April Newsletter is Available

We are pleased to announce that our April newsletter 2016 is available here:

https://www.threesl.com/pages/news/webletter-April16/index.php

which announces the release of Cradle-7.1 that integrates SysML into the systems lifecycle!

If you have an active maintenance agreement with 3SL, you are welcome to upgrade to Cradle-7.1 at any time, but please remember that you will need a new Security Code from 3SL to use Cradle-7.1!

Cradle-7.1 is Available!

We are pleased to announce the release of Cradle-7.1 that introduces SysML into Cradle’s existing modelling capabilities and allows SysML to be integrated with the needs, goals, objectives, user stories, sprints, SBS, PBS, test cases, verifications and validations (and so on…) in the full systems engineering lifecycle.

This is more than mere MBSE. This is lifecycle-enabled MBSE!

Only from 3SL and only from Cradle!

For more details, visit www.threesl.com and talk to us at salesdetails@threesl.com or me at: mark.walker@threesl.com or contact me through LinkedIn!

If you want to upgrade to Cradle-7.1, you will need a new Security Code as Security Codes for previous versions (such as 7.0 and 6.8.x) will not work with this release. Also note that if you upgrade Cradle anywhere (such as a client or your server) then you must upgrade all Cradle installations.

Once again, we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who gave up their time in the Beta test programme. Your hard work is very much appreciated!

Cradle-7.1 Beta Period Has Ended

It is time to announce the end of the Beta test period for Cradle-7.1, our release that introduces SysML into the set of notations that are supported by Cradle’s modelling tools.

We would like to express our thanks to all of the people who provided their time to study Cradle-7.1, and we would also like to thank their organisations for agreeing to this use of their time.

We have received much valuable feedback from the Beta testing and we have included as much of this feedback as possible into the Cradle-7.1 release.

We expect to make an announcement about the release of Cradle-7.1 very soon!

As has been the case with all previous releases of Cradle:

– Security Codes for previous versions of Cradle will not work with Cradle-7.1
– New Security Codes for Cradle-7.1 will be provided, on request, to anyone who has an active maintenance agreement with 3SL

Once again, to all Beta testers, thank you very much!

Cradle-7.1 Beta Test Progressing Well

The Beta testing of Cradle-7.1 has been underway for a little while.

The testing is going very well, with useful feedback from the Beta testers about the new SysML capability and the other enhancements in this latest Cradle release.

We expect to make an announcement about Cradle-7.1 at the end of this month.

We would like to express our thanks to those who have been able to get involved, your help is very much appreciated!

With best regards

February 2016 Newsletter is Available!

We are pleased to advise that the February 2016 newsletter is now available. You can view it here:

https://www.threesl.com/pages/news/webletter-February16/index.php

We have sent several thousand e-mails announcing this newsletter. If you did not receive one, and would like to be added to our distribution list, please send your e-mail address to me at: mark.walker@threesl.com

Force Directed Graphs

We are curious to know what people think of using force directed graphs as a way to display the relationships between items in Hierarchy Diagrams (HIDs).

At the moment, HIDs are drawn using a fixed algorithm, in which you can control:

  • The orientation (vertical or horizontal)
  • If the HID will pivot (change orientation) and if so, the level at which it pivots.

Force directed graphs are an alternative way to arrange the same boxes (items) and lines (cross references) in a HID.

What do you think?

ARTICLE UPDATED 13/09/2018 – CHANGED CATEGORY AND FIXED READABILTY

3SL Presenting at SEDC 2016

We are pleased to announce that we will be presenting a paper at the forthcoming SEDC 2016 conference, either:

– “Executives Will Want to use MBSE”, or
– “Learn a Simple MBSE Process by Connecting the Dots Using SysML Tutorial”

Details of the SEDC conference can be found here:

http://www.sedcconference.org/

We look forward to meeting you there!