Ansys SCADE Architect
System & Software Architecture Design

SCADE Architect has been specifically developed for system engineers; the underlying SysML™ technology is hidden, features of reusable/unique blocks for component-based modeling, import/export of data dictionaries and data propagation across block hierarchy. Management of read-only model libraries and complete model API in  Python, OCL, TCL or Java technologies allows scalability and customization. Import SysML models from IBM Rhapsody, NoMagic MagicDraw and Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect models are also supported. 

Our software’s design verification abilities allow you to automatically verify model rules for both entire models and their constituent parts. You can even set predefined rules for common usage patterns to quickly fix violations. Easily analyze and compare variations between model versions and filter to display model differences. Then see all your removals, insertions and other changes in tree view to easily understand the differences between model objects. Stay up to date with every change thanks to SCADE Architect’s comprehensive report on merge actions and differences before and after each merge session.

SCADE Architect automates the production of interface control documents. It produces tables from data representing interfaces of blocks. Data can be both imported and exported from both Excel and CSV formatted tables as well as customized to represent messages with dedicated communication protocol properties. This allows the tables to represent comprehensive ICDs.

SCADE Architect allows makes it possible to refine software components through bi-directional synchronization and parallel evolution of system design and software components. SCADE Architect’s advanced synchronization eliminates the duplication of effort create by synchronizing interfaces defined at the system level and refined at the software level.

Using the SCADE Architect Configurator you can configure the Architect Advanced Editor to meet specific needs determined by your project or user group. Use the SCADE Architect Configurator to define domain-specific objects, properties and constraints in a simplified diagram and customize your modeler with domain-specific UI palettes, property pages, menus and tables. You can even apply custom rules on meta models to ensure that your models meet modeling constraints.

SCADE Architect can be expanded with the addition of the Ansys SCADE Avionics Package, a dedicated, comprehensive solution for designing embedded avionics systems that meet important industry standards. The Avionics Package includes support for ARINC 429, ARINC 664-P7/AFDX or CAN communication protocols, Integrated Modular Avionics architecture, and ARINC 653 specific properties. It even generates ARINC 653 configuration files automatically. The Avionics Package also enables SCADE Architect to provide solutions for the AADL and FACE standards, making SCADE Architect the perfect platform for embedded system design for avionics.

Code generated by SCADE Display is compact, modular, safe and target independent. That means it can be quickly deployed to virtually all target platforms including Windows, Apple iOS and Android, and also to special embedded target operating systems. With the generator’s super-clean code, you can eliminate most coding errors and even the need for low-level testing, saving you time and effort on steps that were once crucial.

The SCADE Display code generator is a widely qualified development tool. It is supplemented by SCADE Display KCG Certification Kits (themselves qualified under DO-178B & C, EN 50128, IEC 61508 and ISO 26262 standards) that contain complete materials for demonstrating to certification authorities that the code generator meets the most rigorous safety standards. They also provide access to documents you will need as part of the certification process, streamlining and accelerating the time to certification.

With SCADE Display, you can build functional mock-ups and export them for use with our powerful Ansys Twin Builder program and all FMI-compliant simulation tools. Once exported, use Twin Builder or other FMI simulation tools to mirror the conditions of the real asset and optimize your design’s performance and enable predictive maintenance.