You are going to create a domain-specific modeling tool and you wonder how users will edit and visualize the models: textually with a dedicated syntax and a rich textual editor? or graphically with diagrams drawn with a palette and smart tools? Both approaches are interesting and can be used complementary: While text is able to carry more detailed information, a diagram highlights the relationship between elements much better. In the end, a good tool should combine both, and use each notation where it suits best. Written by TypeFox & Obeo, this white paper explains the benefits of each approach. Then, it presents Eclipse Xtext and Eclipse Sirius, two open-source frameworks for the development of textual and graphical model editors. And finally, find out two detailed use-cases where these two technologies can be integrated in the same modeling workbench. Download the white paper.   This subject was presented at EclipseCon Europe & SiriusCon this ye...

Once again, for the third consecutive edition, SiriusCon went too fast! We looked forward to attending this international conference on graphical modeling for a long time, and now we can't wait to organize the next one.   This 2017 edition gathered a lot of people, who came from 11 different countries (some of them even came from NORTH AMERICA!), and it was a pleasure to have all of them among the Sirius community. At SiriusCon 2017, every attendees, from beginner to advanced users, enjoyed several presentations with a specific focus on Eclipse Sirius itself, others about companion technologies and feedback from users who used these technologies to build their custom tools! We would like to thank all the speakers for their great contribution to the Sirius community. We were pleased to welcome Mike Milinkovich, the executive director of the Eclipse Foundation, who introduced the conference with a Keynote. He has an unique perspective regarding what happened in the Software Ind...

Next Tuesday, the 21st of November, Laurent Delaigue will present a Webinar about "How to Collaborate and Generate Documents with Capella".   Your MBSE projects involve teams working concurrently? You need to produce many documents from the models of your systems? Attend this next Webinar to discover two Capella adds-on, the open source MBSE solution: Team for Capella & M2Doc. Register now and find all the answers your need and much more informations!TUESDAY, 21st of NOVEMBER | 4 PM - 5 PM (CEST)   Team for Capella allows users to collaborate on remotely shared models and representations, while M2Doc automates the production of MS Word™ files from your models.         These two solutions will be presented in two parts: First, a presentation of their context and their inputs. Second, a demonstration of their application.   The webinar will be driven by Laurent Delaigue who is an Eclipse Modeling consultant at Obeo in France. &nb...

You work with a modeling workbench in your projects and you don’t know how to communicate your work? You have to fulfil many processes in your company that require the production of many documents?   Discover M2Doc, the open source solution to automate the production of Word files from your models. M2Doc gets now its own dedicated website, feel free to visit it.   Visual templates | Dynamic Content Incremental Generations | Rules Validation   Have a quick overview of M2Doc features with this short video:   If you are interested, contact us to see a demonstration about M2Doc adapted to your specific context!   M2Doc 1.0 was unveiled for the very first time the 26th of October at EclipseCon Europe 2017. If you missed it, you will have a second chance to see it at SiriusCon 2017, the free international conference on graphical modeling, on November 9th in Paris. Register for free!...

Facing increasing software complexity of Spacecraft On-board Software, European Space Agency (ESA) initiated the OSRA methodology (On-board Software Reference Architecture) to model the hardware and the software components, and to define the allocation of these components on the hardware.   ESA needed a solution to rapidly support this approach while Ecore, a tool based on Eclipse Sirius, emerged as the most appropriated one. Obeo came in to improve the modeler from an initial prototype to a fully functional and user friendly modeling solution.   Thanks to the improvement of its overall usability, the modeling solution supporting OSRA is now considered to be ready for distribution to European space industry!   Read more about this attractive topic with the dedicated case-study.     This case-study was presented at SiriusCon 2016. Find out the program of SiriusCon 2017, the free international conference on graphical modeling where unpublished case...

On September 22th, Maxime Porhel (Obeo) was pleased to attend EclipseDay Milano in Italy!   This conference is a signifiant event of the Eclipse community in Italy. It allows to learn, explore, share and collaborate on the latest ideas and informations about Eclipse and its Ecosystem.   It gathers great speakers, ready to present the latest innovations gravitating the Eclipse Working Groups and the technologies like RCP, IoT, Cloud, EMF, Modeling, and much more…   Maxime was part of these great speakers to present his talk: “All about UX in Sirius” on the Eclipse Sirius 5.0 new features. For example, it can improve the modeling tools with customized dialog boxes allowing a smoother user experience.     If you missed this attractive talk, you will have another chance to see it at EclipseCon Europe in Ludwigsburg (Germany), from October 23th to 25th.   Pascal Roques (PRFC) was also in Milano to present Capella, the Open Source solution for Model...

On October 3rd, Thales and Obeo will be gathered in a shared booth at the TNO-ESI Symposium 2017 in Eindhoven, to talk about their collaboration that connect them since 10 years, particularly via the Open Source solution Capella: the success story of a cooperation between a multinational as Thales and an ambitious SME creating open and innovative softwares as Obeo.   This solution is a comprehensive tool of Model-Based Systems Engineering integrating a tool-based methodology, Arcadia. Developed by Thales with the support of Obeo, Capella combines the opening and the simpleness of a ready to use solution. No need to be an industrial expert to use it.   The TNO-ESI Symposium is a one day free event, dedicated to the managing complexity in embedded systems engineering. It will include 2 key-notes, several talks, and an innovation market where Thales & Obeo will present some Capella demos:  Embedded methodological guidance Function-Structure-I...

After the success of the webinar “How is Capella different”, we decided, in cooperation with Thales, to present it again on September 12th. Maybe you already draw boxes and arrows, you also model structure, data, interfaces, behavior, and you have to define your own modeling guidelines and objectives. So, what makes Capella different from the other modeling solutions out there? What is the scope of Capella and its corresponding methodology Arcadia? How can you benefit from nearly 10 years of MBSE return on experiment? Why is open source a game changer? How can you contribute to shape the future of your own engineering environment?   Find out every solution and all the answers you need by attending this next Capella Webinar!   TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th | 4PM - 5PM (CEST)   Meanwhile, have a look on how Capella is different and can be really useful with those case-studies from prestigious users. This webinar will be driven by Stéphane Bonnet: Stéphane B...

The first line of code of the technology actually known as Sirius was written 10 years ago. The legend says that the first version was developed in a train, back from a meeting between Thales and Obeo that will result in a long-term partnership on graphical modeling. One day later, a first metamodel, then named ViewPoint, was born:   In 2010, while a first version was already deployed on Thales projects, Sirius technology was publicly released for the first time under the name of Obeo Designer.   Several years later, in 2013, the decision was made with Thales to contribute this technology as an Open Source project in Eclipse. Our main objective was to foster the adoption of this great component and make it the de-facto standard for graphical modeling in Eclipse. Since then, Sirius is part of the annual release train of the Eclipse platform and has gathered a vibrant community.   What’s up today?   Eclipse Sirius is a field-pr...