"We are currently using TAU/Architect 2.1 for our strategic software development projects. The tool's modeling capabilities allow us to create a complete picture of the system under development, and the simulation has proved vital in ensuring that any gaps or flaws in the requirements or the system design are identified and remedied before the implementation starts." Ongame

What's new in TAU/Architect 2.2?

• User-definable graphical symbols (bitmaps) - Supports use of domain-specific graphical symbols instead of UML symbols and makes communication and collaboration with end users simpler and richer. This feature brings system specifications to life and provides support for the C4ISR/DoD AF architecture framework.
  
  
• Graphical compare and merge - A unique enhancement that supports distributed teams performing parallel development or building system variants. Supports comparison and merging of all UML model elements - no detailed changes are missed.
  
  
• Active Modeler - Jump starts model development by taking prototype use case, sequence and architecture diagrams and automatically completing the model details.
  
  
• Extended sequence diagram support - Supports advanced UML 2.0 sequence diagram specification concepts. Time specification enables advanced modeling of non-functional system timing and ordering requirements. Inline frames enable industrial use of sequence diagrams, where UML 1.x sequence diagrams typically struggled. A remark column facilitates the transition from textual use case steps to formal sequence diagrams.
  
  
• Abstract UML - Makes it possible to use inexact UML without needing to worry about specific semantic rules. This feature can also support using UML at different levels of precision, e.g. initial high-level UML system models not used for simulation are checked less than system models used for simulation.
  
  
• Telelogic DocExpress™ Integration - Supports generation of documentation containing any information from UML 2.0 models, including all model elements, all diagrams, all pre-defined or user-defined stereotypes and tagged values, notes and constraints. Includes updated pre-defined templates supporting out-of-the-box generation of documentation from UML 2.0 models.
  
  
• UML 1.x import - Enables UML legacy intellectual property to be reused. Makes it possible to import information from other tools that export XMI, making possible upgrades to UML 2.0 from UML 1.x tools including the Telelogic TAU UML Suite and Rational Rose.
  
  

Supported platforms for TAU Generation2 2.2

• Microsoft Windows NT 4 (not supported on CJK environment)
• Microsoft Windows 2000 SP 1
• Windows XP
• Sun Sparc running Solaris 8 (only ASCII characters are supported)
• Linux RedHat 7.3 (only ASCII characters are supported)
• Linux RedHat 8 (only ASCII characters are supported)

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