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The latest beta version of RSA 8.0 introduces general usability enhancements, including a simplified modeling perspective, pop-up properties, enhanced navigation and linking, improved search capabilities, support for active language in viewpoints, and new public APIs for easier integration and customization.
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March, 2010 What’s New in RSA 8.0 Beta 1 – General usability
General Usability Enhancements • Modeling perspective • Pop up properties • Navigation and linking • Search enhancements • Viewpoints: active language support • Viewpoints: export/import support • New public API
Modeling perspective • Simplified “Modeling” perspective to maximize (diagram) working space • Old perspective renamed to “Classic Modeling”
Pop up properties • Element properties available through a pop up • The same data as in Properties View • Available from diagrams and Project Explorer
Navigation and linking • Navigating to Pop up Properties and Project Explorer • Navigable tooltip on diagram • Hyperlinks in Properties View / Dialog
Search enhancements • Simplified UI • Expanding results to show references • Working Sets support • Modified Date and Resource columns • Drag and drop search results onto diagram
Viewpoints: active language support • Default active language can be tied to a viewpoint • New tab added to viewpoint preferences
Viewpoints: export/import support • Can share viewpoints • Import / Export buttons added to viewpoint preferences
Public API • Navigation and Linking API for the linked elements and link targets • Filters API for filtering in the Project Explorer • Search API for contributing to element types and search results • Viewpoints API to bind an activity to integrate with existing viewpoints • Profile extensibility API to obtain deployed profiles, and general profile utilities • Export/import API (UML2, XMI, Ecore) • OCL API migrated to Eclipse OCL 3.0