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2.0

Latest

4 October 2026

•  Four notations: UML® 2.5.1, OMG SysML® v2, and the ArchiMate® 3.2 and 4.0 notation. Every canvas

   keeps its own notation and can have a diagram type.

•  Two subscriptions: ArchitectBuddies™ Pro, and Enterprise Architecture Notation (EA Notation) with a

    3-month free trial.

•  The free tier now allows three UML® or SysML® v2 canvases.

•  One Buddy and Team modes, a chat front door of starting points and a mode chip.

•  Plans you can edit, stage gates and documents for the Team.

•  Chat Settings: a Data Security switch and a separate AI provider for image creation.

•  New Welcome screen, and redesigned Help with search, ‘What’s this?’ and ‘Try it’.

•  Display Options (eye) button; keyboard shortcuts, mouse and trackpad on the Mac.

•  The skill pack in-app purchase from 1.3 has been retired.

1.4.1

•  Fixed: dragging the canvas when magnified.

•  Bigger handles on connector joints; tap the green ‘+’ to add a joint; touch and hold a joint handle to

   delete it; joints snap to the grid when it is on.

1.4

•  Fixed: composition and aggregation heads now point the right way in all cases; undo stack stability.

•  Snap to grid, with a Show Grid button and grid size.

1.3.2

•  Tap a connector to see its information, edit its label and pick its colour.

•  Triple-tap a connector to adjust its path by hand.

1.3.1

•  Undo and redo stability for element copies; new layout for element information.

•  Element Information View with a jump to the view containing the same element.

1.3

•  The free version allows 2 canvases.

•  Select several elements by triple-tapping each, then drag them as a group.

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