NEW FEATURESNext Design V2.0's
New Features
Major version upgrade with support for distributed development with Git and new features for large-scale development
Next Design, the next-generation design tool that makes design truly digital transformation, has received a major upgrade with new features such as Git merge support to more powerfully support concurrent development sites.
Next Design has evolved with numerous enhancements, including support for Git, which is rapidly gaining popularity in the development field, new features to more powerfully support large-scale and increasingly complex development, and the addition of a floating license for more flexible operation.
Support for distributed development using Git
- Unique Git merge tool to support team development
- Visualization of change differences in text format
New features required for large-scale development
- Partial loading of large projects
Floating license addition
- Supports on-premise and cloud computing
- Can be used with user license
What is Next Design?
Next Design is a next-generation design tool for system and software development.
The "meta-model," which defines the structure and relationship of design information for each process, and the "view definition," which is a diagram and document representation for expressing the meta-model, can be made into a dedicated design tool by adapting them to the viewpoints and applications of the development site.
Next Design V2.0's
Key Features
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Unique Git merge tool for more flexible distributed development
Previously, distributed development was possible on a file-by-file basis by splitting model files, The newly added Git merge tool allows partial changes to be merged.
Conflicts are detected and can be handled individually by the designer, allowing for more flexible distributed development. -
Visualization of change differences in human readable file format
Since the previous file format was binary, it was necessary to use Next Design's functions to check for change differences.
This time, in addition to the binary format, we have added support for saving files in JSON format.
This allows you to visually check the change differences, and if you use GitHub pull requests in combination, you can check the changes in advance before merging.
Similarly, changes to profiles can also be checked. -
Partial loading makes light work of even large projects
Partial loading of any model file in a project file can now be specified.
This allows designers to read design data by focusing on the area they wish to view and edit, so that Next Design can operate quickly and proceed with design lightly, even in large-scale projects. -
Floating licenses are also supported
We have added support for floating licenses, which have been requested by many large-scale developers.
In addition to the authentication method where an on-premise license server is built,
In addition to the on-premise license server, we also offer an authentication method using a cloud service. If you choose the cloud service, you can start using the service immediately without the hassle of building a
server, registering and renewing licenses, and so on.
The cloud service can also be used in combination with the existing per-user licenses. -
Enhanced sequence diagram design capabilities
Difference comparison, traceability check, and product line application are also available for sequence diagrams.
In difference comparison, differences in sequence diagrams are visually displayed in the same way as in diagrams.
In traceability check, you can check the derivation relationship between sequence diagram elements and other model elements.
In product line development, features can be assigned to sequence diagrams for configuration of each product. -
Enhanced UML/SysML support
ER diagrams are now more expressive and can represent UML/SysML notation in fine-grained detail.
Modeling that conforms to UML/SysML notation is now possible, including stereotypes, signatures, and visibility in class diagrams. -
Customize the UI to further extend Next Design
It is now possible to embed your own UI (editor/navigator/inspector) in Next Design.
It is now possible to develop your own UI for decision tables, timing charts, and other views that are not available in the standard Next Design view.
This allows for further customization of the design tool to suit the way of doing things at the development site. -
Numerous new features improve usability
Numerous other new features have been added to increase development efficiency.
- Check for configuration differences in the product line
- Change individual shapes on the dialog to any image or shape
- ADD API TO IMPORT RICH TEXT DATA
- Toggle display/hide of element titles on the form
- Duplicate model including view display information
- Duplicate class diagram in profile