MagicDraw UML Recognized by the Jolts for the Second Time

Plano, TX, April 2, 2007. No Magic, Inc.^®, a leading vendor of architecture and business modeling software, is proud to announce that MagicDraw UML has been named a Jolt Productivity Award winner in the Design Tools and Modeling category at the 17th Annual Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards ceremony held at the SD West Conference and Expo.

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No Magic is pleased to announce the beta releases of MagicDraw, SysML plugin and DoDAF plugin version 16.0 beta 2. MagicDraw 16.0 release is focused on the latest UML 2.2 specification including improvements in support and usability, model merge, DSL, code engineering, Report Wizard, Teamwork server and SVN communication. This new release uses MDA/MDD to enable generation of code for Oracle databases. In addition, model merge now adds capability to visually merge diagram changes. Diagramming improvements now enable conversion of diagrams to other types of compatible diagrams.

The SysML plugin has been updated to include the latest changes to the OMG SysML 1.1 specification including: feature-based compartments, Context Specific Values compartment of a part symbol as well as SysML constraints in validation suite for (ad-hoc) validation and active (real-time)validation.

Check our New and Noteworthy section to read more about the detailed description of the new MagicDraw 16.0 beta 2 and SysML plugin 16.0 beta 2 features.

Be aware that although MagicDraw 16.0 beta 2 is in the latter stages of beta development, its stability and robustness cannot be guaranteed. As such, with any beta product until it is released as General Availability (GA), we recommend that you avoid using this release for critical or production-quality projects. Your feedback is always appreciated to help ensure our MagicDraw products maintain the highest of quality and remain the optimal toolset in the marketplace.

Download MagicDraw 16.0 beta 2 today!
Download SysML plugin 16.0 beta 2 today!
Download DoDAF plugin 16.0 beta 2 today!

Do not forget to tryout our other recently updated products: Cameo Requirements+ 2.0 and Cameo DataHub 2.0. For more information, visit the "Product Information" section on www.magicdraw.com.

Plano, TX, October 16, 2008. No Magic, Inc., a leading provider of business architecture and modeling software, announces the release of Cameo DataHub 2.0. Cameo DataHub is an enterprise-class product offering enabling the import, export, continuous synchronization and creation of relationships between popular business products including No Magic's own Cameo™ Requirements+, MagicDraw®, SysML and DoDAF/UPDM as well as Telelogic's DOORS, IBM Rational's RequisitePro and CSV formatted files. Compatibility with additional tools to be announced soon.

Cameo™ DataHub is an integral part of No Magic's recently introduced Cameo™ Suite bringing true interoperability to the business and IT market by solving data interoperability issues between different vendors. As an enabler to your enterprise, the DataHub product enhances traceability through all aspects of the business and development lifecycle (requirements gathering, business analysis, design, implementation, testing, etc.). Cameo™ DataHub benefits executive stakeholders, business analysts and developers alike to communicate more effectively independent of specific tools being utilized. A business analyst may use any combination of popular requirements tools such as Cameo™ Requirements+, DOORS, RequisitePro or other tools supporting CSV to maintain continuous data integrity through automatic synchronization. With Cameo™ DataHub, all of the leading requirements offerings in the market may be seamlessly transformed to numerous frameworks and modeling languages in MagicDraw®. Because of the linkage created between design and requirements, updates from requirements-to-design may be automatically performed thereby preventing data ambiguity and ensuring project success.

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For more information about Cameo DataHub visit www.cameosuite.com website.

Download the demo version of Cameo DataHub today!

No Magic is pleased to announce the releases of MagicDraw 16.0 beta 1, SysML plugin 16.0 beta 1, and DoDAF plugin 16.0 beta 1. MagicDraw 16.0 release is focused on the latest UML 2.2 specification support and usability, model merge, DSL, code engineering, Oracle DDL, Report Wizard, Teamwork server and SVN communication improvements. Also, this new release uses MDA/MDD to allow generation of Oracle databases.

The SysML plugin has been updated to include the latest changes to the OMG SysML 1.1 specification, feature-based compartments, Context Specific Values compartment of a part symbol, SysML constraints in validation suite for (ad-hoc) validation and active (real-time) validation, and other updates.

Check our New and Noteworthy section to read more about the detailed description of the new MagicDraw 16.0 beta 1 and SysML plugin 16.0 beta 1 features.

Please note that MagicDraw 16.0 beta 1 is in the late stages of beta development. Thus, its stability and robustness cannot be guaranteed, as with any beta until it becomes GA. We recommend that you do not use this release or any beta releases for production software projects. Your feedback on this beta is greatly appreciated to help make MagicDraw have the highest quality and most full featured tool on the market.

Download MagicDraw 16.0 beta 1 today!
Download SysML plugin 16.0 beta 1 today!
Download DoDAF plugin 16.0 beta 1 today!

Do not forget to tryout our other recently updated products: Cameo Requirements+ 2.0 and Cameo DataHub 2.0. For more information, visit the "Product Information" section on www.magicdraw.com.

No Magic is pleased to announce the release of our Cameo DataHub 2.0 release. Cameo DataHub is a tool that allows the user to import, export, synchronize, and make references between Cameo Requirements+ 2.0, MagicDraw 15.5, SysML Plugin 15.5, DoDAF Plugin 15.5,Telelogic DOORS 8.0, Rational RequisitePro 7.0, and CSV files (other tools are to be supported soon).

Cameo DataHub is an important part of your development process that enhances traceability between your requirements gathering and analysis to your design and development. Cameo DataHub allows stakeholders and development to communicate effectively via their own tools. For example, a business user can use Cameo Requirements+ or DOORS to create requirements that are then imported and continually synchronized to UML models in MagicDraw. Developers can then link design to the specific requirements, preventing ambiguity and improving success.

This easy to use tool allows customers:

• Unify and relate requirements to the system architecture and design.
• Handle the relationship (dependency) and information when change happens.
• Transform data from requirements to model or model to requirements.
• Associate and synchronize data (both automatic and manual).
• Monitor data when associated data changes.

