Announcing DSharp Studio 5.1 – Packed with New Features and Performance Upgrades!

We’re excited to introduce DSharp Studio 5.1! This new release brings an array of new features and enhancements, designed to streamline workflows, improve performance, and offer new capabilities for both model editors and viewers. Whether you’re managing data flow diagrams or working on complex model editing, DSharp Studio 5.1 is built to elevate your modeling experience.

For the full details, check out our release notes here.

Highlights of DSharp Studio 5.1

This version introduces several key upgrades to help users maximize their productivity and efficiency:

• Viewer Edition: Now you can view and navigate models effortlessly in a dedicated viewer mode—perfect for quick model reviews and non-editing tasks.
• Data Flow Diagrams for Class-to-Class Mappings: A powerful new way to view and browse mappings, including derived and standard classes, ensuring a clearer understanding of data relationships.
• Enhanced Model Editor: With improvements to connection point management, creating and editing associations is faster and more intuitive. Override intelligent cardinalities with a simple alt press while adding a new association, and leverage ctrl-click to add or remove connection points right on the class border.

And with the Class Glossary sorted view, finding and navigating to specific classes is a breeze—simply scroll, double-click, and go!

Performance and UI Improvements

In addition to these new features, DSharp Studio 5.1 brings significant performance upgrades and UI refinements:

• Faster Loading and Saving: Project handling is more efficient, and compatibility warnings appear for newer project versions.
• Optimized Performance for Large Models: Editing large models is now smoother, preventing application slowdowns, and the Model Editor’s interface has been streamlined for a better user experience.
• Enhanced Tutorial Scripts: Updated tutorials in the Expert course make learning and implementing DSharp Studio’s capabilities easier than ever.

Improved Analysis and Data Warehouse Generation

This release also addresses critical improvements in analysis and data warehouse generation:

• Error Detection and Analysis: We’ve refined error messages for missing properties in mappings and introduced checks for missing role names in self-references.
• Streamlined Deployment Packages: Create deployment packages directly from the class context menu, saving time on installations and package creation.

Data Warehouse loading is now faster due to optimized error handling and hashing processes. These enhancements enable quicker error table management and state tracking, with null hash values automatically routed to the error table, boosting overall processing efficiency.

Bug Fixes and Technical Enhancements

DSharp Studio 5.1 also brings important bug fixes and technical upgrades:

• Stability Improvements: Resolved issues include alias leakage in mappings, PostgreSQL string concatenation, and HTML documentation generation stability.
• .NET Framework Update: Upgraded to .NET 8.0 LTS, ensuring robust support and enhanced compatibility.

Discover DSharp Studio 5.1 today, and see how these enhancements can transform your modeling workflow!