Archi version 5.5 is now available to download.
New features, improvements and fixes are listed in the Version History.
Here’s a summary of some of the new features in Archi 5.5.
Add line style to diagram objects (solid, dotted, dashed and none)
You can now set the line style for a diagram object to one of either Solid, Dotted, Dashed, or None. This is available in the “Appearance” tab for an object’s Properties:

Delete object in a View and keep children
This is available from the main “Edit” menu or when right-clicking an object in a View. It allows you to delete selected objects but retain the object’s child objects. Child objects are re-parented to the selected object’s immediate parent. This action deletes the selected objects from the View not from the model.

Improvements to Model Tree Search Filter
The Model Tree Search Filter now has some new features:
- Filter on Views – you can now select this as a type to filter on in addition to ArchiMate concept types.
- Add an explicit filter setting for User Property values – you can select this to search explicitly on property values, in addition to name and documentation.
- User property keys are now selected in a dialog. This solves the problem of selecting from a list of many property keys.
- Regular expressions – the search filter now supports (Java based) regular expressions. This can be selected in the search filter drop-down menu. If the regular expression is invalid the search text will show in red. An example of a regular expression is
(?i)(\W|^)(business|customer)(\W|$)
which will match objects that contain the words “business” or “customer”. Regular expressions are applied to the selected target of name, documentation, property value or property key. - Match Case – you can now choose to match case on the search expression. This can be selected in the search filter drop-down menu.
- Some search filter settings are now saved between sessions.

Diagram connections are now hidden when nested
Non-ArchiMate connections (say between a Note or Group and another element) are now hidden when one is nested inside of the other. This can help if you want to maintain a connection between one object and another for a Label Expression but keep it hidden.
Nested connection to connections are no longer deleted but are now hidden
Before now if you created connection to connections and then nested and un-nested these you’d have to re-create them. Also, an issue with possible dangling connections when nesting connections with connections has been fixed.
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There are several other improvements and bug fixes in Archi 5.5 which contribute to its stability and usability. See the full Version History.
Thanks to our Archi Supporters!
And once again, we’d like to thank everyone for their support on Patreon and from other donations. Without this support Archi 5.5 would not have been possible. If you’d like to support Archi please join us at Patreon.