<s>
SAP	B-Application
PowerDesigner	B-Application
(	O
or	O
PowerDesigner	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
collaborative	O
enterprise	O
modelling	O
tool	O
produced	O
by	O
Sybase	B-Application
,	O
currently	O
owned	O
by	O
SAP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
run	O
either	O
under	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
as	O
a	O
native	B-Language
application	B-Application
or	O
in	O
an	O
Eclipse	B-Application
environment	O
through	O
a	O
plugin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
model-driven	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
software	O
design	O
,	O
and	O
stores	O
models	O
using	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
file	O
extensions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
.bpm	O
,	O
.cdm	B-Application
and	O
.pdm	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
internal	O
file	O
structure	O
can	O
be	O
either	O
XML	B-Protocol
or	O
a	O
compressed	O
binary	O
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
store	O
models	O
in	O
a	O
database	O
repository	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PowerDesigner	B-Application
data	B-Application
modeling	I-Application
tool	O
's	O
market	O
share	O
in	O
2002	O
was	O
39%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerDesigner	B-Application
includes	O
support	O
for	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Code	B-Application
generation	I-Application
(	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
C#	B-Application
,	O
VB	O
.NET	O
,	O
Hibernate	O
,	O
EJB3	O
,	O
NHibernate	O
,	O
JSF	O
,	O
WinForm	O
(	O
.NET	O
and	O
.NET	O
CF	O
)	O
,	O
PowerBuilder	B-Language
,	O
...	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Supports	O
Simul8	B-Application
to	O
add	O
simulation	O
functions	O
to	O
the	O
BPM	O
module	O
to	O
enhance	O
business	O
processes	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Repository	B-Application
It	O
refers	O
to	O
a	O
repository	B-Application
of	O
models	O
(	O
enterprise	O
,	O
information	O
,	O
data	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerDesigner	B-Application
started	O
life	O
as	O
AMC*Designor	O
in	O
France	O
and	O
S-Designor	O
internationally	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Xiao-Yun	O
Wang	O
of	O
SDP	O
Technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Powersoft	O
purchased	O
SDP	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
and	O
Sybase	B-Application
had	O
purchased	O
Powersoft	O
earlier	O
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sybase	B-Application
currently	O
owns	O
all	O
rights	O
to	O
PowerDesigner	B-Application
and	O
PowerAMC	B-Application
(	O
the	O
French	O
version	O
of	O
PowerDesigner	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2010	O
,	O
SAP	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
acquiring	O
Sybase	B-Application
for	O
$5.8	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
data	B-Application
modeling	I-Application
features	O
of	O
the	O
French	O
and	O
English	O
editions	O
were	O
originally	O
following	O
2	O
different	O
methodologies	O
:	O
Merise	B-General_Concept
for	O
PowerAMC	B-Application
and	O
information	B-Application
technology	I-Application
engineering	I-Application
(	O
based	O
on	O
Yourdon	O
/	O
DeMarco	O
works	O
)	O
for	O
PowerDesigner	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
v16.6	O
onwards	O
,	O
both	O
editions	O
are	O
called	O
PowerDesigner	B-Application
and	O
are	O
delivered	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
installer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1997	O
-	O
PowerDesigner	B-Application
6.0	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1999	O
-	O
PowerDesigner	B-Application
7.0	O
was	O
rewritten	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
newer	O
technologies	O
and	O
to	O
provide	O
an	O
interface	O
more	O
consistent	O
with	O
other	O
Sybase	B-Application
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
2001	O
-	O
PowerDesigner	B-Application
9.5	O
was	O
initially	O
released	O
,	O
with	O
maintenance	O
releases	O
through	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
March	O
2016	O
-	O
PowerDesigner	B-Application
16.6	O
released	O
with	O
Support	O
for	O
SAP	B-Application
HANA	I-Application
Calculation	O
Views	O
and	O
SAP	B-Application
HANA	I-Application
Core	O
Data	O
Services	O
(	O
CDS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerDesigner	B-Application
Web	O
can	O
now	O
edit	O
Enterprise	O
Architecture	O
and	O
Requirements	O
Models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PowerDesigner	B-Application
supports	O
the	O
following	O
standards	O
:	O
</s>
