Archi - ArchiMate Modelling What s New in Archi 4.x
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Version 4.4 [HTML Report] Graphical objects are selectable and display their contents and properties Find/Replace dialog works on Text Content objects (Notes, Stickies, Canvas) [CSV Import] No need to have all 3 files present and can select any of the 3 files The Windows and Mac binaries now ship with OpenJDK Java bundles Java Runtime and Docs installation is now optional in the Windows installer Improved look of Property Tabs and labels on Mac Grouping concept has alternate rectangular figure type and can now set text position Group figure has option for tabbed or rectangle border type for and can now set text position Changed behaviour for top/left resizing of diagram object to create space Added Preference for behaviour of top/left resizing of diagram object The Magic Connector cursor is fatter Allow connections between Groups, View References, and ArchiMate Concepts in Views Notes now have Properties Canvas Images now have Properties and a Documentation field Add a "Check for Updates" button in the "About" dialog Updated Apache Commons CSV libraries to latest versions Updated Eclipse Nebula Widgets libraries to latest versions Updated Jasper Reports libraries to latest versions Updated Batik SVG/PDF libraries to latest versions Property keys are sorted alphabetically in the Models Tree Search dropdown list [HTML Report] Show cancellable progress dialog when exporting [HTML Report] Opening report in browser now works for local network URLs [HTML Report] Export Views and Folders into embedded SQL DB [Jasper Report] Show a better cancellable progress dialog when exporting Directory dialogs remember their last folder location Hints View logic changed to allow other plug-ins to display hints correctly Circular connections are now always allowed (no longer a preference) Properties tables can be traversed with Tab key and edited with mouse double-click Fix possible bogus background DND operations on long running operations on Windows [Exchange File Format] Fix on import where an empty Group was converted to a Note [HTML Report] Fix delay when closing directory dialog on Mac [HTML Report] Fix browser console log warning for jquery [HTML Report] Fix query regression and solve original bug for documentation [ACLI] Fix NPE on Jasper Reports CLI if "--jasper.format" option is not set Fix some focus issues when opening views from the toolbar Fix possible index -1 value on combo box on Mac in Nested Relations dialog Fix drag over blue artefacts on Windows Don't delete.config osgi cache when resetting Workbench Fix focus issue on Mac where a text field in the Properties window would display previous text field's content 2
Version 4.3.3 Improve load speed for large models with many objects Fix for the Alasql SQL DB feature. Note that tables and columns names changed Fix regression on exported images wrong size on Windows with high display scaling Fix exception if Models Tree closed and "Link to View" is on Externalise Archi web URLs for new version check Don't limit width of Spinner control in dialog on Linux GTK Version 4.3.2 [ARM] nested elements dialog offers reversed connections [ARM] Don't show nested element dialog for Junctions Use case-insensitive ordering in Models Tree Fix exception in Visualiser if connection is a relationship Fix exception if connection has text and is disabled Don't scale images in some cases on hi-res systems Fix Overview thumbnail not rendering properly on Mac Mojave Version 4.3.1 [Visualiser] Add Elements Filter [CSV Import/Export] Store Junction type as a property [Validator] Don't warn about Junctions having the same name Fixed key global key bindings still active when renaming newly created View [Templates] Fix manifest and model not using UTF-8 encoding when saved Removed option (for now) to display user fill colours in palette and tree as this does not work with new icons Nested Relations Dialog should complete combo selection on Mac [ACLI] Fix NPE when saving model Some actions should not activate opened Editor Version 4.3 Add opacity option to figures Support multi-selection in Properties sections 3
