I-Logix Announces Release of Two New Products Plus DoDAF Pack for Systems Engineering Market; SysML Compliant Rhapsody System Architect and Rhapsody System Designer Products Targeted to Seize Market Leadership of Systems Engineering Tools

Business Wire, Oct 18, 2005

ANDOVER, Mass. -- New for fall 2005, I-Logix (http://www.ilogix.com) announces immediate availability of two new products Rhapsody System Architect and Rhapsody System Designer, based on the latest SysML draft standard, to meet the specific needs of the system engineering community. The Rhapsody Systems Architect product is targeted to users whose focus is on drawing and design documentation. It features an intuitive drawing and design environment, which is fully compliant with the latest SysML standard (v 0.91). The ergonomic look and feel includes easy installation, a systems tutorial documentation feature, systems samples and menu items provided in a way natural to systems engineers. Ease-of-use is enhanced with systems wizards, enhanced graphics support for user-defined graphics and a diagram navigator feature for large systems diagrams. Additionally, Systems Architect has a significant static analysis capability to ensure model consistency and model completeness. The SysML profile allows users to access requirements diagrams and notations, block diagrams, parametric diagrams and activity pins, and much more.

These two new Rhapsody products, as with all Rhapsody family products, have access to the powerful I-Logix DoDAF pack option, the most comprehensive array of executable DoDAF solutions on the market today.

The Rhapsody Systems Designer product is targeted to systems engineers who are focused on systems design and validation, and are seeking ways to detect potential errors early in the design process. Systems Designer includes everything in the Systems Architect package plus a powerful simulation capability via easy GNU compiler install, an action language mapping guide and simulation menu item.

These latest Rhapsody product are seamlessly interoperable with the existing Rhapsody product family are supported by a full complement of add-on tools for requirements traceability, Design for Test (DFT), scripting, and more including Gateway, Rhapsody ATG, Test Conductor and the VBA Pack.

"The new Systems Architect and Systems Designer products are based on I-Logix decades of experience in the Systems Engineering market and are unique in providing the systems engineering capabilities in a workflow which is natural and intuitive to the Systems Engineers," Neeraj Chandra, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Development, said.

About I-Logix

Founded in 1987, I-Logix is the worldwide leading provider of Collaborative Model-Driven Development (MDD) solutions for systems design through software development focused on real-time embedded applications. Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts I-Logix has sales and support centers throughout North America, Europe and the Far East.

For more information, contact: James Rawstron, Press Department, I-Logix.

Tel: 1 (978) 645-3012.

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