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MagicDraw 15.5 SP1 has fixed diagramming, Report Wizard issues and serious performance issue of update operation from Teamwork Server when Active Validation is switched on. SysML Plugin 15.5 SP1 fixes some SysML diagramming, validation and automatic migration issues.

See the full list of the fixed issues.

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Dr. Richard M. Soley, Chairman of Object Management Group, visited Bangkok to address software architects in Thailand on how to apply MDA to hone their business competitive advantage at the first IASA IT Architect Regional Conference Thailand 2008.

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MagicDraw RSXConverter 1.0 SP1 solves multiple diagramming issues after transformation.

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No Magic takes Eclipse-Based Requirements Capture and Management into the Next Generation

Plano, TX, July 30, 2008. No Magic, Inc.^®, a leading vendor of business architecture and modeling software, announces the release of Cameo Requirements+ 2.0. This version of the 4th generation business and software requirements management tool adds extreme flexibility for business users to define business requirements that meet their process and business goals. A business can now truly create, manage, and manipulate requirements and related information without boundaries. Cameo Requirements+ can relate any kind of information you can imagine. Information can be laws, rules, media, documents, web pages, or any other type of custom data that applies specifically to your unique business needs. A business analyst can define the constraints and relationship between each special element for his specific business domain. Specific business rules can be defined within the tool to enforce a high level of data integrity and correctness, thus allowing the business analysts to prevent human error.

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For more information about Cameo Requirements+ visit www.cameoalm.com website.

Download the demo version of Cameo Requirements+ today!

No Magic is pleased to announce the release of MagicDraw RSXConverter 1.0. MagicDraw RSXConverter provides a seamless way to convert IBM^® Rational^® Software Architect or IBM^® Rational^® Software Modeler file format to MagicDraw-supported file format. Read more.

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SysML Plugin 15.5 and DoDAF Plugin 15.5 is released

No Magic is pleased to announce the release of SysML Plugin 15.5 and DoDAF Plugin 15.5 for MagicDraw. SysML 15.5 plugin adds an active validation suite for checking SysML Constraints, report templates for Allocation Table and Requirement Table, and other several improvements. DoDAF plugin 15.5 adds support of DoDAF 1.5 specification and several bug fixes.

Check our New and Noteworthy section to read more about the detailed description of the new SysML plugin 15.5 features or to read more about the detailed description of the new DoDAF plugin 15.5 features.

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ParaMagic^(TM) plugin released for MagicDraw UML and SysML plugin 15.5

ParaMagic^(TM) plugin makes MagicDraw SysML models come alive! Using the quantitative information and constraint relationships displayed in SysML diagrams, model-builders can run simulations from the earliest stages of system design. In traditional domains of system engineering like aerospace and transportation, users can explore system performance, estimate cost and allocate resources. Developers leveraging MagicDraw's DoDAF and business modeling capabilities can add parametric simulation using SysML submodels for defense planning, business process analysis and computational finance.

Read more in the ParaMagic brochure. Click here to evaluate ParaMagic plugin.

New MagicDraw CSV Import plugin is released

No Magic is pleased to announce the release of our MagicDraw CSV Import plugin. The CSV Import plugin is a MagicDraw plugin that will read values in a comma separated values (CSV) file and create model elements, diagrams and relationships from that data. MagicDraw users will have the capability to create MagicDraw models from their data stored in spreadsheets, relational databases and other repositories. To try the plugin, go to the MagicDraw Help menu and select the Resource/Plugin Manager to download and install our MagicDraw CSV Import Plugin.

MagicDraw 15.5 Adds Project Branching and Merging Capabilities for Large Team Collaboration

Plano, TX, July 8, 2008. No Magic, Inc.^®, a leading vendor of architecture and business modeling software, announces the release of MagicDraw 15.5. This version of No Magic's award-winning business process, and architecture modeling tool adds Project Branching and Model Merge capabilities that allow multiple development teams to easily work on a single product. Provided/Required Interfaces of Port now can be displayed in the Composite Structure diagram using lollipop/fork notation. Active Validation has also been added to instantly checks model, displays errors in the model and suggests solutions. Automatic and manual synchronization of parameters and arguments was improved. Open API has been changed to reflect the updates in the UML metamodel. Additionally, enhancements to the Open API and Report Wizard were added.

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Check our New and Noteworthy section to read more about the detailed description of the new MagicDraw UML 15.5 features.

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ParaMagic^TM plugin beta 1 released for MagicDraw UML and SysML plugin 15.5 beta 2

ParaMagic^TM plugin makes MagicDraw SysML models come alive! Using the quantitative information and constraint relationships displayed in SysML diagrams, model-builders can run simulations from the earliest stages of system design. In traditional domains of system engineering like aerospace and transportation, users can explore system performance, estimate cost and allocate resources. Developers leveraging MagicDraw's DoDAF and business modeling capabilities can add parametric simulation using SysML submodels for defense planning, business process analysis and computational finance.

Read more in the ParaMagic brochure. Click here to evaluate ParaMagic plugin.

DoDAF plugin 15.5 EAP beta 2 is released

DoDAF profile is updated to support DoDAF 1.5 specification:

• Added SOA Service and Service Specification for SOA modeling support.
• Adjusted OV-2 and SV-1 products, report and matrixes.
• New validation rules.

Bugs fixed:

• Fixed the All View report by including TV-1 and TV-2 in the report.
• Fixed the Used By section in the AV-2 report.
• Fixed report errors such as header and footer in OpenOffice for Linux platform.
• Added DoDAF diagrams grouping in the Browser.
• Added possibility to create Operational Rule and Systems Rule not from all Operational View and Systems View packages.

