No Magic is sold as a company or group license. No Magic also gives Dassault support for systems engineering standards such as UML-SysML, DoDAF, MODAF, UPDM, or UAF.
In other words, their customer base goes beyond product design and into systems, including software and Internet of Things. No Magic’s customers include NASA/JPR, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Ford, Renault, Honda, BMW Nissan, Sony, Panasonic, John Deere, GE Healthcare, Pfizer, J.P. Just as important many of Siemens’ customers have been using MagicDraw presumably because the company released a plug-in for Teamcenter last year.ĭassault has confirmed that the company will continue to support No Magic’s tools including plug-ins for all customers. In fact, many of Dassault customers are already using MagicDraw and that fact probably has a lot to do with its acquisition. No Magic is basically a sophisticated diagramming tool, but the fact that it has very broad capabilities, is very flexible in terms of what can be modeled, includes the ability to add requirements, and 3D modeling simulations means that it’s applicable for a wide variety of uses for Dassault’s key customers and in fact completes the vision of model based engineering that Dassault and its competitors have been peddling for a while now. MagicDraw, the company’s core product enables business process, architecture, software, and system modeling. Dassault’s CEO Bertrand Charles (r) introduces No Magic CEO Gary Duncanson to audience at 3D Experience in Boston. Because No Magic’s tools are cloud based, everyone involved in complex projects, such as for aerospace, transportation, manufacturing, and AEC can understand how all the parts of the puzzle come together and what process drives what. No Magic’s tools are cloud based, and, as the name suggests, direct, logical, and easy to use, but it’s also a true MBSE tool in that it attempts to enable all methods of visualizing all aspects of complex systems design. No Magic will become part of the Catia family of applications. In June, Dassault announced the acquisition of No Magic, a company specializing in model-based systems engineering (MBSE). MagicDraw is recommended as a pragmatic MBSE + SysML modeling tool that supports Agile MBSE methods and intermediate-level model simulations.Dassault’s recent acquisition will become part of the Catia family of applications. 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. MagicDraw offers proprietary and commercial plugins to integrate with Requirements Management tools (e.g., DOORS, PTC Integrity) and Simulation tools (MATLAB/Simulink, Mathematica).
MagicDraw is a robust choice as a MBSE tool that strictly enforces SysML well-formedness rules for syntax (notation) and semantics. The review evaluates MagicDraw's MBSE and SysML capabilities using the following weighted evaluation criteria: Usability, Major Functions (Drawing, Simulation & Execution), Standards & Interoperability, Team Modeling & Tech Support, and Value.
This Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tool review features MagicDraw, No Magic's flagship UML modeling tool which supports a SysML plugin for MBSE applications.