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Release of Next Design V3, a system and software design tool with enhanced Git integration and support for timing charts and state transition tables

DENSO CREATE INC. (Headquarters: Naka-ku, Nagoya; President: Eimei Miyagawa), a company handling numerous embedded software development projects for automobiles, will begin offering the latest version of its next-generation system and software design tool, "Next Design V3," on February 22, 2023. Along with this release, they will also start offering a free evaluation version to let users experience the new features firsthand.

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Next Design allows you to create a dedicated design tool by defining a "meta-model" that outlines the structure and relationships of design information across various phases, and "view definitions" in the form of diagrams and documents tailored to the perspectives and purposes of the development site. This enables organizations to consolidate traditional specifications and design documents—previously created in Word/Excel or UML/SysML—into a single tool tailored to their specific design methods and processes. It facilitates organization-wide sharing of design data while maintaining traceability. Since its launch in 2020, it has been widely adopted across diverse industries, not only in automotive but also in electrical machinery and more.

The latest version, "Next Design V3," features tight integration with the version control tool Git. It allows designers to easily review and merge design changes made by multiple users directly within the tool, bringing a distributed development style similar to source code management into the realm of design tools. Git operations can also be performed intuitively through the Next Design UI. Additionally, it is packed with new features requested by development teams, including support for timing charts and state transition tables frequently used in embedded software development. You can check out more details about the new Next Design on the website below.

Next Design Product Site: https://www.nextdesign.app/

New Features in Version 3

  • Complete Git operations such as commit and push directly within Next Design
  • Resolve conflicts using 3-way merge while visually inspecting them on the UI
  • Support for timing charts and state transition tables frequently used in embedded software development
  • Improved traceability visibility through filtering features
  • Realizing Excel-like usability with auto-filters and advanced filtering in tree grids
  • Various other feature improvements

For details on the new features, please refer to the following page.
https://www.nextdesign.app/feature/v30/

Next Design Overview

Pricing (Annual Subscription)

  • User license: From 60,000 yen (66,000 yen including tax)
  • Floating license: From 240,000 yen (264,000 yen including tax)

Requirements

  • OS: Windows 10, Windows 11