Unified Modeling Language

Screencast: UML/SysML StateMachines: How a completion transition works (and why you should avoid them)

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Explains what a completion transition is and how to simulate and explore it in Cameo Simulation Toolkit for MagicDraw UML, MagicDraw SysML, or Cameo Systems Modeler.

Please note that this is NOT a recommendation to use completion transitions!

© Copyright 2020 Darren R C Kelly (Webel IT Australia). All rights reserved.

01:04: UML Behavior: Activities quick start

Screencast: Mini tutorial: UML/SysML: Cameo Simulation Toolkit: Send and receive a Signal using a SendSignalAction and an AcceptEventAction

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A very simple demonstration of sending a Signal using a SendSignalAction and receiving it with an AcceptEventAction within Activities. Uses SysML but the same applies to UML.

Uses Cameo Simulation Toolkit for MagicDraw SysML and Cameo System Modeler.

© Copyright 2020 Darren R C Kelly (Webel IT Australia). All rights reserved.

Screencast: MagicDraw SysML/Cameo analysis: Possible "gotchas" when extending the SysML Block stereotype

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Audience: Users of MagicDraw SysML or Cameo Systems Modeler who are experimenting with creating custom stereotypes that extend Block.

This screencast video has been created to demonstrate some issues that can arise if you "naively" create a custom stereotype that extends Block without: (1) closing then re-opening your project; (2) creating an appropriate MD Customization. It is not about any actual "bug" in MagicDraw/Cameo (as long as you follow the recommended procedure). If you watch it, please do watch it to the end to find how to handle such stereotypes properly.

Screencast: MagicDraw SysML/Cameo: Pros and Cons of custom stereotypes in combination with Block inheritance and Part Property structures

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Audience: Users of MagicDraw SysML or Cameo Systems Modeler who are experimenting with creating custom stereotypes for SysML.

This screencast video has been created to illustrate some pros and cons of using custom stereotypes in combination with Block inheritance and Part Property structures, and demonstrates some possible "gotchas". It concerns especially use of custom stereotypes to indicate: (1) cross-cutting aspects such as model layer membership; (2) use of tagged values to carry per-Element metadata.

MagicDraw UML (Magic Software Architect) zone

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Dr Darren of Webel IT Australia is a long-term MagicDraw® user, and previously worked for the developers No Magic Inc as a consultant and trainer (Expert Advisor for Science, Engineering, and Education).
This zone is primarily about applications of MagicDraw® to software engineering wi

[ARCHIVAL] NeXML: a generative XML Schema with EMF Java bindings for the NeXus format

 ARCHIVAL (2008): This content is now considered historical only!
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The NeXML project, based on work performed on the NeXus neutron science data format for the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) between 2006-2008, showcases some older Unified Modeling Language (UML®), Java™, and XML Schema (XSD) technologies employed by Webel:
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