Download DoDAF plugin 15.5 EAP beta 2

SysML Plugin 15.5 EAP Beta 2 is released

The SysML Plugin has been updated to reflect changes based on feedback from our users and the latest discussions with OMG. The SysML plugin is an optional product for MagicDraw, adding System Engineering diagrams and modeling constructs for describing hardware, software, or heterogeneous systems.

To try the plugin, go to the Help menu and select the Resource/Plugin Manager to download and install.

• More than 30 additional SysML constraints in validation suite. These constraints are hard-coded into SysML plugin, allowing a considerable performance gain in the validation process.
• Active Validation for more than 30 SysML Constraints. In SysML 15.5 plugin, an active validation suite is added for checking SysML Constraints. This feature helps identifying inconsistency in SysML models as a user modifies them. When a constraint is broken, appropriate solutions are suggested to correct the model in a blink of an eye.
• 6 report templates for Allocation Table and Requirement Table. They are used together with MagicReport plugin in MagicDraw.
• Ability to switch requirement type quickly.
• The Hybrid Sport Utility Vehicle and Inverted Pendulum SysML sample have been updated with useful information and usage.

The SysML plugin includes SysML profile, template, all SysML diagrams, SysML samples project, SysML usability features, and System Engineer perspective. The System Engineer perspective (the specific mode of the MagicDraw user interface for SysML modeling) includes SysML specific menus, toolbars, diagrams, specification dialogs and user interface.

Please note that SysML 15.5 Beta 2 will work with MagicDraw 15.5 Beta 2 and MagicDraw 15.5 GA only.

Download SysML plugin 15.5 EAP beta 2

Join Us at INCOSE 2008 Symposium in Utrecht, The Netherlands and see Parametrics added to MagicDraw

No Magic, Inc.^® is going to participate in INCOSE 2008 Symposium at the Jaarbeurs Conference Center (Beatrix building), Utrecht, the Netherlands on June 15-19. Visit our booth #14 and see how to model, analyze, support, simulate, and validate system-level design decisions with Parametric simulation and analysis added to our MagicDraw ParaMagic and SysML plugins.

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MagicDraw 15.5 EAP beta 2 is released

No Magic is pleased to announce the release of MagicDraw 15.5 EAP beta 2. MagicDraw UML 15.5 release will include Project Branching support in teamwork, Model Merge, Active Validation, provided and required interfaces in the Composite Structure and other diagrams, and a lot of other improvements.

Check our New and Noteworthy section to read more about the detailed description of the new MagicDraw UML 15.5 EAP beta 2 features.

Please note that MagicDraw UML 15.5 EAP 2 beta is in the late stages of beta development. Thus, its stability and robustness cannot be guaranteed, as with any beta until it becomes GA. We recommend that you do not use this release or any EAP beta releases for production software projects. Your feedback on this beta is greatly appreciated to help make MagicDraw have the highest quality and most full featured tool on the market.

Download MagicDraw UML 15.5 EAP beta 2 today!

Congratulations to MagicDraw Winners in JavaOne 2008

JavaOne show has ended. This was one of many JavaOne shows that No Magic had the pleasure of showing our award winning UML/BPMN/DoDAF/SysML/DSL based architecture tool MagicDraw, and talking about our upcoming application training/consulting services. We appreciate your time stopping by our booth.

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SysML Plugin 15.5 EAP beta 1 released

The SysML Plugin has been updated to reflect changes based on feedback from our users and the latest discussions with OMG. The SysML plugin is an optional product for MagicDraw, adding System Engineering diagrams and modeling constructs for describing hardware, software, or heterogeneous systems.

To try the plugin, go to the Help menu and select the Resource/Plugin Manager to download and install.

• More than 30 additional SysML constraints in validation suite. These constraints are hard-coded into SysML plugin, allowing a considerable performance gain in the validation process.
• Active Validation for SysML Constraints. In SysML 15.5 plugin, an active validation suite is added for checking SysML Constraints. This feature helps identifying inconsistency in SysML models as a user modifies them. When a constraint is broken, appropriate solutions are suggested to correct the model in a blink of an eye. Full function of this feature will be available in SysML 15.5 EAP Beta 2 plugin.
• 5 report templates for Allocation Table and Requirement Table.* They are used together with MagicReport plugin in MagicDraw.
• Ability to switch requirement type quickly.*
• The Inverted Pendulum SysML sample has been updated with useful information and usage.

* This feature will be functional in SysML 15.5 EAP Beta 2 plugin.

Download SysML plugin 15.5 EAP beta 1

DoDAF plugin 15.5 EAP beta 1 released

DoDAF profile is updated to support DoDAF 1.5 specification:

• Added SOA Service and Service Specification for SOA modeling support.
• Adjusted OV-2 and SV-1 products, report and matrixes.
• New validation rules.

Download DoDAF plugin 15.5 EAP beta 1

Join Us at ACORD LOMA Forum in Las Vegas and see the ACORD Insurance Reference Model!

Come and join us at the ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum taking place May 13-15, 2008 at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. We invite you to stop by our booth #860 to check out our award winning modeling tool MagicDraw UML, SysML and DoDAF plugins. After a detailed evaluation of the modeling tool market, ACORD chose MagicDraw UML as the tool to model the official ACORD Insurance Industry Reference Model.

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No Magic is pleased to announce the release of MagicDraw 15.5 EAP beta 1. MagicDraw UML 15.5 release will include Project Branching support in teamwork, Model Merge, Active Validation, provided and required interfaces in the Composite Structure and other diagrams, and a lot of other improvements.

Check our New and Noteworthy section to read more about the detailed description of the new MagicDraw UML 15.5 EAP beta 1 features.

Please note that MagicDraw UML 15.5 EAP 1 beta is in the late stages of beta development. Thus, its stability and robustness cannot be guaranteed, as with any beta until it becomes GA. We recommend that you do not use this release or any EAP beta releases for production software projects. Your feedback on this beta is greatly appreciated to help make MagicDraw have the highest quality and most full featured tool on the market.

Download MagicDraw UML 15.5 EAP beta 1 today!

