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👋 Hello and Welcome to all! We are excited to release release Syndeia 3.6, our most significant release of the Syndeia the next generation of our digital thread platform . Syndeia 3.6 offers major advancements in capabilities for for model-based engineering. This release includes features that will accelerate concurrent digital engineering for mission-critical products and systems, all powered by enterprise-scale digital threads. This release is packed with features.
Digital Thread Projects have been revamped with a dedicated dashboard and user privilege management. New Query libraries and digital thread explorer upgrades offer live navigation for digital threads, especially useful for live are supercharged with a feature-rich dashboard that provides a “single pane of glass” for integrated digital engineering. The new Query Library capability will enable system integrators to develop collections of digital thread graph queries that can be played on-demand or scheduled via the API to generate system verification reports. Improvements in digital thread exploration facilitate live navigation of digital threads spanning integrated data sources and repositories, especially useful for project tracking, concurrent system design reviews, verification, and resolution. Digital thread analytics and reports provide live metrics that influence track project scheduleschedules, risk, and cost. Digital Threads Thread Projects can be baselined and compared across milestones, enabling continuous integration and project releases. Global and Digital Thread Project-based user privilege management is upgraded for digital engineering teams with multiple stakeholders and roles.
Syndeia 3.6 brings three (3) new integrations - GENESYS (Vitech/Zuken), DS-E3 (Zuken), and DS-CR (Zuken). Integrations with The DS-E3 and DS-CR integrations will enable users to connect ECAD design models (– Cable/Harness and Printed Circuit Board/Assembly ) – in digital threads. The release is packed with improvements to existing features.
All new capabilities and improvements are backed by the powerful Syndeia Cloud REST API that enables organizations to develop automation scripts and seamlessly integrate Syndeia services with in-house digital engineering platforms. Syndeia comes with an API Cookbook containing Jupyter notebooks demonstrating the use of Syndeia Cloud REST API.
Thank you 🫶 to all Syndeia users and partners! This release includes several features based on your feedback and requests. We could not have done this without your support. We hope that you will enjoy reading about all the new features and improvements in the section below. Thank you!
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Digital Thread Projects and Dashboard
Syndeia 3.6 introduces new and comprehensive capabilities System engineers using the GENESYS MBSE platform can build scalable digital threads with data/models in hardware, software, verification, simulation, and other engineering disciplines. Teamcenter, one of the earliest integrations in Syndeia, is now live on the Syndeia Web Dashboard and API.
In addition to new features, this release includes hundreds of enhancements, new tutorial demonstrations, documentation updates, and bug fixes.
All new capabilities and improvements are backed by the powerful Syndeia Cloud REST API that enables organizations to develop automation solutions and seamlessly integrate Syndeia services with in-house digital engineering platforms. Syndeia comes with an API Cookbook containing Jupyter notebooks demonstrating the use of Syndeia Cloud REST API.
Thank you 🫶 to all Syndeia users and partners! This release includes several features based on your feedback and requests. We could not have done this without your support. We hope you will enjoy reading about all the new features and improvements in the section below. Thank you!
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The list of new features and improvements in Syndeia 3.6 are presented here.
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Digital Thread Projects and Dashboard
Syndeia 3.6 introduces new and comprehensive capabilities for Digital Thread Projects. A Digital Thread Project is a container for digital threads created between artifacts in different repositories/tools. In Syndeia, digital threads are organized using Digital Thread Projects. The term Digital Thread Project is being introduced in Syndeia 3.6 and replaces the term Syndeia Project.
Digital Thread
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Project Dashboard
Syndeia Sydneia 3.6 Web Dashboard includes a introduces a new Digital Thread Projects page accessible from the main menu bar. Syndeia users can view, search, and create Digital Thread Projects from this page. The table shows all the Digital Thread Projects accessible to the user. Read more about Digital Thread Project Privileges later in this document.
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Project Dashboard that provides users a single pane of glass for accessing all the capabilities specific to a Digital Thread Project. Selecting a Digital Thread Project in the projects page opens the new dashboard for that project. The capabilities are organized in six (6) tabs visible on the top of the dashboard and described below in this document.
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To learn more, refer to the following.
