List of SysML tools explained

This article compares SysML tools. SysML tools are software applications which support some functions of the Systems Modeling Language.

General

NameCreatorPlatform / OSFirst public releaseLatest stable releaseOpen sourceSoftware licenseProgramming language used
AstahChangeVision, Inc.[1] Windows, macOS2009-10-192023-03-12 (v9.0)[2] CommercialJava
Cameo Systems Modeler3DS Catia, No MagicWindows, Linux, macOSCommercialJava
CapellaThales Group & Eclipse Foundation communityWindows, Linux, macOS2015-04-06[3] 2020-11-17 (v5.0)[4] EPLJava[5]
ConceptDraw PROCS OdessaWindows, macOS19932017-11-07 (v11)[6] Commercial
Enterprise ArchitectSparx SystemsWindows (supports Linux and macOS installation)20002023-09-26 (v16.1 Build 1628)[7] CommercialC++
GaphorArjan Molenaar, Dan Yeaw, and others[8] Windows, MacOS, Linux2001-12-212.21.0 [9] Apache License 2.0Python
InnoslateSPEC Innovations[10] Cross-platform (Java)20132021-5-17 (v4.4.1)[11] Commercial. Free education edition, subscription modelJava
MagicDrawNo Magic, a Dassault Systèmes companyWindows, Windows Server, Linux, Mac OS X (Java SE 11-compatible)[12] 19982022-07-01 (2022x)[13] CommercialJava
Microsoft VisioMicrosoftWindows19922016 (v16.0)Commercial
ModelioModeliosoft (SOFTEAM Group)Windows, Linux, macOS20092023-12-07 (5.4.1)[14] Core tool: GPL, Extensions: Apache License[15] Java[16]
PapyrusCommissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, Atos OriginWindows, Linux, macOS (Java)2013-06-272020-06 (v4.8.0)[17] EPLJava
Rational RhapsodyIBMWindows, Linux19962019-04-23 (8.4.0) - 2019-12-15 (8.4 Interim Fix 2)CommercialC, C++, Java, Ada
Software Ideas ModelerDusan RodinaWindows, Linux2009-08-062021-07-27Commercial, FreewareC#
SysONObeo & CEA ListWeb20232024.11 [18] Eclipse Public LicenseJava
System ArchitectUNICOM GlobalWindows1988 & 2005 (for SA XT web version)2022-10-18CommercialC++ and Visual Basic; JavaScript for SA XT web sister product
UModelAltovaWindows2005-052020-03-17 (v2020r2)[19] CommercialJava, C#, Visual Basic
Visual Paradigm for UMLVisual Paradigm Int'l Ltd.Cross-platform (Java)2002-06-202020-07-23 (v16.2)[20] Commercial, Free Community EditionJava, C++
Windchill ModelerPTCWindows19972023 August (v10.0)Commercial, EducationC++
NameCreatorPlatform / OSFirst public releaseLatest stable releaseOpen sourceSoftware licenseProgramming language used

Features

NameUnderlying data modelFull and Latest SysML supportFull and Latest UML supportXMIAutomated document generationOSLC supportCan be integrated with
Astah[21] Cameo Systems Modeler
Capella[22] [23] [24] Rational DOORS and Polarion[25] through Publication for Capella,[26] Teamcenter through System Modeling Workbench[27]
Enterprise Architect[28] [29] [30] Rational DOORS through the Model Driven Generation (MDG) Link for DOORS.[31]
Gaphor[32] Sphinx,[33] Jupyter[34]
Innoslate[35] [36] Matlab, GitHub[37]
MagicDraw[38] [39] Rational DOORS and Micro Focus Application Lifecycle Management through Cameo DataHub.[40] Teamcenter integration with the Teamcenter Integration Plugin.[41]
Microsoft Visio
Modelio[42] [43]
Papyrus[44]
Rational Rhapsody[45] [46]
Software Ideas Modeler
System ArchitectRational DOORS, RTC, UNICOM Focal Point, Rational Rhapsody
UModel
Visual Paradigm for UML
Windchill ModelerPTC Codebeamer, PTC RV&S, Windchill PLM, Siemens Polarion, IBM DOORS, IBM DOORS Next
NameUnderlying data modelFull and Latest SysML supportXMIAutomated document generationOSLC supportCan be integrated with