MagicDraw RConverter 1.4 SP has fixed a duplicate ID problem on models with many sequence diagrams.

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MagicDraw 15.1 is released

No Magic is pleased to announce the release of MagicDraw 15.1. Our MagicDraw UML 15.1 release is focused on usability improvements. These usability enhancements include automatic synchronization of Parameters and Arguments, support arc styles of horizontal and vertical line jumps, new Find/Replace functionality, and a lot of other improvements. In adition, our SysML plugin has been updated to reflect changes based on feedback from our users along with the latest work we are doing as a key contributor at the OMG.

Check our New and Noteworthy section to read more about the detailed description of the new MagicDraw UML 15.1 features or to read more about the detailed description of the new SysML plugin 15.1 features.

Download MagicDraw UML 15.1 and our SysML plugin 15.1 today!

No Magic invites you to DoD Architectures Conference

No Magic, the co-sponsor of DoD Architectures Conference, invites MagicDraw users to the conference in Vienna, VA. IDGA's 6th Annual DoD Architectures will take place in Sheraton Premiere Hotel at Tysons Corner on March 17-19, 2008. Daniel Brookshier, Chief Architect of No Magic Inc.^®, will present in "Real-World SOA and DoDAF 1.5" workshop.

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MagicDraw 15.1 EAP beta is released

No Magic is pleased to announce the release of MagicDraw 15.1 EAP beta. MagicDraw UML 15.1 release is focused on usability improvements. These usability enhancements include automatic synchronization of Parameters and Arguments, support of an arc style of horizontal and vertical line jumps, Find/Replace functionality, and a lot of other improvements. The SysML plugin has been updated to reflect changes based on feedback from our users and the latest discussions with the OMG.

Check our New and Noteworthy section to read more about the detailed description of the new MagicDraw UML 15.1 EAP beta features.

Please note that MagicDraw UML 15.1 EAP beta is in the late stages of beta development. Thus, its stability and robustness cannot be guaranteed, as with any beta until it becomes GA. We recommend that you do not use this release or any EAP beta releases for production software projects. Your feedback on this beta is greatly appreciated to help make MagicDraw have the highest quality and most full featured tool on the market.

Download MagicDraw UML 15.1 EAP beta today!
Download SysML plugin 15.1 EAP beta today!

MagicDraw RConverter 1.4 is released

What's New in MagicDraw RConverter 1.4

• Supports Category filtering: The user does not have to convert the entire project anymore. Category filtering allows you to select only what you want to convert.
• Supports Element Type Suffix for Model Property: If the same Model Property Name is applied to many Element Types, the conversion will append the Element Type Name after the Model Property Name in order to separate each Model Property with the same name for each Element Type.
• Conversion Monitoring: For each conversion, Rconverter will write a log entry in a resource file. The information will consist of every element that was converted. Or if the conversion was interrupted, then the log file will tell you the last conversion point and identify the cause of the interruption.
• Reported bugs fixed.

Download RConverter 1.4 today!

MagicDraw 15.0 Service Pack 1 is released.

MagicDraw 15.0 SP1 solves Sequence diagram, C++, report wizard and other issues.

MagicRQ plugin 14.0 SP 2 and 15.0 SP1 is released

MagicRQ plugin 14.0 SP 2 and 15.0 SP1 removes the file "cmdow.exe", because some anti-virus softwares falsely identify this file malware. Formerly, the "cmdow.exe" file that was included allowed the window to be hidden that showed the message exchange status between MagicDraw and the interface to DOORS^TM or RequisitePro^TM.

Download the service packs.

Magicdraw online eSchool for UML and SysML website is open

Our MagicDraw online eSchool will guide you through tutorials that explain practical modeling, diagramming, and engineering techniques using MagicDraw UML. The methods demonstrated here are based on many years of experience using and applying MagicDraw UML on real-world problems, and are developed in close consultation with our MagicDraw developers, the MagicDraw Support Team, newsgroup contributions, and customer feedback.

Visit our MagicDraw online eSchool.

MagicDraw 15.0 Adds the Latest UML Support

Plano, TX, January 7, 2008. No Magic, Inc.^®, a leading vendor of architecture modeling software, today announced the release of MagicDraw^® 15.0. This version of No Magic's award-winning business process, and architecture modeling tool adds the full UML 2.1.2 support. It includes all changes of UML 2.1, UML 2.1.1 and UML 2.1.2 specifications. All changes are reflected in notation, XMI, EMF interchange, UML 1.4 import and all other related functionalities. Open API has been changed to reflect the updates in the UML metamodel. Also, the multiple usability enhancements were added.

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Check New and Noteworthy section to read the detailed description of MagicDraw UML 15.0 features.

Download MagicDraw UML 15.0 today!
Download SysML plugin 15.0
Download DoDAF plugin 15.0
Download MagicRQ plugin 15.0

Visit our booth No. 11.4 in OOP Conference 2008 in Munich

Meet and talk to MagicDraw developers face-to-face. Our staff will be more than happy to see you on January 22nd - 24th at our booth No. 11.4 in ICM International Congress Center, Munich, Germany. In addition, we invite you to listen our special session "MagicDraw: Practical Implementation of Domain Specific Modeling Languages using UML Profiles" on Thursday, 24.1.2008, 13:35 TO 14:15.

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Gary Duncanson, President of North American Operationswas elected to the OMG Board of Directors. Read the press release from Object Management Group.

MagicDraw 15.0 EAP beta 2 is released

MagicDraw UML 15.0 release is focused on the full UML 2.2 metamodel support and usability enhancements. The UML changes are reflected in notation, XMI, EMF interchange, UML 1.4 import and all other related functionalities. Open API has also been changed to reflect the updates in the UML metamodel. The usability enhancements include diagram in full screen mode, customizable image export with the TIFF format, selection of image size, DPI, and a lot of other improvements.

Check our New and Noteworthy section to read about the detailed description of the new MagicDraw UML 15.0 EAP beta 2 features.

