IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody for model-based development

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Use IBM Rhapsody to create complex systems and software more efficiently and with higher quality through model-based development. IBM Rhapsody supports many standardized and individual profiles, such as UML, SysML, UAF, or AUTOSAR, and helps to comply with safety standards such as DO-178, DO-178B/C, or ISO 26262.

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What is IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody?

IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody is a Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tool that supports the design, analysis, and validation of complex systems and software. It enables system engineers to create complex and complete models using UML, SysML, and AUTOSAR. IBM Rhapsody’s key features include simulation for early validation, automatic code generation, and round-trip engineering, ensuring alignment between models and implementation. The tool also offers tight integration with requirements management tools like IBM DOORS, providing traceability from requirements to design.

IBM Rhapsody supports collaboration within large, distributed teams through version control and configuration management, making it easier to manage complex systems. The application excels in its unified approach to both systems and software development, its real-time validation capabilities, and its integration with IBM's broader engineering lifecycle tools, offering a comprehensive environment for end-to-end systems engineering.

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IBM Rhapsody for systems engineering

IBM Rhapsody provides a systems engineering environment that lets you analyze and elaborate requirements, evaluate architectural aspects, and model systems using SysML or another standardized or customized profile. In parallel to engineering the model, you already begin validating requirements and system design by simulating model execution in IBM Rhapsody.

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IBM Rhapsody for software development

With IBM Rhapsody you leverage an integrated environment for modeling software in UML, AUTOSAR, or other standardized or customized profiles. Debug your model and generate source code in C, C++, Java, and Ada. Import and visualize or further develop existing code in C, C++, Java, Ada, and C#.

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One-stop: SodiusWillert

Turn to us for your complete and perfectly tailored IBM Rhapsody solution. Tap into our deep expertise acquired in many successful customer projects. We offer support for deployment, usage workshops, training, customization, individual add-ons or enhancements, and integration into your lifecycle environment. We want your investment in IBM Rhapsody to pay off.

Cut project lead time through standards support

IBM Rhapsody simplifies the use of commonly used standard frameworks and profiles, making it easier for less experienced developers to comply with the standards required in a project. For example, the AUTOSAR profile facilitates the modeling and development of AUTOSAR-compliant components, often a mandatory requirement in automotive industry projects.

Detect and resolve errors earlier in the project

With IBM Rhapsody, you start validating your design in parallel to creating the model. Simulate model execution within IBM Rhapsody and explore model behavior to identify potential flaws or errors in the requirements or in your design already in this early stage of your project. Take corrective action early, when it is less expensive.

Seamlessly move from systems engineering to software development

Take advantage of the design work already done at the system level and make it the foundation for modeling the software. The M2M Framework for IBM Rhapsody lets you automatically transfer your system design into your software design. As an example, transform a SysML model into an AUTOSAR model and continue to develop your AUTOSAR-compliant software in IBM Rhapsody.

Compliance with safety standards made easier

IBM Rhapsody supports a range of prevalent standards for the development of safety-critical systems, e.g. DO-178, DO-178B/C, or ISO 26262 or MISRA-compliant source code generation. Adherence to these frequently demanded safety standards becomes much easier with IBM Rhapsody.

Stay on target through bi-directional traceability

Link your model in IBM Rhapsody to the requirements in IBM DOORS Next or another requirements management tool. By establishing a connection between a requirement and the model element that implements that requirement, you gain clarity about the agreed project scope and the progress against that scope.

Benefit from the expertise of SodiusWillert

Maximize the value of your investment. Let our seasoned experts support you with planning, configuration, set-up, integration, and training. We help you customize IBM Rhapsody and related processes for your project, and we support you when integration with your lifecycle tools is required. Our expertise is based on many successful projects with clients and in our own labs.

Cut project lead time through standards support

IBM Rhapsody simplifies the use of commonly used standard frameworks and profiles, making it easier for less experienced developers to comply with the standards required in a project. For example, the AUTOSAR profile facilitates the modeling and development of AUTOSAR-compliant components, often a mandatory requirement in automotive industry projects.

Detect and resolve errors earlier in the project

With IBM Rhapsody, you start validating your design in parallel to creating the model. Simulate model execution within IBM Rhapsody and explore model behavior to identify potential flaws or errors in the requirements or in your design already in this early stage of your project. Take corrective action early, when it is less expensive.

Seamlessly move from systems engineering to software development

Take advantage of the design work already done at the system level and make it the foundation for modeling the software. The M2M Framework for IBM Rhapsody lets you automatically transfer your system design into your software design. As an example, transform a SysML model into an AUTOSAR model and continue to develop your AUTOSAR-compliant software in IBM Rhapsody.

