Rhapsody to Cameo: Save Time and Effort.

Introduction

So… you are a Rhapsody user. Always have been, always will be. Like me, I also have a love/hate relationship with it. More love but there are times when I think: “Rhapsody??? really???”

But suppose you work somewhere in a place where people want to force you to use MagicDraw (Cameo). Not a bad tool, definitely not, but no Rhapsody. Because in spite of all it’s peculiarities, it’s a brilliant tool. And then there’s Code Generation.

You protest is futile: You have no choice. You have to. But… What to do with all your old models? Make them again? Use XMI (Spoiler alert: doesn’t work very well)

That’s only one use-case for a product we call “Publisher.” A tool that can take Rhapsody Models and save them as perfect Cameo models. Or the other way around. Or from System Architect. Or RSA. Or even Enterprise Architect!

Another use-case is that the US Defense Ministry demands models to be in Cameo format. In that case, you want a converter that 1:1 copies your Rhapsody Project to Cameo. Or saves it as a Cameo Model.

Wait! There’s more: If you really like Cameo (and who doesn’t!) then you can use it for Systems ENgineering and then use the Rhapsody CG to do Software Engineering.

So as you will understand: SodiusWillert has that. A perfect way to save your valuable models in another format with the certainty that no information is lost in the process.

Vegas. Really??

Yep. It seems all large events are in Vegas nowadays. Also the Siemens Realize live I had to visit. My regular readers know how I think about Las Vegas, read this BLOG entry if you don’t.

But the Siemens conference was great, it was in the Mandalay Bay, which is a bit less bad IMHO. We had a booth there and it was quit successfull, I think.
My personal highlight was the Keynote by Tony Hemmelgarn, CEO of Siemens DI SW. He spoke about the advantages of MBSE and mentioned Rhapsody in a very nice and loving way. I cannot remember an IBM event where I heard anybody speak in such a way about modeling (Except for me, of course! 😉 )

The best news was, however, that next years event will be in Detroit. And the European version in Amsterdam. Less travel. Also, only 6 hours of time difference and not 9. The latter is a real burden on the communication with home, there’s just not enough time overlap left. And the times that you are both awake, there is the fact that the times don’t sync. One always is doing something when the other has time to call and vice versa.

We spent some time walking around. I must confess that this “Sphere” was pretty impressive.

Back to the Publisher

First of all: here you can read all about it and… Try Before You Buy!

Convert systems models from IBM Rhapsody to Cameo Systems Modeler and Cameo MagicDraw with one click. Our Publisher for Rhapsody supports the conversion of modeling formats like SysML, UML, and UPDM and all model diagrams, elements, structure, and hierarchy. Convert large systems models fully automated with full support for diagrams, logging of model transformation action and configurable diagram layouts.

Save time manually cleaning up your target model by leveraging user-configurable settings and display styling in the conversion. Publisher for Rhapsody provides two configuration files that allow teams to control and consistently apply their defined methods and styling.

Publisher for Rhapsody implements model checking to identify, log, and report inconsistencies in the source model, then converts UML, UPDM, or SysML elements​ such as hierarchy, diagrams, and relationships to ensure 100% compatibility in Cameo Systems Modeler. For UPDM elements, it also converts Architecture Description, Packages, and Viewpoints.

The Publisher does the complete model. All model elements, also all diagrams! It keeps your diagrams in the same shape so you will recognize them in the blink of an eye! It even check-ups your models before converting them, we don’t want “garbage in, garbage out!”

Even roundtripping is supported. So if you want to exchange models that will be changed in oth tools: All possible!

That’s it for today. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions;

Happy Modeling with (either Cameo or ) Rhapsody.

Walter van der Heiden walter@sodiuswillert.com