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PowerDiff 7.2 of Berner & Mattner

Improved change management for IBM Rational Statemate Models

Munich, December 1, 2010 – Berner & Mattner’s new PowerDiff version 7.2
facilitates the development of complex systems with IBM Rational
Statemate. PowerDiff is the only graphical diff tool for IBM Rational
Statemate models and ensures model consistency as well as traceability
of changes during the system’s entire life cycle. The new version provides
users of the defence, aeronautics and automotive industries with a
completely redesigned user interface and extended functions. By simply
pressing a key, clearly structured change reports can be generated as
PDF document.

PowerDiff version 7.2 by Berner & Mattner offers a large number of new
features for an improved and more efficient change management for IBM
Rational Statemate models. PowerDiff 7.2 users benefit from a quicker analysis
of IBM Rational Statemate model changes and can thus optimize their
configuration management. The tool ensures better traceability of changes and
provides seamless documentation and precise validation. Bookmarks and
additional links in the PDF reports are guiding the user directly to the change
descriptions.

More comfortable user interface

The graphical user interface, implemented as Multiple Document Interface
(MDI), has been completely redesigned to enhance the usability for the
developer of IBM Rational Statemate charts. Acting as interactive control
center, the ChartListEditor provides access to all functionalities via the
optimized menu structure and additional dialog buttons. The MDI now enables
users to open multiple chart comparisons simultaneously, each with its
individual settings to be displayed side by side.

New menu structure

The menu structure has also been optimized. Each dialog is now accessible by
its specific menu item, reducing the number of user actions required to access
the functionalities. Tooltips with short explanations are provided to support
intuitive usage. In the graphical user interface, the data layout in table format
has clearly been improved. With a special navigation in large truth tables or long
text passages, the user is quickly guided to the relevant changes.

Enhanced algorithms and formats

In order to highlight differences in long text passages in a clear and detailed
way, a more powerful text diff algorithm comes into play. With this, a verbatim
text diff is provided in the graphical user interface as well as in the generated
PDF report. Via selectable options, irrelevant differences in fonts and spaces
can be masked out. With just one mouse click, the chart graphics can be
exported as a file to an EMF or PNG format for further processing. In the new
version, the installation of the Adobe SVG Viewer is no longer required.

Extended analysis options

PowerDiff 7.2 offers a flexible selection of comparison criteria, such as ”short
description“, ”long description“ or ”attributes“, thus facilitating the composition of
IBM Rational Statemate model hierarchies with manifold import, export and
editing functions. PowerDiffFlow allows to list changes in source/sink references
of data streams by means of reports analyzing the Statemate action language
used in the model.

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