[HTML Report] SQL Query Tab added [HTML Report] Add a list of relationships on views Allow circular connections on notes, groups and view refs Can now set fill and line colours for Junctions Add options to allow running with Java 10 [ACLI] Add "pause" option The JRE shipped with the Windows and Mac bundles is now version 1.8.0_181 Mac version should use hi-res on retina displays Fix possible Zip extraction error so target file path is sub-directory of target folder Fix connection label being misplaced at zoom level different than 100% Don't draw connection behind label to increase its readability [HTML Report] Escape characters in some text fields Show validate icon in Tools menu Browser component on Linux (Hints tab and report preview) should not rely on libwebkitgtk- 1.0-0 Fix display menu item bugs Improve error message if open view not available Other bug fixes and optimisations Linux defaults to using GTK3 Animation for undo/redo in diagrams and layout in the Visualiser doesn't work on Linux GTK3 so is disabled on this OS Version 4.2 Provide x2 icons for hi-res screens Command line support improved Show file name of selected model in title bar [Jasper Reports] Strings externalised for localisation [HTML Report] Fix link hit points on hi-res screens [ArchiMate Exchange Format] Export font information explicitly Version 4.1.1 Improved quality of images in reports and export when using a hi-res screen (regression) Theme rendering updated to latest version [Jasper Reports] Long view names are now multi-line 4
Version 4.1 Add core support for command line operations Add command line support for HTML Report generation Add "Select in model tree" menu item to Visualiser Allow to change font height in Documentation text field with Ctrl/Command and plus/minus/zero keys or mouse scroll wheel Improved text cell editor for Rename in Models Tree Expose CSS files in Themes plug-in Built on Eclipse 4.7 (Oxygen) Don't allow Composition & Aggregation relationships to Junctions Fix missing elements in Model Tree search filter Fix Palette entries not showing if preference was unset Fix line jump curves not showing correctly in some cases [CSV Export] Fix UTF-8 BOM marker not added to relations and properties files Animation for undo/redo in diagrams and layout in the Visualiser doesn't work on Mac OS 10.13 (High Sierra) so is disabled on this OS Add workaround on Mac for open file dialog delay Add '@' character to URL regex pattern for links [ArchiMate Exchange Format] Optimise import - now much faster [ArchiMate Exchange Format] Close file stream if validation error occurs on import [ArchiMate Exchange Format] Don't allow plain line connections to other connections on import [ArchiMate Exchange Format] All nested connections are now created explicitly on import [ArchiMate Exchange Format] All nested connections are now not exported explicitly Version 4.0.3 Add ArchiMate 3.0.1 relationship tables Faster load times on large models Implement "Copy As Image to Clipboard" for 64-bit Linux Moved to Edit menu and renamed "Export as Image to Clipboard" to "Copy As Image to Clipboard" Improve Plugin Installer Provide 64-bit Windows builds [CSV Import/Export] Store Influence relationship strength as a property [CSV Import/Export] Store Access relationship type as a property [CSV Import] Use UTF-8 encoding to preserve Unicode characters [CSV Export] Add "UTF-8 BOM" option for Excel Unicode support Fix for date in Jasper Reports Fix not all connections added in Generate View from Elements 5
Version 4.0.2 Improved quality of images in reports and export when using a hi-res screen [Jasper Reports] Long element names are now multi-line Warn user when deleting view elements if they are referenced in another view Windows users can now install Archi plugins from the Help menu Connection tooltips are now realistic about relations to Junctions [ArchiMate Exchange Format] Fix error on bendpoints in connections Version 4.0.1 [ArchiMate Exchange Format] Compensate for bendpoints in negative space Version 4.0.0 ArchiMate 3.0 support new and changed concepts, relationships to relationships, metamodel, many changes and fixes HTML Report preview feature added (Tools menu) Can now change text position on figures Gradients on figures (not rendered on SVG Image export) HTML Report now has selectable elements in diagrams Validator checks for consistent Junction relationships Holding Shift key while using mouse wheel scrolls diagrams horizontally Explicit connections are created when nesting parent/child objects Added "Paste Special" in diagrams Added Relationship Filter to Visualiser Built on Eclipse Neon The Java version shipped with the Windows installer and Mac bundle is now version 1.8.0_131 Fix some undo/redo animation problems in diagrams when the Visualiser is open [CSV Import] Allow "." character in IDs Fix Generate View action could add elements from different models Fix high memory usage of images on hi-res screens Many small fixes and optimisations 6
Removed Features Shortest Path Connection Router is no longer supported because it doesn't work when there are connections to connections Shadows on figures are no longer supported The Derived relations / show structural chains feature has been removed pending a better implementation 7