Editions and Features

Edition

We have prepared editions according to the scale and purpose of development.

There is a Professional Edition (hereafter Pro.) that supports distributed development by multiple teams, and an Enterprise Edition (hereafter Ent.) that supports variation development. In addition, each edition has two types: Architect, which allows you to define profiles and customize design tools, and Designer, which allows you to design and model using predefined profiles.

Scope of use	Support distributed development by multiple teams	Support variation development
Define a profile for design and modeling	Professional Edition/Architect	Enterprise Edition/Architect
Designing and modeling using predefined profiles	Professional Edition/Designer	Enterprise Edition/Designer

As one use case, it is assumed that a senior designer or process definer defines a profile in Architect, and the on-site designer uses the profile in Designer to design and model.

Feature Comparison of Editions

metamodel definition ¹

Feature	Description	Pro.	Ent.
Addition/Deletion of Entities	Entities can be added or deleted.	✓	✓
Adding/deleting elements to/from an entity	You can add/remove new fields to/from an entity.	✓	✓
Defining relationships between entities	You can define relationships (traceability relationships) between entities.	✓	✓

view definition ¹

Feature	Description	Pro.	Ent.
Document	You can create a document representation like Word.	✓	✓
Tree Grid	You can view the design information hierarchically by creating a list similar to Excel.	✓	✓
ER Diagram	You can get a bird's-eye view of the relationships between design information using diagrams.	✓	✓
Tree Diagram	By partially collapsing the design information in the tree structure, you can narrow down and check the range you want to see.	✓	✓
Sequence Diagram	Exchanges between design information can be represented in chronological order.	✓	✓
Use Custom Shapes and Icons	Customize the look of your design information with any image.	✓	✓

Standard diagram support

Feature	Description	Pro.	Ent.
UML/SysML	You can express requirements diagrams, structure diagrams, and behavior diagrams according to UML/SysML	✓	✓
Mind Map	You can express your mind map, which is an expression method to organize your thoughts	✓	✓
GSN (Goal Structuring Notation)	GSN that can be used to describe dependability cases	✓	✓
Flow Chart	A series of flows, such as processing procedures, can be represented as a flow chart.	✓	✓
PFD (Process Flow Diagram)	PFD, which is a method of process design, can be expressed.	✓	✓

Model Editing

Feature	Description	Pro.	Ent.
Unlimited Undo/Redo	Achievement input operations can be undoed/redoed an unlimited number of times.	✓	✓
Model editing by drag & drop	Shapes can be placed and moved by mouse operation.	✓	✓
Editing support such as quick style and search/replace	Modeling and model appearance can be edited intuitively and efficiently.	✓	✓
Traceability display between editors	Traceability of design information between main and sub windows can be displayed.	✓	✓
Batch Editing of Models	You can batch edit the information of the selected models.	✓	✓

Traceability

Feature	Description	Pro.	Ent.
Traceability Tree	Tracing relationships across models can be displayed as a tree and listed.	✓	✓
Filtering of trace information	You can check the traceability with good visibility by filtering the display target.	✓	✓
Traceablity Matrix	You can view the traceability between models in tabular form and check the completeness.	✓	✓
Traceability Report	Traceability can be output to an Excel file in table format.	✓	✓
Tracing exclusion settings	You can enter the reason for excluding trace relationships when not connecting.	✓	✓

Documentation output

Feature	Description	Pro.	Ent.
Word output	You can output the design information as a document as a Word file.	✓	✓
HTML output	Design information can be output as a document as an HTML file.	✓	✓
PDF output	Design information can be output as a document as a PDF file.	✓	✓
Image output	Design information can be output as a document as an image file.	✓	✓

Team Collaboration

Feature	Description	Pro.	Ent.
Multiple file division	Design files can be divided into arbitrary units (eg, by design department).	✓	✓
Merge Split Files	Split design files can be merged.	✓	✓
Partial loading of model files	When a project is opened, only the specified model file can be loaded instead of all model files under the project.	－	✓
Linkage with configuration management tools	Links with configuration management tools to perform exclusive control on Next Design.	✓	✓
Model difference display	You can display the project files before and after changes and the differences between arbitrary revisions.	✓	✓

Extensions

Feature	Description	Pro.	Ent.
Developing extensions	Extensions can be developed using languages ​​such as C# and JavaScript.	✓	✓
Extension execution	Extension can be installed and executed in Next Design.	✓	✓
Extension execution via CLI	Extensions can be executed with command line tools.	✓	✓
Package distribution	Download cloud-delivered extensions and profiles.	✓	✓

Product line development

Feature	Description	Pro.	Ent.
Feature Model Definition	Feature relationships between products can be modeled in a tree-like diagram.	－	✓
Registration and derivation of multiple products	You can define product lines and assign features to be used for each product.	－	✓
Variant assignment to design data	Features can be associated with design information by drag & drop.	－	✓
Export of design data	You can export the design information of fixed products.	－	✓

Git integration

Feature	Description	Pro.	Ent.
Switch file save format	You can select binary format or human readable file format.	✓	✓
Logical Merging of Models2	Merge models while maintaining logical consistency with our unique merging tool.	✓	✓
Git operation on Next Design2	Basic Git commands such as commit and push can be operated from Next Design.	✓	✓
Conflict resolution by 3-way merge 2	Even if a conflict occurs, it can be resolved by 3-way merge on Next Design.	－	✓

Footnotes

1. Architect only
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2. Use extensions and provided tools
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