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Purpose
The product uses graphical abstractions to reduce complexity and help teams understand, collaborate on, and communicate software designs.Read 5 Oct 2026 · ibm.com
Integrations
Version 10.0 lists integration support for Jira, IBM Engineering Workflow Management, eGIT, ClearTeam Explorer, and WebSphere Portal Server tooling.Read 5 Oct 2026 · ibm.com
Support
IBM directs customers to its Support Portal for FAQs, known problems, fixes, and product support information.Read 5 Oct 2026 · ibm.com
API modeling
Version 10.0 adds OpenAPI 3.0 enhancements for modeling API endpoints and schemas and generating or reverse engineering OpenAPI specification files.Read 5 Oct 2026 · community.ibm.com
Architecture practice
It provides Rational SOMA 2.9 guidance for service identification, specification, SOA realization, and service representation harvesting.Read 5 Oct 2026 · ibm.com
Deployment planning
The Deployment Planning extension provides topology templates and deployment models to help create deployment specifications and reduce deployment risks.Read 5 Oct 2026 · ibm.com
Development environment
Version 10.0 supports Eclipse 4.23 and the Vanilla Eclipse Workbench.Read 5 Oct 2026 · ibm.com
Download access
IBM says version 10.0 is available through Passport Advantage and requires eligible clients to sign in to download.Read 5 Oct 2026 · ibm.com
Installation requirement
Version 10.0 requires IBM Installation Manager 1.10.1.0 or later and lists 10 GB of installation disk space.Read 5 Oct 2026 · ibm.com
Licensing
IBM lists Rational Common Licensing 9.0 support for version 10.0; FLEXlm floating or token license users must upgrade their license key server to IBM Common Licensing 9.0 or later.Read 5 Oct 2026 · ibm.com
Notable limitation
IBM lists a known issue where BIRT report preview does not work, although report generation remains available.Read 5 Oct 2026 · ibm.com
Risk and compliance
IBM says the product helps preserve design intent and institutional knowledge and provide auditable evidence of policy conformance.Read 5 Oct 2026 · ibm.com
Supported platforms
IBM lists Linux, Mac OS, and Windows as supported operating systems for Rational Software Architect Designer 10.0.Read 5 Oct 2026 · ibm.com
UML and Java
Version 10.0 supports Java 17 modeling and transformations, including generating Java code from UML class diagrams.Read 5 Oct 2026 · community.ibm.com

Plans and prices

IBM Rational Software Architect Designer Priced on request Contact IBM for pricing details. UML and software architecture design · Windows, Linux, macOS support Read 5 Oct 2026 · ibm.com

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