User Guide
Digital Thread Projects - Web DashboardProject Dashboard
Tutorial Demonstrations
Digital Thread Project Dashboard
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Analytics and Timeline
The Home page of the Digital Thread Project Dashboard that provides users a single pane of glass for accessing all the capabilities specific to a Digital Thread Project. Selecting a Digital Thread Project in the projects page opens this new dashboard for that project. The capabilities are organized in six (6) tabs visible on the top of the dashboard and described below in this document.
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To learn more, refer to the following.
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User Guide
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presents analytics and relation timelines for the project, as shown in the figure above. The analytics show the total number of digital thread relations and the total number and distribution (as pie charts) of artifacts, containers, and repositories participating in those relations. As an example, the figure above shows the Digital Thread Project Dashboard for the Unmanned Ground Vehicle 02 (key = UGV02) project. It has 142 digital thread relations between 224 artifacts owned by 8 containers from 8 different repositories. The two relation timelines show the growth of digital threads in the specific Digital Thread Project, incremental and cumulative over time.
To learn more, refer to the following.
User Guide
Tutorial Demonstrations
Analytics and Timeline
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Relations Management
Syndeia 3.6 introduces a new Relations table that shows all the digital thread relations for a given project. This is accessible from the Explore > Relations tab of the Digital Thread Project Dashboard presents analytics and relation timelines for the project, as shown in the figure above. The analytics show the total number of digital thread relations and the total number and distribution (as pie charts) of artifacts, containers, and repositories participating in those relations. As an example, the figure above shows the Digital Thread Project Dashboard for the Unmanned Ground Vehicle 02 (key = UGV02) project. It has 142 digital thread relations between 224 artifacts owned by 8 containers from 8 different repositories. The two relation timelines show the growth of digital threads in the specific Digital Thread Project, incremental and cumulative over time.
To learn more, refer to the following.
User Guide
Tutorial Demonstrations
Relations Management
Syndeia 3.6 introduces a new Relations table that shows all the digital thread relations for a given project. This is accessible from the Explore > Relations . Source and target artifacts are hyperlinked and can be opened in native web applications. Users can search and create new digital thread relations if they have appropriate privileges.
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User Guide
Tutorial Demonstrations
Query Library and Visualization
Query libraries in Syndeia 3.6 provide a powerful capability for users to develop collections of digital thread queries that can be executed on demand or automatically via the API. Query libraries are accessible from the Explore > Queries tab of the Digital Thread Project Dashboard. Source and target artifacts are hyperlinked and can be opened in native web applications. Users can search and create new digital thread relations if they have appropriate privileges.
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To learn more, refer to the following.
User Guide
Tutorial Demonstrations
Query Library and Visualization
Query libraries in Syndeia 3.6 provide a powerful capability for users to develop collections of digital thread queries that can be executed on demand or automatically via the API. Query libraries are accessible from the Explore > Queries tab of the Digital Thread Project Dashboard, as shown in the figure below. Query authors can develop collections of Gremlin graph queries that can be run by all participants on the Digital Thread Project. Users can run a single query or an entire collection and visualize results in the dashboard. Feature-rich controls for managing queries and visualization of results are available on the dashboard.
Users can develop queries for frequently asked questions (FAQs) on a project that can be run each day and presented during design reviews with stakeholders. This will enable a shift from document-based to model-based project tracking and reviews, powered by a scalable digital threads managed by the Syndeia platform.
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User Guide
Tutorial Demonstrations
Repository Navigation, Search, and Digital Thread Exploration
Exploring the digital thread network and tracing through live relations, both within and across repositories, in the context of a Digital Thread Project has never been more easier and intuitive. With Syndeia 3.6, these capabilities are now also available in the context of a Digital Thread Project under the Workspace tab, as shown below. Selecting an artifact in the Repository Tree View will work as before and show both the intra (within) and inter (across) repository relations, the latter only for the specific Digital Thread Project. In the example shown below, Spacecraft Specification requirement in Jama Connect contains several child requirements, as visible in the Tree View and the Intra-model relations table on the RHS. In addition, it has an incoming inter-model relation (from a SysML requirement) in the context of the Spacecraft 2404 Digital Thread Project, as shown in the Inter-model relations table.
Navigating and search repositories, and using the Digital Thread Explorer in the context of a Digital Thread Project now gives users a focused view on inter-model (digital thread) relations specific to the given Digital Thread Project. This works for both the Tree View and the Graph View, as shown in the two figures below.