Please note that MagicDraw UML 15.0 EAP beta 2 is in late stage of beta development, thus its stability and robustness cannot be guaranteed, as with any beta. We recommend that you do not use this release or any EAP beta releases for production software projects. Your feedback on this beta is greatly appreciated to help make MagicDraw be the highest quality and most full featured tool on the market.

Download MagicDraw UML 15.0 EAP beta 2 today!

Newly Released MagicDraw 14.0 Adds New Report Engine

Plano, TX / Chicago, IL, September 24, 2007. No Magic, Inc.^®, a leading vendor of award-winning architecture modeling software, today announced the release of MagicDraw^® 14.0. This version of No Magic's award-winning business analysis, and architecture modeling tool improves documentation capabilities with the new report engine. It allows you to generate up-to-date reports based on your own template with layout and formatting. Also, MagicDraw 14.0 now adds C++ code engineering support for Visual Studio 2003 and 2005 together with other C++ code engineering improvements.

Check New and Noteworthy section to read the detailed description of MagicDraw UML 14.0 features.

Download MagicDraw UML 14.0 today!

Newly Released MagicDraw 12.5 Enhances Support for Model Driven Development

Plano, TX, June 4, 2007. No Magic, Inc.^®, a leading vendor of architecture modeling software, today announced the release of MagicDraw^® 12.5. This version of No Magic's award-winning business analysis, and architecture modeling tool enhances integrations with the most popular open-source MDA tools AndroMDA and openArchitectureWare. Also, MagicDraw 12.5 Teamwork Server now integrates with IBM^® Rational^® ClearCase^® and Subversion, the top rated version control system repositories. Additionally, it delivers code and model analysis enhancements, updated EMF UML2, and UML Action Semantics support. MagicDraw 12.5 contains major improvements in quality, general usability, and performance improvements, and contains significant bug fixes. In addition, MagicDraw 12.5 comes with enhancements to the SysML, DoDAF and MagicRq plugins.

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Check New and Noteworthy section to read the detailed description of MagicDraw UML 12.5 features.

Download MagicDraw UML 12.5 today!
Download SysML plugin 1.1
Download DoDAF plugin 2.1
Download MagicRq plugin 2.0

MagicDraw UML Recognized by the Jolts for the Second Time

Plano, TX, April 2, 2007. No Magic, Inc.^®, a leading vendor of architecture and business modeling software, is proud to announce that MagicDraw UML has been named a Jolt Productivity Award winner in the Design Tools and Modeling category at the 17th Annual Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards ceremony held at the SD West Conference and Expo.

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See the full list of all Jolt winners.

MagicDraw UML 12.1 is Released

No Magic is pleased to announce MagicDraw UML 12.1 version. Version 12.1 includes several new features and contains non-critical, performance, and a couple critical bug fixes. Primarily in this release, visually pleasing diagrams with 3D shadows, gradient colors, and rounded corners of paths were added for better looking UML presentations for your team and customers. Additionally, the new release provides full support for Protocol State Machine Diagrams and improvements in C++ and C# code engineering .

Please check our New and Noteworthy section of our web page to read the full detailed description of the MagicDraw 12.1 features.

Download MagicDraw 12.1 today!

Information for MagicDraw UML 12.0 and 12.1 Floating users:
Starting from version 12.0, MagicDraw Floating Editions 12.0 and 12.1 are able to co exist and connect to the same MagicDraw Floating Server whether the floating server is version 12.0 or version 12.1. Now you can move to the new version when each of your teams is ready to start using a new version.

Newly Released MagicDraw 12.0 Strengthens Its Standards Support with SysML

Plano, TX, December 8, 2006. No Magic, Inc.^®, a leading vendor of architecture modeling software, today announced the release of MagicDraw^® UML 12.0. An enhancement of No Magic's award-winning UML-based architecture modeling tool adds new SysML plug-in 1.0, as a separate extension product. Also, MagicDraw 12.0 extends its support of model analysis by adding model validation and the dependency matrix capabilities. Additionally, new release delivers C# and C++ code engineering updates, and improvements with the new advanced elements in UML support.

"We were excited that OMG adopted the final SysML specification. No Magic as an influencing member of the Object Management Group had started the implementation in MagicDraw before the adoption. We firmly believed that SysML will have significant benefits to improve communications between the system engineering teams and help manage system complexity. We chose to offer robust support for SysML to compliment best of breed UML 2 support already in MagicDraw," said Gary Duncanson, President of No Magic.

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Check New and Noteworthy section to read the detailed description of MagicDraw UML 12.0 features.

Download MagicDraw UML 12.0 today!
Download SysML plugin 1.0 today (needs MagicDraw 12.0)!

NMA Managing Director, Ms. Rattanawan Rattakul congratulates H.E. Minister Yongyuth Yuthavong, Minister of Science and Technology, on his eloquent speech given at the Oxford and Cambridge Annual Dinner 2006. In pictures: Francis Cripps, President of Alphametrics, Rattanawan Rattakul, NMA Managing Director, and HE Yongyuth Yuthavong.

NMA Managing Director, Ms. Rattanawan Rattakul presents a bouquet of flower to congratulate Khunying Dhipavadee Meksawan, on her appointment as Minister of the Prime Minister Office.

MagicDraw 12.0 EAP Beta and SysML plugin 1.0 EAP Beta is Released!

No Magic is pleased to announce the release of MagicDraw UML 12.0 EAP (Early Access Program) Beta and our new SysML plugin 1.0 EAP beta. To enhance the quality and functionality of the final release of these products, we encourage you to try new features and provide us feedback as early as possible. The EAP beta releases include all the features that will be in the final (GA) release coming at the beginning of December 2006. Please note that the version you are accessing is in early stage development, thus its stability and robustness cannot be guaranteed. We recommend that you do not use any EAP beta releases for production software projects.

