Loonar Compass 0.6

Diagram editor:

• Every EA diagram in the conversation has an "Edit diagram" button. It opens the diagram in an editor window (WebView2): moving, resizing, aligning, renaming, undo (Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y). The editor changes the model, not a picture: saving goes through EA, with the approval panel and the change log.
• New elements from a toolbox that fits the kind of diagram: class, component, use case, activity, BPMN, state machine (states, initial, final, choice), deployment (nodes, devices, execution environments, artifacts), package (real packages) and sequence. A new element goes to a free spot; connect by dragging from one element to another.
• Connecting: an element under the mouse shows a blue arrow; drag it to another element. The kind of relationship comes from the "Connector" list.
• BPMN: task types (user, service, manual, script, send, receive, business rule), event definitions (message, timer, signal, error…) and gateway types (exclusive, inclusive, parallel, complex, event-based) as icons and markers, the type chosen in the "General" tab, an intermediate event in the toolbox. Classes grow by themselves when attributes and operations are added.
• "From the model…": puts elements that already exist in the model on the diagram, with a search.
• Deleting asks: from this diagram or from the model. When deleting from the model it shows on how many and which other diagrams the element is and how many relationships it has.
• "Properties" panel: the fields of EA's general tab (name, alias, stereotype, keywords, status, version, author, phase, complexity, abstract, notes; package, GUID and dates read-only), attributes and operations of classes, tagged values (with the profile's pick-lists, e.g. BPMN), appearance on the diagram (color, line style). Each field is marked "model" or "diagram".
• Relationships: name, stereotype, direction, multiplicities and roles of both ends, notes, tagged values.
• Sequence diagrams: lifelines, messages in their EA order (reordered with ▲ ▼ or Alt+↑ / Alt+↓), synchronous, asynchronous and reply messages, a name taken from an operation of the receiver.
• "Tidy with AI": saves the changes and asks the assistant in the conversation to arrange the diagram so it reads well.
• New write operations for the assistant: changing relationships, changing and deleting attributes and operations, the element subtype (pseudostates), sequence messages with their number, kind and reply flag; removing a tagged value.

Miro (from EA to Miro):

• Settings card "7. Miro": access token (in Windows Credential Manager) and a connection test.
• "Send to Miro" under a diagram: board choice, a thumbnail of the board with the place for the diagram (the application finds a free spot; the frame can be dragged), sent as editable shapes and connectors in a frame named after the diagram. Sequence diagrams: lifelines and numbered messages in their EA order.

Documentation:

• New chapters of the guide: "9. Diagram editor" and "10. Sending diagrams to Miro" (the following chapters moved by two); on the website, a documentation icon in the header on phones.

Installer: LoonarCompass-Setup-0.6.exe (Windows, about 28 MB)
SHA-256: d359d4eca9ff5a0288022ff914f20987dd6b1ae1b406051c24f3832b0980b9ac

User guide: https://loonar.eu/docs/latest/en/

Loonar Compass 0.5

Loonar Compass 0.5: an AI assistant for Sparx Enterprise Architect. Each conversation now has its own model, and the documentation moved to the website.

Download: LoonarCompass-Setup-0.5.exe below (Windows 10/11, 64-bit). Installs just for you by default, without administrator rights. Updating keeps your settings, conversations and passwords.

SHA-256: 4e3d5acae0321f32247a755ede62c9a08fadd34fb41560baa42ebca38932c829

The installer is not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may show a warning ("More info" → "Run anyway"). Compare the SHA-256 above to make sure the file is genuine.

A model for each conversation

• The conversation header shows its model ("Model: …"); a click opens "Model of this conversation": the default from the settings, or another PostgreSQL database or EA file (.qea, .qeax) with its EA account, and "Test the connection".
• A new conversation says which model it will use; dropping a .qea/.qeax file on the window makes it the model of the conversation.
• Existing conversations get a copy of the model from the settings.
• The assistant's memory stays shared; a note is limited to one model only when you ask for it.

Documentation on the website

• User guide and installation guide for every version, in four languages: https://loonar.eu/docs/
• The installer no longer carries the PDFs (27 MB instead of 34 MB); the Start menu shortcut "User guide" opens the guide of this version.

Full list of changes: CHANGELOG.en.md

Loonar Compass 0.4

Loonar Compass 0.4: an AI assistant for Sparx Enterprise Architect, now also for models in project files.

Download: LoonarCompass-Setup-0.4.exe below (Windows 10/11, 64-bit). Installs just for you by default, without administrator rights. Updating from 0.3 keeps your settings, conversations and passwords.

SHA-256: 7db8bdece720185e8149894168f1c69a5cf1d8c9137239bcc15045d6add910d3

The installer is not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may show a warning ("More info" → "Run anyway"). Compare the SHA-256 above to make sure the file is genuine.

New: models in EA project files (.qea, .qeax)

• Settings → "2. Model" → "EA file (.qea, .qeax)" and the path to the file. No database server, account or password needed.
• The assistant reads the file directly, read-only. Changes are saved by Enterprise Architect: through your EA window when you have the file open there, otherwise by EA in the background.
• User security in a file is optional; without it, no EA account is needed.
• The installer offers the same choice. Older .eap/.eapx files can be converted to .qea in EA with a project transfer.

Fixes

• The assistant's own background EA is no longer mistaken for your EA window.
• Long settings labels (German, French) no longer overlap the next row.

Full list of changes: CHANGELOG.en.md · Website and FAQ: https://loonar.eu

Loonar Compass 0.3

First public release of Loonar Compass, an AI assistant for Sparx Enterprise Architect (formerly Loonar EA Assistant).

Download: LoonarCompass-Setup-0.3.exe below (Windows 10/11, 64-bit). Installs just for you by default, without administrator rights.

SHA-256: 8982eecefd664bcb762efa371b9c9ea7eac22700abb64ab1ff88025238dd76b8

The installer is not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may show a warning ("More info" → "Run anyway"). Check the SHA-256 above if you want to make sure the file is genuine. A signed version is planned.

Highlights

• Reads the EA model from PostgreSQL, saves changes through EA's COM interface and shows diagrams in the chat.
• Every change to the model needs your approval first (unless you choose otherwise).
• Interface, answers and user guide in English, Polish, German and French.
• Secrets in Windows Credential Manager; optional TLS for the database connection.
• Freeware licence: commercial use allowed.

Full list of changes: CHANGELOG.en.md · Website and FAQ: https://loonar.eu