NEW FEATURESNext Design V4

Next Design is now even easier to use in response to the needs of the design field. Improved work efficiency by displaying multiple models simultaneously in multiple tabs, Improved visibility by highlighting related models and skipping over them in diagrams, and memo writing and coloring in the tree grid to facilitate communication, The operability and expressiveness of Next Design as a design tool have been greatly improved.

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  Improved work efficiency with multi-tab floating display

  • Tabbed display of multiple models allows quick switching between models for different processes.
  • Floating displays allow you to make the most of a multi-display environment.
  • You can check not only the model but also the trace page and the class diagram of the metamodel at the same time.
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  Improved diagram visibility and operability

  • Highlighting selected related lines and skipping over intersections allows the user to see at a glance where they are connected, even if the path of the related lines is complex.
  • ALIGNMENT GUIDES IN THE ER DIAGRAM NOW SUPPORT EVEN SPACING AND CAN BE POSITIONED WITH KEYSTROKES, ALLOWING YOU TO POSITION SHAPES AS YOU WISH.
  • When pasting an image into a shape, the shape is now resized to match the aspect ratio of the image, maintaining the appearance of the image.
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  More user-friendly model editing operations

  • Drag and drop models to the top of the editor to open them in an intuitive manner.
  • Text replacement in rich text type fields is also supported and can be replaced along with other text.
  • You can now pin recently used projects, allowing you to quickly open frequently used projects, even if you are using numerous projects.
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  Expanded means of expression such as coloring and note-taking

  • You can also set colors on models outside of diagrams to highlight or color-code models.
  • The tree grid allows notes to be written in cells and line numbers to be displayed, facilitating communication in reviews.
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  Coming Soon

  Editor extensions that also support markdown extension notation

  • The expressive power of markdown notation makes design information easy to understand.
  • It also supports the markdown extension notations PlantUML, Mermaid, WaveDrom, Graphviz, and ChartJS to embed various graphical representations.
  • Web pages can be displayed by specifying a URL, or content can be generated dynamically by embedding scripts.

Profiles are process assets that consolidate knowledge from the field. By simply combining profiles defined for each process or product line, such as requirements definition, design, and testing, into parts, the necessary profile definitions at the start of a project can be done quickly and easily. It also supports customization of design item names, etc., to suit the site and to follow profile revisions by the organization, thereby accelerating the organizational profile operation cycle.

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  Profile definition by combining components

  • By combining profiles into components for each work process or product line, you can quickly and easily define the profiles needed for your project.
  • You can manage multiple versions of a profile and specify which version of the profile to use for each project.
  • Profiles can also be published in shared folders, making it easy to distribute profiles throughout the organization.
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  Customize profiles to suit your site

  • Componentized profiles can be reused in multiple projects while customizing them to suit the site, thereby absorbing differences from project to project.
  • By customizing the profile, it is possible to match the names of design items and select information to be designed.
  • It also supports merging of profiles, allowing for flexible modification of profiles.
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  Maintain customization and keep up with profile revisions

  • When the profile you are using is revised to a newer version by your organization, you can easily update your field profiles.
  • The content that is customized for the site is maintained and can be followed to reflect profile revisions by the organization.
  • Before reflecting profile revisions in a project, you can check the profile change differences and determine when to reflect them.

System/software development is becoming larger and larger by the day. Based on feedback from the needs of large-scale, parallel development sites where Next Design is used, we have greatly improved the functionality as well as the performance to realize stress-free operability.

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  Coming Soon

  CI/CD UTILIZATION WITH NEWLY DEVELOPED CLI VERSION

  • Accelerate process automation through CI/CD with Next Design, a newly developed command-line version that also runs on Linux.
  • Extensions are also available to automate user-specific consistency checks, automatic conversions, and exports.
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  Model file hierarchization

  • By hierarchizing numerous model files in subfolders, you can organize model files by process, function, and other units.
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  Improved trace page performance

  • Trace page performance has been greatly improved, allowing stress-free operation even on large projects.
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  Importing Another Project

  • All models from different projects can be imported at once, making it easy to migrate models during change development.
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  Enhanced Git integration

  • Improved merge processing logic for collection order, allowing merges to occur in a more natural order.
  • Cherry-picking operations are supported, allowing the specified commit from the commit history to be applied to the current project.
  • Convenient optional settings have been added to simplify frequently performed operations.
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  Coming Soon

  Improved usability of partial load function

  • In addition to manual loading of individual model files, unloaded models in the editor can be loaded together, or target models can be selected from a list and loaded.

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  Export to Excel file

  • Tree grid views and product line configurations can be exported to Excel files for data utilization.
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  MODEL UPDATE ON EA IMPORT

  • RE-IMPORTING THE UPDATED EA FILE WILL REFLECT THE UPDATES TO THE IMPORTED MODEL.
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  Enhanced security for on-premise floating licenses

  • Server connection information can be hidden by distributing a file with embedded server connection information to users for license registration.
  • ONLY SPECIFIC PCS CAN BE ALLOWED TO USE THE LICENSE, AND USE OF THE LICENSE ON UNAUTHORIZED PCS CAN BE RESTRICTED.
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  COMPATIBLE WITH THE LATEST .NET8

  • THE APPLICATION FRAMEWORK HAS BEEN UPDATED TO .NET8 TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT.
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  API FUNCTIONALITY ADDITIONS/IMPROVEMENTS

  • The behavior of rich text type field value setting has been changed for more concise operation.
  • An option setting for document generation has been added to suppress automatic opening after generation.
  • THE CLASS INHERITANCE RELATIONSHIP OF A METAMODEL CAN BE DELETED WITH THE API.