Review: Cameo Systems Modeler - SysML & MBSE Support
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| Function: Simulate / Execute SysML | |
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- Strictly enforces most of OMG SysML syntax and semantics (see CONS for exceptions)
- Enterprise edition bundles Cameo Simulation Toolkit (otherwise must buy separately)
- Supports plugins for integration with Requirements Management tools (e.g., DOORS, RequisitePro)
- Suffers from tool featuritis and UX is gratuitously complex (needs extreme makeover)
- Activity diagrams are awkward to nest
- Sequence diagrams do not properly support semantics of Interfaces and Signals
- Tool is relatively expensive, and cost of plugins (DataHub, DoDAF, etc.) is excessive
- XMI interoperability does not work as advertised with competitive tools
- Recommended as a pragmatic SysML modeling tool that supports Agile MBSE and intermediate-level model simulations.
Review: Cameo Systems Modeler - SysML & MBSE Support
- Product Name: Cameo Systems Modeler
- Brand: DS CATIA / No Magic
- Description: SysML architecture modeling tool for MBSE applications. Optional Cameo Simulation Toolkit plugin supports behavioral and parametric simulations.
- Reviewer: Editor, SysMLforum.com
- Date: 05/15/2019
- Review Summary
Cameo Systems Modeler (Cameo) is a robust Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tool that strictly enforces most of OMG SysML's syntax and semantics, and offers support for basic requirements traceability, intermediate model-based simulation, and automated document generation. The Enterprise edition includes a Simulation Toolkit, and plugins are available for selected Requirements Management tool integration (e.g., DOORS, RequisitePro) and enterprise architecture frameworks (e.g., DoDAF 2, MODAF).
Shortcomings include, but are not limited to: unintuitive and gratuitously complex UX, Activity diagrams do not nest cleanly, Sequence diagrams do not properly support Interface and Signal semantics, and dysfunctional XMI interoperability.
Recommended as a pragmatic SysML modeling tool that supports Agile MBSE and intermediate model simulations.
- Editor Rating: 3.6 / 5 Stars
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