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Contact Us . Astah . 2 August 2020 . 10 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200810053836/https://astah.net/about/contact/ . live .
  2. Web site: Astah SysML Release Notes . Astah . 29 July 2021 . 4 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210804070354/https://astah.net/support/astah-system-safety/release-notes/ . live .
  3. Web site: History - Capella 0.8.1. Eclipse Foundation. 20 January 2021. 28 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210128113750/https://wiki.eclipse.org/Capella/News. live.
  4. Web site: History - Capella 5.0.0. Eclipse Foundation. 20 January 2021. 16 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201216121941/https://github.com/eclipse/capella/wiki/Release-Notes-5.0.0. live.
  5. Web site: source code. 2021-01-20. Github. en-gb. 2020-12-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20201216121923/https://github.com/eclipse/capella. live.
  6. Web site: Concept Draw - Press Releases . CS Odessa . 2 August 2020 . 26 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201026045948/https://www.conceptdraw.com/press_releases/pro-update-release . live .
  7. Web site: History - Enterprise Architecture . Sparx Systems . 2 August 2020 . 17 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200817180415/https://sparxsystems.com/products/ea/history.html . live .
  8. See https://github.com/gaphor/gaphor
  9. https://gaphor.org/, https://pypi.org/project/gaphor/
  10. Web site: Contact Us . SPEC Innovations . 25 May 2021 . 26 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210526201147/https://www.innoslate.com/contact-us/ . live .
  11. Web site: Innoslate Release Notes . Innoslate . 26 May 2021 . 26 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210526201147/https://help.innoslate.com/release-notes/innoslate-cloud-4-4-release-notes/ . live .
  12. Web site: MagicDraw. No Magic, Inc. 4 July 2022. System requirements. 4 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220704205349/https://docs.nomagic.com/display/NMDOC/System+requirements. live.
  13. Web site: MagicDraw. nomagic.com. No Magic, Inc. 4 July 2022. 2022x Version News. 4 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220704205008/https://docs.nomagic.com/display/NMDOC/2022x+Version+News. live.
  14. Web site: ModelioOpenSource/Modelio (GitHub) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230223135209/https://github.com/ModelioOpenSource/Modelio . 23 February 2023 . 4 March 2023 . www.modelio.org.
  15. Web site: Modeling open source licensing. 2020-08-29. Modelio Open Source. en-gb. 2021-04-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20210417184248/https://www.modelio.org/about-modelio/license.html. live.
  16. Web site: Find source code. 2020-08-29. Modelio Open Source. en-gb. 2017-10-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20171028094503/https://www.modelio.org/downloads/source-code.html. live.
  17. Web site: Papyrus Downloads . eclipse.org . 2 August 2020 . 27 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200627020514/http://www.eclipse.org/papyrus/download.html . live .
  18. Web site: Release Notes . eclipse.org .
  19. Web site: What's New in UModel . Altova . 3 August 2020 . 26 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200926045803/https://www.altova.com/umodel/whatsnew . live .
  20. Web site: News Releases . Visual Paradigm . 2 August 2020 . 3 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201003035210/https://www.visual-paradigm.com/aboutus/newsreleases/ . live .
  21. Web site: XMI Import/Export . 29 July 2021 . 4 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210804070610/https://astah.net/support/astah-system-safety/xmi-export/ . live .
  22. Web site: Equivalences and differences between SysML and Arcadia/Capella. 20 January 2021. 29 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201129110254/https://www.eclipse.org/capella/arcadia_capella_sysml_tool.html. live.
  23. Web site: M2Doc for Capella. 20 January 2021. 27 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210127213648/https://www.m2doc.org/capella/. live.
  24. Web site: Publication for Capella. 20 January 2021. 3 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201203035420/https://www.obeo.fr/en/products/publication-for-capella. live.
  25. Web site: Polarion. 20 January 2021. 23 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210123085717/https://polarion.plm.automation.siemens.com/. live.
  26. Web site: Webinar about Publication for Capella with Polarion. . 3 November 2020 . 20 January 2021. 28 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210128091721/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gipHxUczG8. live.
  27. Web site: System Modeling Workbench (SMW). 20 January 2021. 27 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210127213500/https://www.obeosoft.com/en/products/smw. live.
  28. Web site: XMI Import and Export Enterprise Architect User Guide. 2020-08-15. sparxsystems.com. 2020-09-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20200925141533/https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/15.1/model_publishing/importexport.html. live.
  29. Web site: Generate Documentation Enterprise Architect User Guide. 2020-08-15. sparxsystems.com. 2020-09-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20200920174106/https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/15.1/model_publishing/rtfdialogoptions.html. live.
  30. Web site: OSLC Architecture Management V2.0 . Sparx Systems . 8 August 2020 . 30 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201130004830/https://sparxsystems.com/enterprise_architect_user_guide/14.0/model_repository/oslc_am_top.html . live .
  31. Web site: MDG Link for DOORS Sparx Systems. 2020-08-15. sparxsystems.com. 2021-01-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20210120013919/https://sparxsystems.com/products/mdg/link/doors/index.html. live.
  32. Web site: Systems Modeling Language - Gaphor documentation .
  33. Web site: Sphinx — Sphinx documentation .
  34. https://jupyter.org/
  35. Web site: SysML Diagrams Innoslate Help Center . 2021-05-26 . 2021-01-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210126210834/https://help.innoslate.com/users-guide/diagrams-view/types/sysml/ . live .
  36. Web site: Importing UML/SysML (xmi) Files Innoslate Help Center . 2021-05-26 . 2021-01-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210127160644/https://help.innoslate.com/importing-uml-sysml-xmi-files/ . live .
  37. Web site: Release Notes Summary Innoslate Help Center . 2021-05-26 . 2021-05-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210526201949/https://help.innoslate.com/release-notes/ . live .
  38. Web site: UML 2.5.1 support - MagicDraw 19.0 LTR SP3 - No Magic Documentation .
  39. Web site: Working with OSLC features . No Magic . 8 August 2020.
  40. Web site: Getting started . No Magic . 8 August 2020.
  41. Web site: Teamcenter Integration Plugin Documentation . No Magic . 8 August 2020 . 28 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200928015108/https://docs.nomagic.com/display/TCIP190SP4/Teamcenter+Integration+Plugin+Documentation . live .
  42. Web site: Modelio features in detail. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160724031017/http://www.modelio.org/categories/about-modelio-2/29-detailed-feature-list.html. 24 July 2016. 14 August 2020.
  43. Web site: Document generation. 2020-08-15. Modeliosoft. en-gb. 2020-09-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20200925121331/https://www.modeliosoft.com/en/features/document-generation.html. live.
  44. Web site: Papyrus .
  45. Web site: XMI toolkit documentation . 29 April 2024 . IBM . 27 May 2024 . 27 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240527094156/https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/engineering-lifecycle-management-suite/design-rhapsody/10.0?topic=xmi-toolkit-documentation . live .
  46. Web site: Overview of Rhapsody Model Manager . 25 June 2020 . IBM . 8 August 2020 . 17 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211017145119/https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/elm/7.0.0?topic=capabilities-rmm . live .

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