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, as shown in the figure below. Query authors can develop collections of Gremlin graph queries that can be run by all participants on the Digital Thread Project. Users can run a single query or an entire collection and visualize results in the dashboard. Feature-rich controls for managing queries and visualization of results are available on the dashboard.
Users can develop queries for frequently asked questions (FAQs) on a project that can be run each day and presented during design reviews with stakeholders. This will enable a shift from document-based to model-based project tracking and reviews, powered by scalable digital threads managed by the Syndeia platform.
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To learn more, refer to the following.
User Guide
Tutorial Demonstrations
Repository Navigation, Search, and Digital Thread Exploration
Exploring the digital thread network and tracing through live relations, both within and across repositories, in the context of a Digital Thread Project has never been more easier and intuitive. With Syndeia 3.6, these capabilities are now also available in the context of a Digital Thread Project under the Workspace tab, as shown below. Selecting an artifact in the Repository Tree View will work as before and show both the intra (within) and inter (across) repository relations, the latter only for the specific Digital Thread Project. In the example shown below, Spacecraft Specification requirement in Jama Connect contains several child requirements, as visible in the Tree View and the Intra-model relations table on the RHS. In addition, it has an incoming inter-model relation (from a SysML requirement) in the context of the Spacecraft 2404 Digital Thread Project, as shown in the Inter-model relations table.
Navigating and search repositories, and using the Digital Thread Explorer in the context of a Digital Thread Project now gives users a focused view on inter-model (digital thread) relations specific to the given Digital Thread Project. This works for both the Tree View and the Graph View, as shown in the two figures below.
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To learn more, refer to the following.
User Guide -Repositories - Digital Thread Project
Tutorial Demonstrations
Baselines
With Syndeia 3.6, users can create Baselines for Digital Thread Projects. A Baseline represents the state of a Digital Thread Project and its contents at a specific point in time (timestamp). Users can create new baselines and compare baselines to review digital thread relations created, updated, and deleted between the baselines. Users can also compare a baseline with the current timestamp to learn about changes in the Digital Thread Project since the last baseline, or any given baseline. The Baseline feature is accessible from the Baselines tab of the Digital Thread Project Dashboard.
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To learn more, refer to the following.
User Guide - Repositories Baselines - Digital Thread ProjectDashboard
Tutorial Demonstrations
Part 1E 1D - Digital Thread Project Workspace and RepositoriesPart 1F - Digital Thread Explorer Baselines
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Reports
With Syndeia 3.6 , users can create Baselines for introduces web-based reports that provide a live status of artifacts connected in Digital Thread Projects. A Baseline represents the state of a Digital Thread Project and its contents at a specific point in time (timestamp). Users can create new baselines and compare baselines to review digital thread relations created, updated, and deleted between the baselines. Users can also compare a baseline with the current timestamp to learn about changes in the Digital Thread Project since the last baseline, or any given baseline. The Baseline feature is accessible from the Baselines Users can view the latest state of connected Jira issues or Jama requirements in their Digital Thread Projects. The Jira report includes pie charts and table of issues, organized by status, type, priority, and assignee. The Jama report includes pie charts and tables of items, such as requirements, organized by status and priority. This capability is accessible from the Reports tab of the Digital Thread Project Dashboard. Digital Thread Project reports can provide a quick overview of the project completion status and bottlenecks.
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To learn more, refer to the following.
User Guide - Baselines Reports - Digital Thread DashboardProject
Tutorial Demonstrations
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User Privileges
Syndeia 3.6 introduces web-based reports that provide a live status of artifacts connected in brings Privilege management to Digital Thread Projects. Syndeia admins can add, modify, or remove user privileges on Digital Thread Projects. Users Syndeia users can view the latest state of connected Jira issues or Jama requirements in their only view and work with Digital Thread Projects . The Jira report includes pie charts and table of issues, organized by status, type, priority, and assignee. The Jama report includes pie charts and tables of items, such as requirements, organized by status and priority. This capability is accessible from the Reports that are accessible to them. An extensive set of Global and Digital Thread Project permissions are available to assign to users based on their digital engineering needs. Bulk assignment of user privileges on a Digital Thread Project, and vice versa, are available for efficient management of users and projects. User privileges for a Digital Thread Project can be viewed and managed by admins from the Settings tab of the Digital Thread Project Dashboard. Digital Thread Project reports can provide a quick overview of the project completion status and bottlenecks.