What's New in MagicDraw 12.0 EAP Beta:

• SysML plugin for MagicDraw.
• Dependency Matrix.
• Domain Specific Language Customization Engine.
• A wizard for Activity Decomposition Hierarchy.
• Updated C# and C++ code engineering support.
• Support of advanced Structured Activity Nodes.

Check New and Noteworthy section to read the detailed description of MagicDraw 12.0 EAP Beta features.

Download MagicDraw 12.0 EAP beta today!
Download SysML plugin 1.0 EAP beta today (needs MagicDraw 12.0)!

MagicDraw 11.6 is Released

No Magic is pleased to announce MagicDraw UML 11.6 version. MagicDraw
release 11.6 adds major functionality and a few bug fixes. Primary in
this release is support for EMF import and continued enhancement of EMF
export, Eclipse integration, and cleanup of XMI extensions that are no
longer required.

Check New and Noteworthy section to read the detailed description of
MagicDraw UML 11.6 features.

Download MagicDraw UML 11.6 today!

E2E Bridge enhances UML offerings with Model Driven Integration (MDI) for MagicDraw Users
No Magic and E2E - putting power into the partnership

Plano, Texas / Basel (Switzerland), September 12, 2006. The Swiss software company E2E Technologies Ltd. and No Magic, Inc.^®, vendor of the award-winning Unified Modeling Language (UML) tool MagicDraw, have closed a joint sales partnership in order to bring the benefits of Model Driven Integration (MDI) to US and other global customers. The two companies have maintained an in-depth technical partnership for years. This will now be further strengthened by closer cooperation at the sales level. No Magic has completed training of their sales force on the E2E Bridge, a revolutionary MDI software solution. No Magic?s professional services team will deliver best in class training to customers using the E2E Bridge. No Magic will also provide MDI project services, architecture and integration consulting, and deliver support for the E2E Bridge to its customers.

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Ms Rattanawan, MD No Magic Asia Ltd. discusses Corporate and Social Responsibility issues with Narayana Murthy, Chairman, Infosys. Right Suwanna Atapan (Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, MERCK)

No Magic in Bangkok International ICT Expo 2006

The EXPO served as a venue for world-class ICT suppliers to showcase their latest innovations. At the same time it created a new market and stimulated investment at the regional level.

From 2-6 August 2006, the event brings ICT professionals including Government agencies, region's top operators, regulators, vendors and consultants all in one place.

No Magic takes part at Bangkok International ICT Expo 2006 and we can connect to the great business opportunities in the Asian market and beyond!

Here are some pictures if you were unable to visit us at Bangkok International ICT Expo 2006.

Booth visit, two ATCI Executives (Center) and Suwipa Wanasathop, Director, Software Park Thailand visit No Magic Asia booth, flanked by No Magic Asia's Managing Director, Rattanawan Rattakul (Far Right) and Regional SalesManager, John Thompson (Left)

Dr. Duangtip Surintatip, Foreign Adviser to the Crown Property Bureau, Ministry Of ICT (Center) receives MagicDraw UML Modeling bag from No Magic Asia's Rattanawan Rattakul, MD and John Thompson, Regional Sales Manager.

No Magic Asia's Pattra Sarai, John Thompson, Chairman Paul T. Duncanson and Thannop Sawanpornphen

Damien Adikea, Managing Director, Faxtrack International Co., LTD, receives MagicDraw Enterprise Edition and bag presented by No Magic Regional Sales Manager John Thompson.

Mr. Pracha Asawateera, IT Architect, SIPA - Software Industry Promotion Agency (Left), receives MagicDraw Enterprise Edition and bag presented by No Magic Regional Sales Manager John Thompson.

No Magic Asia Managing Director Rattanawan Rattakul confirms Windows Vista support for cross-platform MagicDraw UML modeling tool with Mr. Andrew McBean, Managing Director, Microsoft (Thailand) Limited.

MagicDraw 11.5 is released

MagicDraw 11.5 Delivers UML 2 Model Exchange with Major Model-Driven Architecture Tools

The new release of MagicDraw also delivers additional Model Decomposition capabilities improving performance in very large projects; and multiple advancements in GUI, usability and diagramming

Plano, TX, July 10, 2006. No Magic, Inc.^®, a leading vendor of architecture modeling software, today announced the release of MagicDraw^®UML 11.5, an upgrade of No Magic's award-winning UML-based architecture tool. MagicDraw 11.5 extends its support of MDA tools adding capability to export of MagicDraw UML model to Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) based UML 2 XMI. Additionally, the new release delivers improvements and new capabilities in Model Decomposition; ability to select customized MagicDraw configuration and features according to the user's specific role in the software development lifecycle; and multiple GUI, usability and diagramming improvements.

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Check New and Noteworthy section to read the detailed description of MagicDraw UML 11.5 features.

Download MagicDraw UML 11.5 today!

MagicDraw RConverter 1.1 SP1 is released

The newest version of RConverter improves the diagramming capabilities and increases the percentage of the correction of the converted XMI file from Rational Rose file converted to MagicDraw. This allows better matching to the OMG's XMI Specification compatibility. Additionally, the RConverter Version 1.1 SP1 fixes some usability minor issues.

Download RConverter 1.1 SP1 today!

MagicDraw UML 11.5 EAP Beta is released!

No Magic is pleased to announce MagicDraw UML 11.5 EAP Beta version. Version 11.5 EAP Beta includes all features that will be in the 11.5 GA final release available July 10, 2006. We encourage you to try new functionality and give us feedback as early as possible. Your opinion is a critical link to providing the best possible solutions for the final 11.5 version, and gives you the ability to influence the functionality of your UML tool of choice. Please note that the version you are accessing is in early stage development, thus its stability and robustness cannot be guaranteed. We recommend that you do not use any EAP Beta releases for production of the software projects.

