SysML Plugins

Overview

The ATML Pad plugins for SysML perform bidiectional data translation between:

• The UML 2.5 XMI format exported by CATiA MagicDraw / Cameo Systems Modeler
• The eXpressML data interchange format of DSI eXpress.

The plugins implement the following basic mapping between SysML data and eXpressML data:

SysML Importer to eXpressML

This ATML Pad plugin imports SysML data from the XMI format exported by MagicDraw into the eXpressML data interchange format of DSI eXpress.

The following example shows an IBD from the original SysML model and the imported eXpress design. Note that this is a hierarchical model.

The dimensions and location of all objects are preserved during translation. The connectors get automatically rerouted by eXpress.

eXpressML Exporter to SysML

This ATML Pad plugin exports data from the eXpressML data interchange format of DSI eXpress into the XMI format imported by MagicDraw.

The following example shows the original eXpress model and the IBD of the exported SysML. While this is not a hierarchical model, note that the plugin does support the export of hierarchical models.

The dimensions and location of all objects are preserved during translation. The SysML connectors were rerouted in MagicDraw, for clarity.

Round-trip Translation

The following screen capture shows the SysML model from the previous example, re-exported to eXpress.

All the eXpress properties supported by SysML or the eXpressML profile are preserved during round-trip translation.

SysML Profile for eXpressML

The ATML Pad distribution includes a specialized SysML profile that allows the representation of some eXpress-specific data directly in SysML. The diagram below shows the stereotypes defined in the eXpressML profile.

The eXpressML profile is used by the plugins as follows:

• The use of the profile is optional in SysML models imported into eXpressML. In the absence of the profile, the importer translates the generic SysML data items (Block, ProxyPort, etc.). When the profile is used, additional eXpress-specific data items are imported.
• The profile is always included in the SysML models exported from eXpressML.

Custom SysML Plugins

If your existing SysML models make use of company-specific tools, profiles or modeling techniques that are not supported by the SysML plugins included in ATML Pad, please contact us through the Support Request form to discuss the development of customized plugins.

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