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Sandrila SDL
for SDL-2000, MSC-2000, TTCN, URN, UML and UML2

Add-in for Microsoft ® Office Visio ® 2000/2002/2003/2007/2010

System Requirements

  • Microsoft Office Visio 2000/2002/2003/2007 or 2010 (Standard or Professional).
  • The following settings need to be made (they are normally set anyway) in menu Tools - Options:
    • VBA enabled in Visio.
    • Visio automation events enabled.
  • Visio 2007/2010 - menu Tools -> Trust Center -> enable the check mark: 'Trust access to the VBA project object model'

Sandrila SDL should work with all language versions of Visio. We only use the International English version for development. Please inform us of any problems with non-English language versions of Visio at email support.

Sandrila SDL diagram types

  These diagram types are fully implemented
in the registered versions only
SDL PackageSDL Procedure
SDL System, System typeSDL Process, Process type
SDL Block, Block typeSDL Service, Service Type (legacy SDL-92)
SDL Substructure (legacy SDL-92)SDL Operator
HMSCSDL Method
SDL Macro definitionMSC
MSC documentTTCN testcase, altstep, module, function
HierarchySDL State, State type
UML2 Use CaseSDL State aggregation, State aggregation type
UML2 Object ModelUML2 Activity diagram
UML2 Class diagramUML2 Sequence diagram
UML2 Composite StructureUML2 State Model
UML2 Component diagram 
UML2 Communication diagram 
UML2 Collaboration diagram 
UML2 Deployment diagram 
UML2 Package diagram 
UML2 Interaction Overview diagram 
User Requirements Notation diagram 

Feature Matrix

Feature Unregistered Basic Pro
All SDL-2000 diagram types and symbols Limited Y Y
All MSC-2000 diagram types and symbols Limited Y Y
Legacy SDL-88 and SDL-92 diagram types Limited Y Y
UML2 diagram types and symbols Limited Y Y
All TTCN diagram types and symbols Limited Y Y
URN diagram type and symbols Y Y Y
Optional colour fill Y Y Y
Extendability Y Y Y
Global documents text and shape search - Y Y
Diagram syntax check Limited Limited Y
Diagram link checking - Y Y
Process diagram state analysis - - Y
Process diagram state/signal cross reference - - Y
Export all pages as images - - Y
SDL-CIF (Z.106) import from other SDL tools - - Y
MSC-CIF import from other SDL tools - - Y
Mscgen import - - Y
SDL-PR and CIF (Z.106) export to other SDL tools
(Package, System and Block diagrams)
- - Y
SDL 2006 standards updates - - Y

 

Recent update history:

  • August 2010

    • Improved class diagrams
    • Improved startup
  • March 2010

    • Improved Visio 2010 operation
    • Improved Service Type shape
  • March 2009

    • Improved diagram analysis for gates
    • Improved Package Definition shape
  • December 2008

    • Added UML Deployment, Package and Interaction Overview diagrams
    • Improved Component shape
    • Improved UML Note shape
    • Improved Required and Provided Interface shapes
  • September 2008

    • Added Exception shape for State and Activity diagrams
    • Improved names of subshapes in Class and Object shapes
    • Redesigned options dialogs
    • Fixed possible problems with Visio 2007
  • August 2008

    • Improved diagram analysis
    • System, Block and Package diagram analysis now available in unregistered and Basic versions
    • Added menu entry to clear any analysis errors
  • July 2008

    • Improved Instance shape and connection points
    • Improved diagram analysis error messages and fault handling
  • June 2008

    • Fixed problem with exceptions with non-English language settings
    • Improved folder selection/creation in dialogs
    • Fixed problem in text search
  • May 2008

    • Fixed problem with template frame resizing
    • Fixed problem with MSC diagram insert space
    • Improved creation of connection points on instances and frame
  • April 2008

    • Added extra page header for MSC and Sequence diagrams
    • Added insert/delete space for MSC and Sequence diagrams
  • March 2008

    • Added diagonal text option to MSC message
    • Corrected ability to add text to Choice shapes in UML Activity and State diagrams






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