Compliance with safety standards made easier

IBM Rhapsody supports a range of prevalent standards for the development of safety-critical systems, e.g. DO-178, DO-178B/C, or ISO 26262 or MISRA-compliant source code generation. Adherence to these frequently demanded safety standards becomes much easier with IBM Rhapsody.

Stay on target through bi-directional traceability

Link your model in IBM Rhapsody to the requirements in IBM DOORS Next or another requirements management tool. By establishing a connection between a requirement and the model element that implements that requirement, you gain clarity about the agreed project scope and the progress against that scope.

Benefit from the expertise of SodiusWillert

Maximize the value of your investment. Let our seasoned experts support you with planning, configuration, set-up, integration, and training. We help you customize IBM Rhapsody and related processes for your project, and we support you when integration with your lifecycle tools is required. Our expertise is based on many successful projects with clients and in our own labs.

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IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody Features

Model-based systems engineering

IBM Rhapsody is your environment for iterative requirements analysis and refinement, subsequent functional analysis and elaboration of processes and systems behavior, and, finally, architecture modeling. Validate and verify the evolving model early in the process through simulating model execution in IBM Rhapsody.

Reuse existing code

For reuse of existing code in your IBM Rhapsody project, import the code module into your Rhapsody model. The imported module is stored as an external element in IBM Rhapsody and can be integrated into your model and visualized.

Developing safety-critical systems

Use IBM Rhapsody to develop safety-critical systems compliant with respective standards. IBM Rhapsody comes with various profiles that include already many of the prerequisites needed for developing safety-critical systems. Integrate with IBM DOORS for end-to-end traceability and complement with SodiusWillert Embedded UML RXF-Cert to generate certifiable code.

Dynamic model-code associativity

Activate this function in bi-directional mode and every change you make to the model is reflected almost simultaneously in the corresponding source code. And, if you edit the code, the model is automatically updated accordingly. Thus, model and code are always in sync without you explicitly initiating code generation.

Implementing AUTOSAR components

The typical elements of AUTOSAR, such as software, electronic control units, etc., are already defined in the AUTOSAR profile in IBM Rhapsody. Develop AUTOSAR compliant components using this profile without in-depth AUTOSAR knowledge. IBM Rhapsody will automatically transform your AUTOSAR component model into a UML model.

SodiusWillert support services for successful IBM Engineering Systems Design Rhapsody

Looking to implement IBM Rhapsody should be a no-brainer for organizations designing complex systems and models. SodiusWillert is your go-to partner for successfully deploying and implementing IBM Rhapsody into your workflow. We have over 20 years of deep expertise and a long-standing partnership with IBM and we specialize in integrating and extending IBM’s tools, offering tailored solutions that maximize the potential of IBM Rhapsody for complex engineering projects. We provide consulting, customization, training, and technical support to ensure that teams can smoothly adopt and effectively use Rhapsody in their Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) efforts. Our IBM Rhapsody-related services and products include: 

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IBM Rhapsody extensions

We offer coaching, workshops, and training courses for beginners and advanced learners looking to learn or expand their knowledge of IBM DOORS and IBM Rhapsody. Our training courses offering contains:

  • Power Pack for IBM Rhapsody: automation helpers that reduce manual work, streamlined workflows, consistency checking, automated creation of model elements, and more. 
  • Profile Builder for IBM Rhapsody: a powerful extension that simplifies creating, applying, and maintaining profiles in IBM Rhapsody. Profiles allow organizations to customize Rhapsody for their process, workflow, or environment but can be difficult to create and maintain manually.
  • M2M transformation for IBM Rhapsody: a framework to do Model to Model transformations in Rhapsody, this plugin adds the capability to do a rules-based transformation between different domains.
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Code Generation

SodiusWillert offers a range of solutions to enhance code generation capabilities for IBM Rhapsody, designed to help teams streamline their Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and development processes.

These solutions focus on improving the efficiency, automation, and flexibility of the code generation process, enabling organizations to transition from models to high-quality, production-ready code more easily.

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IBM Rhapsody training courses

We offer coaching, workshops, and training courses for beginners and advanced learners looking to learn or expand their knowledge of IBM Rhapsody. Our training courses offering contains:

  • Instructor-led training courses,
  • Training conducted in English or German,
  • On request or scheduled training,
  • Online training courses,
  • Suitable for beginners and advanced levels.

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Licensing and Implementation

We assist in purchasing and acquiring IBM ELM licenses and solutions that are tailored to your specific organization’s needs. Our licensing services include:

  • Technical demonstration and Proof of Concept
  • Flexible licensing options
  • Procurement and renewals
  • License deployment

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