To get the most out of this book

To get the most out of this book, you will need a solid, but basic, understanding of the Systems Modeling Language (SysML). In addition, to create the models, you will need a modeling tool. The concepts here are expressed in SysML so any standards-compliant SysML modeling tool can be used.

All the example models in this book are developed using the Cameo Systems Modeler tool. To execute models and run simulations, you will need the Simulation Toolkit, included with the tool:

Software/hardware covered in the book	OS requirements
Cameo Systems Modeler	Windows, macOS, or Linux

Download the example models

You can download the example models for this book from the author’s website at www.bruce-douglass.com. Note that these models are all in Cameo-specific format and won’t generally be readable by other modeling tools.

We also have other code bundles from our rich catalog of books and videos available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/. Check them out!

Where to go from here

Visit the authors, website at www.bruce-douglass.com for papers, presentations, models, engineering forums, to download the models from this book, and more.

Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: https://packt.link/av1n2.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see on the screen. For instance, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. For example: “Select System info from the Administration panel.

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.