What's new in MagicDraw 11.5 EAP Beta:

- Model Decomposition improvements. Model Decomposition is powerful tool to split project and work with part of it independently. New improvements bring these new additional capabilities especially suitable when working with the large projects:

• Read-Write modules allow seamless module editing of the fragmented model;
• Ability to have flexible control over the dependencies between model parts. MagicDraw allows you to continue without resolving these dependencies;
• Lazy loading allows to specify what modules should not be loaded into memory by default when a project is started. Module elements are only loaded as they are specifically requested. It saves memory, shortens the project startup time and improves the performance when working with very large projects and if most of the module elements are never actually used.

- Export of MagicDraw model to EMF based UML 2.0 compatible XMI. It allows interchange of UML 2.0 models with the most popular MDA tools such as AndroMDA, OpenArchitectureWare, and others for further manipulations and transformations. To see an early view of the EMF export from MagicDraw 11.5 EAP Beta with the latest release candidate from AndroMDA, you must use AndroMDA 3.2 which can be downloaded here.

- Perspectives - ability to select predefined or customized MagicDraw configuration and features according to your specific role in your software development process.

- General usability and diagramming improvements that can accelerate your modeling efforts.

Download MagicDraw 11.5 EAP Beta today!

No Magic Booth Was Overcrowded in JavaOne 2006

No Magic took JavaOne by storm, with a booth adjacent to IBM, demonstrating our award winning UML/BPM based architecture tool MagicDraw, and talking about our training/consulting services around the software development lifecycle (SDLC). The well known MagicDraw capabilities attracted new visitors interested in architecture and business process modeling. Many came in the No Magic booth saying that they heard about MagicDraw from their friends or colleagues. Our existing customers came by to see and compliment us on all the new MagicDraw features. The MagicDraw booth was filled non-stop from opening hours until the end of the conference day, a compliment we appreciate greatly.

The famous No Magic sweepstakes did take place on Thursday. We trust Al Brown from FileNet Corporation was pleased with the result, as he won the maxed-out laptop, our main prize; and there were also 11 happy winners of MagicDraw licenses:

• Jody Box from Acxiom Corp.;
• Scott Jones from Acxiom Corp.;
• Quan Luu from AOL;
• Amit Halder from CCC Information Services;
• Max Kuznetsov from Ciber, Inc.;
• Darmesh Sethi from Citigroup;
• Kenneth Daniel from i2S;
• Kamalakar Pinnaka from McKesson;
• Dongxiao Yang from Siemens;
• Hao Dong from Sun Microsystems;
• Lauren Orsi from SYS-CON Media.

Here are some pictures if you were unable to visit us at JavaOne 2006.

The annual JavaOne conference ended with a bang from No Magic. This year was the biggest JavaOne of all: 14,000+ attendees from 65 countries to share the power of Java, and we talked to many of you. We hope to see you there again next year to see the surprises MagicDraw has in store for you in the coming year!

MagicDraw UML 11.0 Service Pack 1 is released!

MagicDraw 11.0 SP1 updates the integration with ProActivity Business Process Analysis Suite adds the ability to export UML models to the ProActivity business model. Additionally the service pack solves resource, UML2.0 support, diagramming, and code engineering issues.

MagicDraw UML 11.0 is released! Adds Seamless Eclipse Integration

The highly anticipated MagicDraw release satisfies developers' demand for the UML modeling and software development in a single Eclipse environment

Plano, TX, March 30, 2006. No Magic, Inc.^®, a leading vendor of architecture modeling software, today announced the release of MagicDraw^® UML 11.0, an upgrade of No Magic's award-winning UML-based architecture tool. MagicDraw 11.0 extends its integration with Eclipse IDE adding capability to model and code in the single environment.

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Check New and Noteworthy section to read the detailed description of MagicDraw UML 11.0 features.

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Software Development magazine Jolt Awards

CMP Media’s Software Development magazine today announced the finalists for this year’s Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards.

MagicDraw is the finalist in the 16th Annual Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards in the Design Tools and Modeling category.

Read more: http://www.sdmagazine.com/pressroom/jolt_finalists_2006.html

MagicDraw UML Wins Prestigious Java Developer’s Journal Readers’ Choice Award

Allen, TX, January 16, 2006. No Magic, Inc.^®, a leading vendor of architecture modeling software, today announced that SYS-CON Media has named MagicDraw UML as a winner of Java Developer’s Journal Readers’ Choice Award in the Best Database Tool or Driver category. In the fierce competition that took place during a year long voting, MagicDraw UML won the award by a wide margin over Oracle JDeveloper, IBM Rational Rose Data Modeler and CA AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler.

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See the full list of 2005 Java Developer’s Journal Readers’ Choice Awards winners.

No Magic's made headlines in Outsourcing Success in the Bangkok Post

"No Magic is one of the big three players in the field of Universal Modelling Language (UML), right up there with Rational (recently acquired by IBM) and Borland. However, with virtually all sales in the US, few people realise that the Magicdraw UML software is written in development centres right here in Bangkok and in Eastern Europe." said the Bangkok Post.

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MagicDraw UML 10.5 is released!

MagicDraw UML 10.5 Extends Business Process Modeling with Export to BPEL

Allen, TX, December 9, 2005. No Magic, Inc.^®, a leading vendor of architecture modeling software, today announced the release of MagicDraw^® UML 10.5, an upgrade of No Magic’s award-winning UML-based architecture tool. MagicDraw 10.5 extends its business process modeling capabilities to export Business Process Execution Language (BPEL 1.1) compliant code from Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) diagram. The new version delivers a brand new integration with ProActivity Business Process Analysis suite, updated NetBeans integration and improved GUI to increase flexibility and convenience using the tool.

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Check New and Noteworthy section to read the detailed description of MagicDraw UML 10.5 features.

Download MagicDraw UML 10.5 today!

