May 14th – 16th, 2012 at the George Mason Inn Conference Center
see: www.sedccon.org

This month we explain: Searching Online Newsletters with the new searchable newsletter archive; The new Cradle Group on LinkedIn; When Cradle Licences are Used; The new Cradle-6.5.1 Release; What are the supported Platforms; The Cradle Roadmap; How to Deploy Cradle into a Project; How to Backup Cradle Projects and Secure Customer FTP Access and more…

We are sure that you will find the searchable newsletter archive a very valuable resource for your Cradle related inquiries.

If you cannot find what you need in the searchable newsletter archive, then contact us and we will be delighted to help.

Enhancements:

Cradle-PDM (Product Data Management)
1. Two new optional switches have been added to the c_txt2rtf command line utility: -fontname and -fontsize. These new switches allow you to set a font name and a font size for the converted text.
2. Document Loader has been extended so that it can populate Cradle’s hierarchical number attribute based on a hierarchy of DOORS Object Numbers.
3. The method of sending email has changed. Cradle now uses extended MAPI.
4. A new dialog has been added to the Toolsuite installer which alerts you if a required component is missing, i.e. Microsoft Word®.
5. The Latest ownership criteria has now been changed to Latest Instance and a Latest Accessible ownership criteria has been added
Cradle-SYS (System Modelling)
6. A new option has been added to the Consistency Checker settings. This new option allows the checking across DFD gates.
7. Further checking is provided regarding data definitions with a composition containing the name of the data definition.
Cradle-DOC (Document Generation)
8. The Save Template dialog now allows you to select the document format as one of .doc or .docx.
9. A new runtime parameter has been added which can be used to control whether or not blank paragraphs are inserted either side of a binary frame.
10. Document Publisher can now use Word’s Caption paragraph style to number figures and tables.
Cradle-WEBA (Web Access)
11. Some templates have changed to ensure any custom templates are up-to-date.
12. The _auto_Full views have been extended to include an All Calculations column.
13. The Linker dialog has been updated to use the alternating row styles.
14. The Sharepoint Show Query web part now supports calculations.
Cradle-WRK (WorkBench)
15. The Baseline Mode dialog has been enhanced. You can no longer select a Baseline Mode of <Latest>. You can only choose <Unset> or the name of a baseline. You can also see the date the baseline was closed next to the baseline name in the Baseline Mode field.

We are in the final stages of testing and looking for a clean and successful launch very soon.

Look out for the newest and best version of Cradle yet!

Meet us at the conference Nov 4-6 in Dearborn, Michigan

What INCOSE say about the conference:

Systems Engineering: Leveraging Adaptability to Tame UncertaintyINCOSE Great Lakes Regional comes to South eastern Michigan for the first time! We will explore new and exciting techniques in systems engineering by presenting case studies and papers showcasing the application of SE techniques to real-world problems in medical, automotive, defense, aerospace, energy, and other industries. Significant content will be dedicated to the applications of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools and techniques.

For more details see the INCOSE page

The Cradle-6.5 release provides some significant enhancements to Cradle-6.4. The major elements are:

1. Editing of rich text
2. Dynamic attributes
3. Support of formal documents
4. Batch mode support for Document Publisher

For a detailed list of all enhancements and bug fixes that is also grouped by Cradle module, please consult the documentation contained in the download:

• The Cradle-6.5 Release Notes
• The What’s New link in the Online Help Table of Contents

To try a free evaluation version go to this page fill in the form and get your evaluation code, then follow the instructions to download and install a copy of the best Cradle yet.

Cradle.  From concept to creation.

3SL will be exhibiting at stand SMDC S104 and will be pleased to discuss your Requirement Management and System Engineering needs from 15th to 18th August 2011.

This year’s conference theme is about ‘Providing Capabilities to the Warfighter’

To try a free evaluation version go to this page fill in the form and get your evaluation code, then follow the instructions to download and install a copy of the best Cradle yet.

Cradle.  From concept to creation.

Along with other vendors we’re waiting for the exact details of the ‘system’ to be developed. Using Cradle we’ll provide a break down of the system, how we handle the requirements, definition of the system’s environment and the hierarchical breakdown of its sub systems. A user’s interaction and data management and base-lining will also be demonstrated.

We hope to present our solution to the challenge at one of the scheduled symposium lunch break presentations, or provide our solutions on the IS2011 website.

Come and speak with us on stand 20, at the 21st INCOSE Annual International Symposium in Denver between 20th and 23rd June 2011.