SysML 1.2 to be suppressed.
  • ERD profile updated to allow a name to be drawn for the 'Connector' type.
  • Dropping a SysML Block onto another will now create the appropriate Property stereotype.
  • Resizing objects on zoomed Diagrams improved.
  • PostgreSQL Repositories no longer show an error message when dropping an object from the Project Browser onto a Diagram.
  • Page Borders may now be hidden for all diagrams using new user option to override diagram setting.
  • Paste as New for multiple elements improved:
    • Single dialog allowing rename of all elements.
    • New option to support copying of relationships between copied elements.
  • Self-Connector position when dropping Element from Project Browser improved.
• XML Technologies
  • XMI 2.1 updated to round trip embedded elements on Instance Specifications for Components.
  • Missing Cross References dialog suppressed for Comment and Constraint elements that have been removed from the model.
  • Missing Cross References dialog no longer forced to display during Check-In operations.
  • EMX import updated to set Diagram visibility for Association Class connectors.
  • XMI Importer updated to import diagram information from XMI 2.4.1 exported from MagicDraw.
• ArcGIS Profile
  • FeatureDataset, feature classes and Workspace tagged value lists updated.
  • Subtype element creation simplified.
  • Added support for the following types:
    • GeometricNetwork
    • RelationshipRule
    • ConnectivityRule
    • Topology
  • Toolbox restructured so that types are organized by their function.
  • Coordinate Systems updated to include HighPrecision field and align to ArcCatalog 10.1.
• Other Changes
  • MDG Technologies can now be enabled/disabled without requiring a restart before using profiles.
  • Global working sets now available. Share your commonly opened views with other users of a model.
  • MDG Technologies may now contain XSLT in the scripts section to add to Extensions | Import and Extensions | Publish.
  • Move Requirement to external command will now add Stability field as a tagged value of the newly created Requirement object.
  • Custom SQL Model Searches returning Diagrams will no longer provide the 'Find in Diagrams' option.
  • Operation Behavior page will now broadcast OnNotifyContextItemModified event to Add-Ins during save.
  • Set Parents and Interfaces menu item now available for Classes selected in the Project Browser.
  • Code Generation of Fragments on Interaction Diagrams updated to ensure updates are generated without needing a Diagram Reload.
  • Screen Reader support for menus updated so that items after separators can be identified correctly.
  • RTF document generation updated to correct error generating a report with no data.
  • Background of Project Browser and other windows under latest version of WINE will no longer be black.
  • Diagram in List View now allows dropping text to create new items.
  • Operation Properties dialog update to ensure changes are saved when clicking on blank space in a diagram.
  • Source Code reverse engineering updated to allow moving Classes from root namespace into a new namespace.
  • Version Controlled package status will now remain unchanged as 'Checked-Out' when 'Get Comment' dialog is canceled.
  • Structured Scenario Editor will no longer remove referenced terms that are no longer found or have an empty name.
  • Creating a new Element to assign to an Attribute type will now allow profiled elements.
  • Automation functions added for reading advanced diagram style information.
    • ReadStyle returns the current value of the named property.
    • WriteStyle sets a new value for the named property.
    • Currently supported properties are: 'Show Element Property String', 'Show Connector Property String' and 'Show Feature Property String'.