SysML Tool Review: Cameo Systems Modeler
| CRITERIA | RATING |
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| Function: Draw SysML | |
| Function: Simulate / Execute SysML | |
| Team Model & Interop | |
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- Comprehensive support for OMG SysML notation and semantics, with exceptions noted in CONS
- Enterprise edition bundles Cameo Simulation Toolkit (otherwise must buy separately) which supports both mathematical (parametric) and dynamic (behavioral) Modeling & Simulations (M&S)
- Imports/exports from spreadsheets (CSV format) and various Requirements Management tools (e.g., DOORS, PTC Integrity, RequisitePro)
- Suffers from tool featuritis and UX is gratuitously complex
- Activity diagrams relatively easy to simulate, but are awkward to nest and scale
- Sequence diagrams do not properly support directional flow semantics of Interfaces and Signals
- Tool is relatively expensive, and cost of plugins (DataHub, DoDAF/UAF, etc.) is excessive
- XMI interoperability does not work as advertised with competitive tools
- Recommended as a pragmatic SysML enterprise architecture modeling tool that supports Agile MBSE for Digital Twin applications.
Review: Cameo Systems Modeler - SysML & MBSE Support
- Product Name: Cameo Systems Modeler w/ Cameo Simulation Toolkit
- Brand: Dassault Systèmes (formerly No Magic, Inc.)
- Description: SysML enterprise architecture modeling tool for Agile MBSE applications. Enterprise edition bundles optional Cameo Simulation Toolkit plugin supports behavioral and parametric simulations.
- Reviewer: Editor, SysMLtools.com
- Date: 12/30/2022
- Review Summary:
This SysML modeling tool review features Cameo Systems Modeler (Cameo), No Magic’s re-packaging (re-branding) of its flagship MagicDraw UML modeling tool to include a SysML plugin for Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) applications. The review evaluates Cameo’s SysML and MBSE modeling capabilities using the following weighted evaluation criteria: Usability, Major Functions (Drawing, Simulation & Execution), Standards & Interoperability, Team Modeling & Tech Support, and Value.
Cameo is a solid choice as a Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tool that strictly enforces SysML well-formedness rules for syntax (notation) and semantics. Cameo offers proprietary and commercial plugins to integrate with Requirements Management tools (e.g., DOORS, PTC Integrity) and Simulation tools (MATLAB/Simulink, Mathematica, Maple).
Shortcomings include, but are not limited to, gratuitously complex UI, featuritis, Activity diagrams do not nest cleanly, and Sequence diagrams do not fully grok semantics of Interfaces and Signals.
Cameo is recommended as a pragmatic SysML modeling tool that supports Agile MBSE and intermediate-level model simulations.
- Editor Rating: 3.8 / 5 Stars
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