Pathfinder provides the following PathMATE product documents and user guides free of charge in PDF format:
PAL Overview
The Platform Independent Action Language Guide is for modelers building Platform Independent models for transformation with the PathMATE environment. This overview introduces the Platform Independent Model Driven Development (PI-MDD) method and the PathMATE tools.
MDA Modeling Conventions
This guide contains common rules and conventions to help you model high performance systems. Use these conventions to ensure that the abstractions you develop for your models are consistent, understandable, and valid.
PathMATE Installation Guide
The The PathMATE Installation Guide explains how to install all of the PathMATE components you need on your system. The guide also contains instructions about how to obtain and install a PathMATE license, how to install the PathMATE transformation maps, and how to upgrade your PathMATE installation.
Transformation Engine User Guide
This guide explains how to use the PathMATE Transformation Engine to translate analysis information into formatted documentation and fully compilable source code.
Topcased Quick Start Guide
This document is provided as the first step in learning how to use PathMATE with the Topcased Modeler environment to build platform independent modeles and transform them to an executable system. The instructions in this guide are detailed with screen shots and other aids to keep you moving forward quickly.
Enterprise Quick Start Guide
This document is provided as a first step in learning how to capture Systems Models using the Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect SysML tool. It is not intended as a guide to systems modeling Best Practice.
Magic Draw Quick Start Guide
This document is provided as a first step in learning how to use PathMATE with the No Magic MagicDraw UML environment to build platform independent models and transform them to an executable system. The instructions in this guide are detailed with screen shots and other aids to keep you moving forward quickly.
Rational Software Modeler Quick Start Guide
This document is provided as a first step in learning how to use PathMATE with the IBM Rational Software Modeler (RSM) UML environment to build platform independent models and transform them to an executable system. The instructions in this guide are detailed with screen shots and other aids to keep you moving forward quickly.
Rhapsody Quick Start Guide
This document is provided as a first step in learning how to use PathMATE with the IBM Rational Rhapsody UML environment to build platform independent models and transform them to an executable system. The instructions in this guide are detailed with screen shots and other aids to keep you moving forward quickly.
Technical Notes (.zip)
These are convenient, feature-focused summaries of some of the more advanced PathMATE capabilities, packaged in a less formal manner than typical product documentation.