Events : eBusiness 2005

The Fourth International Conference on E-Business
“eBusiness 2005: Digital Lifestyle and the Road Ahead”
Assumption University, Bangna Campus, Thailand
November 19 – 20, 2005

Paul T. Duncanson, No Magic's Chairman of the Board and President of Asian and European Operations will deliver his keynote “Enterprise Architecture for Managing and Communicating Business Complexity” in the Fourth International Conference on E-Business “eBusiness 2005: Digital Lifestyle and the Road Ahead”. More information about the conference you can find on http://www.ebusiness2005.com.

Golden, CO, October 10, 2005. No Magic, Inc.^®, a leading vendor of architecture modeling software, today announced the release of MagicDraw^® UML 10.0, a significant upgrade of No Magic’s award-winning UML-based architecture tool. MagicDraw 10.0 delivers support for the latest UML 2.0 and BPMN standards with improved diagramming, a completely redesigned GUI, and other expanded capabilities that combine to accelerate architecture modeling. MagicDraw UML 10.0 is the first – and to date, the only -- tool on the market to support the latest public UML 2.0 Superstructure specification from the Object Management Group (OMG). MagicDraw already led the industry with full support of the UML 2.0 notation standard, and now adds UML 2.0 metamodel support, including the newest revisions introduced by OMG in October 2004. Though several other tools support both the metamodel and notation, MagicDraw is the only to fully comply with the latest specification. MagicDraw’s support of the UML 2.0 metamodel covers all four compliance levels and corresponds to Level 3 (L3), which represents a complete UML implementation. Strong adherence to open standards makes MagicDraw the tool of choice in the world of Model Driven Architecture (MDA). To promote interchange with other software development tools, MagicDraw models are stored in the latest XMI 2.1 standard from OMG.

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Check New and Noteworthy section to read the detailed description of MagicDraw UML 10.0 features.

Download MagicDraw 10.0 today!

No Magic is pleased to announce an Early Access Program (EAP) release of MagicDraw UML. Version 10.0 EAP Beta 2 includes all features that will be in the 10.0 GA final release available in October. To perfect the final release, we encourage you to try these new features and give us as much feedback as possible during the EAP Beta 2 period.

What's new in MagicDraw 10.0 EAP Beta 2:
• UML 2.0 metamodel support.
• New diagrams and other improvements in support of UML 2.0.
• Business process modeling using BPMN (Business Process Modeling Notation) support.
• Completely redesigned Smart Manipulators functionality that increases the speed of modeling and diagramming.
• New more convenient GUI and non-modal windows for Specification dialogs.

No Magic proudly presents MagicDraw RConverter 1.0, the latest product add-on for the award-winning UML modeling tool, MagicDraw UML. MagicDraw RConverter 1.0 provides a seamless way to convert Rational Rose Model file format (*.mdl) to MagicDraw-supported file format (*.xml).

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View the online demonstration how easy you can convert Rational Rose files into .xml supported files of MagicDraw.
Also, view the online demonstration of the UML diagrams before and after conversion.

No Magic, Inc.^® anticipates the release of MagicDraw RConverter 1.0 in two weeks. RConverter is the latest product add-on for the award-winning UML modeling tool, MagicDraw UML. MagicDraw RConverter 1.0 provides a seamless way to convert Rational RoseTM Model file format (*.mdl) to MagicDraw-supported file format (*.xml).

JavaOne show has ended yesterday. This was one of many JavaOne shows that No Magic had the pleasure of showing our award winning technology. The show was a great success and our booth attracted more visitors than ever before. The No Magic sweepstakes did take place both on the floor and after the show, the winner of the two major prizes - MagicDraw Enterprise editions should be announced soon. Here are some pictures if you unable to see us at JavaOne 2005.

No Magic is pleased to announce MagicDraw UML 10.0 EAP beta version. The Early Access Program is the best way to try out the upcoming new MagicDraw Version earlier. This means that some of the features will be released early in the development cycle. We encourage you to try new functionality and give us feedback as early as possible. Your opinion is a critical link to providing the best possible solutions into the final 10.0 Version, and gives you the ability to influence the functionality of your UML tool of choice. Please note that the version you are accessing is in early stage development, thus its stability and robustness cannot be guaranteed. We recommend that you do not use any EAP or beta releases for production software projects.

What's new in MagicDraw 10.0 EAP beta:
• UML 2.0 metamodel support.
• Business process modeling using BPMN (Business Process Modeling Notation) support.
• Newly redesigned Smart Manipulators functionality that increases the speed of modeling and diagramming.
• New and more convenient GUI and non-modal windows for Specification dialogs.
  

New features in version 9.5 include:

• Ability to control synchronization with Eclipse. Now you can choose synchronization modes - Manual, Code-to-Model automatic, and Automatic. Architects can now work with models without making direct changes to the code.
• Ability to create model pieces from Java libraries in Eclipse.
• Deleting in MagicDraw will not delete source code in Eclipse.
• Capability to choose between association and attribute when creating a model for the attribute in the source code.
• Startup screen now has the option when creating a new MagicDraw project to create the new project in Eclipse.
• Java profiles with JDK classes are included in every new MagicDraw project created in Eclipse.

Download the demo today and experience the powerful combination of MagicDraw and Eclipse!

MagicDraw UML 9.0 Wins 15th Annual Jolt Productivity Award.

At the 15 th Annual Jolt Product Excellence and Productivity Awards MagicDraw UML 9.0 has been honored to receive Productivity Award in the Design Tools category.

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MagicDraw TM 9.0 Service Pack 2 is released.

MagicDraw 9.0 SP2 solves model transformations, metrics, model differencing, and UML 2.0 notation issues. Also SP2 includes modeling, model analysis, UML 2.0, and usability improvements.

Service Pack 1 was used for the internal purposes and was not published.

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MagicDraw has been nominated for 2005 JDJ Readers' Choice Awards: Best Database Tool or Driver Best Java Application Best Team Development Tool Most Innovative Java Product

The MagicDraw Team would sincerely appreciate you to letting your voice be heard by casting your vote for MagicDraw!

And 'Best Linux Developer Tool' nomination in 2005 LinuxWorld Readers' Choice Awards.