Students can download and install various professional-grade Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools to help keep their architecture organized.
We highly encourage all students to try one or more of these tools in the capstone.
The download, installation and use instructions can be found JHU Systems Engineering Toolkit Webpage.
This JHU tools webpage features educational licenses to use the following two tools:
3DS Catia Magic (very high learning curve but most popular tool in industry)
Vitech Genesys (medium/high learning curve)
Other open source or small-fee tools not found on the toolkit webpage include:
Sparx EA (Professional grade; small .edu fee)
StarUML (UML is free; SysML requires a small fee)
Modelio (free)
Capella (Professional grade; free)
Innoslate (.edu use for free)
Gaphor (free)
Papyrus (free)
Astah (free)
SysOn (free; requires knowledge of using GitHub)
UML Designer (free)
Trace.space (For requirements management)
Students must take it upon themselves to learn the tool. Students cannot rely on their mentor to teach them how to use these tools.
These are old but (mostly) still applicable to the current version of Genesys except for installation. To install Genesys, follow the instructions found on the JHU MBSE tools page.
Video 1: Installation & Familiarization
Video 2: Installation & Familiarization pt. 2
Video 3: Requirements Analysis pt. 1
Video 4: Requirements Analysis pt. 2
Video 5: Requirements Analysis pt. 3
Video 6: Requirements Analysis Report
Video 7: Functional Analysis pt. 1
Video 8: Functional Analysis pt. 2
Video 9: Functional Analysis pt. 3
Video 10: Functional Analysis pt. 4
Video 11: Physical Allocation pt. 1
Video 12: Physical Allocation pt. 2
Video 13: Physical Allocation pt. 3