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User Guide - Reports -
Tutorial Demonstrations
Part 1C - Digital Thread Project Reports
User Privileges
Syndeia 3.6 brings Privilege management to Digital Thread Projects. Syndeia admins can add, modify, or remove user privileges on Digital Thread Projects. Syndeia users can only view and work with Digital Thread Projects that are accessible to them. An extensive set of Global and Digital Thread Project permissions are available to assign to users based on their digital engineering needs. Bulk assignment of user privileges on a Digital Thread Project, and vice versa, are available for efficient management of users and projects. User privileges for a Digital Thread Project can be viewed and managed by admins from the Settings tab of the Digital Thread Project Dashboard, as shown in the figure below..
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Tutorial Demonstrations
Accessible Digital Thread Projects
Syndeia 3.6 Web Dashboard includes a new Digital Thread Projects page accessible from the main menu bar. Syndeia users can view, search, and create Digital Thread Projects from this page. The table shows all the Digital Thread Projects accessible to the user. Read more about Digital Thread Project Privileges later in this document.
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User Guide
Users for a Digital Thread ProjectProjects
Digital Thread Project PrivilegesGeneral Recommendations for User Privileges Projects - Web Dashboard
Tutorial Demonstrations
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Syndeia Web Dashboard - Other Features & Improvements
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Syndeia 3.6 introduces a new Global Dashboard on the home page of the Syndeia Web Dashboard. The Global Dashboard shows global analytics and provides quick access to Digital Thread Projects available to the signed in user. The global analytics show the adoption and scale of digital threads on any given Syndeia Cloud deployment, such as total number of Digital Thread Projects and number of digital thread (inter-model) relations managed by these projects. They also show total number and distribution of artifacts, containers, and repositories connected by digital threads across all Digital Thread Projects. Global analytics also highlight the breadth of Digital Thread Projects and the most and least connected usage of repositories across all projects.
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Syndeia 3.6 brings improvements to User management for local users and external users from LDAP and SSO/SAML2 identity providers. Syndeia admins can manage Global and Digital Thread Project privileges from the User Details page, as shown below. Bulk assignment of privileges, including adding, removing, or modify modifying user privileges on multiple Digital Thread Projects makes it easier will simplify user management for Syndeia admins to manage user privileges. In addition to detailed documentation on Global and Digital Thread Project privileges, we are also providing a General Recommendation guide for Syndeia admins with guidance on privilege management for most Syndeia end-users.
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Syndeia 3.6 brings integration to GENESYS (Vitech/Zuken) MBSE tool. Users can add and navigate GENESYS repositories directly from the Syndeia Web Dashboard or local clients. System component components and requirement requirements structure and relations can be navigated from the Tree View and Graph View, as shown in the figures figure below. Users can create digital thread relations between GENESYS artifacts and artifacts in any integrated repository, such as Jira, Teamcenter, Windchill, Jama, TestRail, and others.
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Syndeia 3.6 adds support for OAuth2 authentication with Windchill repositories using Ping Federate as the identity provider (IdP). When Ping Federate is configured as a SSO/SAML2 IdP with Windchill, admins can also configure Windchill to use OAuth2 with Ping Federate for a pure API-based authentication flow. Syndeia 3.6 users will be able to connect to Windchill via OAuth2 authentication protocol. Users can initiate OAuth2 connection to Windchill in the Syndeia Web Dashboard. Syndeia will redirect them to the Ping Federate IdP for sign-in, and once approved, users will be able to browse Windchill repositories in the Web Dashboard, both in the Tree View and Graph View, as shown in the figure below.
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Syndeia Cloud is an API-first platform. All of the new and improved capabilities available with Syndeia Cloud 3.6 via the Web Dashboard and Client Dashboards are backed by the feature-rich Syndeia Cloud REST API. Some of the The key updates are presented in this section.
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The new Teamcenter integration available in the Syndeia 3.6 Web Dashboard is backed by dedicated endpoints available for the Teamcenter service. API endpoints for navigating Teamcenter repositories, and artifacts such as items and item revisions, and all their subtypes (e.g. Parts, Requirements, Requirement Specification) are available. Relation endpoints for fetching BOM structure and trace links are also available. The Tree View and Graph View for Teamcenter on the Syndeia Cloud Web Dashboard is backed by these endpoints. A subset of endpoints is shown below.
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