Build
Build the model
New SysML models from your documents, drawings and spreadsheets.
- System architecture, interfaces and allocations
- DoDAF and UAF views in Cameo Enterprise Architecture
- Requirements traced to design and verification
MBSE consulting · SysML v1 and v2 · CATIA Magic / Cameo
SysML models your program can stand behind.
Senior modelers build, review and fix your Cameo models, working alongside your engineers or on your behalf. AI handles the repetitive work, so your budget goes to engineering judgment.
act [Activity] How an Engagement Runs
01Free model review30 minutes in your model, with a short list of fixes
02Full model reviewIncluded with your first engagement ($1,800 value)
03Plan and quoteHour block, not-to-exceed increment or fixed price
04Build and checkWeekly working sessions in your model
05Hand overYour engineers own and maintain the model
CAGE 10EH9SAM-registered. Purchase orders and invoices to your AP team
$200/hrSenior modeler rate, published
3 phasesOur largest engagements renewed phase after phase
v1 → v2SysML v1 to v2 model mapping already delivered
What we do
From a blank model to a model your reviewers trust
We work inside CATIA Magic / Cameo the way your engineers do, on your conventions and your schedule.
Review
Review and fix
An outside read of your model before your customer reads it.
- Structure, naming and validation checks
- Unsatisfied and unverified requirements found and closed
- Readiness for SRR, PDR and CDR
Digital engineering
Set up the environment
The conventions, profiles and reports that make one model work across a program.
- Custom profiles, templates and reports
- Contract deliverables (CDRLs) generated from the model
- SysML v1 to v2 transition planning
Automate NEW
Automate with AI and plugins
AI and automation take the repetitive modeling work. Senior engineers check everything.
- AI Hypermodeling: a free demo built on your project
- AI Model Audit: a free report against your next review checklist
- Custom Cameo plugins for your team
- Our own plugins, free in beta
Digital engineering policy
Ready for DoD Instruction 5000.97
DoDI 5000.97 (Digital Engineering, December 2023) makes digital engineering the expected way to run defense programs. The technical baseline lives in models and digital artifacts that the whole program, and the government, can work from. Primes and suppliers now need models that hold up to that use.
One authoritative model
A model structure your reviewers can navigate, with requirements, architecture and verification connected in one place.
Deliverables from the model
CDRL and data item content generated from model data, so documents and model can't drift apart.
Models the customer can use
Clean, validated models delivered in a form the government team can open, check and build on.
Engagement models
Pick the shape that fits your program
Starting prices are on the page. Your free model review turns them into a written quote.
Most flexible
Hour block
From $4,00020 prepaid hours of a senior modeler
Reviews, fixes and answers as they come up.
- Senior modeler $200/hr, principal $300/hr
- Use the hours within 6 months
- Good for model reviews and ongoing support
Scope still unclear
Discovery and scoping
From $8,00040 hours of facilitated working sessions
Define the end state before you commit to a build.
- Working sessions with your engineers
- A written specification you keep, whoever builds it
- Part of the fee credited to the build
Work alongside your team
Co-development increments
From $16,000per 80-hour increment, not-to-exceed
We model with your engineers, who learn as the model grows.
- Fixed scope and budget per increment
- Mentoring built into the work
- Continue or stop after each increment
We handle it all
Full delivery
Fixed pricequoted after scoping
A complete, validated model and deliverables with minimal distraction for your team.
- Firm fixed price and schedule
- Validated before handover
- Best when the deadline can't move
Full model review ($1,800 value) with every first engagement
Team training can be bundled with any engagement
Government buyers: POs, invoices to AP, Net 30
Case studies
Recent engagements
Real work, described without client names. Ask on your first call and we’ll walk you through the details we’re allowed to share.
Defense · contractor
DoDAF architecture model for a government deliverable
Cameo EA 2024xDoDAFSysML
- Challenge
- A defense technology contractor owed its government customer a DoDAF architecture model in Cameo, without in-house modelers to build it.
- Approach
- We built the model with their engineers in phases: modeling guidance, model files to DoDAF and SysML conventions, then diagrams developed from the modeled components.
- Result
- Three phases over nine months, each renewed on the strength of the last.
Commercial · engineering software
SysML v1 → v2 model interoperability
SysML v1 + v2Ontology240 hours
- Challenge
- A digital engineering software company needed models to move between SysML v1 in Cameo and a SysML v2 tool, and needed to know exactly where the two languages differ.
- Approach
- Increment by increment across structure, behavior, requirements and parametrics. Every mapping that isn't one-to-one was documented, and each delivery came with an automated configuration audit and difference list.
- Result
- Three 80-hour increments, each delivered within its not-to-exceed budget.
Commercial · quantum computing
System modeling for a fast-moving hardware team
SysMLCameoRepeat POs
- Challenge
- A quantum computing company wanted SysML applied to a domain with no ready-made examples to copy.
- Approach
- Senior modelers worked in increments under purchase orders, applying SysML to their domain and leaving patterns their engineers could reuse.
- Result
- Repeat purchase orders across multiple increments.
AI & Automation
Put AI and automation to work on your models
AI Hypermodeling builds the first half of your model from your own project data, and an engineer shows it to you in a free demo. The AI Model Audit checks an existing model against your next review checklist, with a free report. We also build custom Cameo plugins, and our own plugins are free in beta for a limited time.
Why CameoMagic
What working with us looks like
Prices on the page
Starting prices for every engagement model are published. You know the range before the first call.
Senior modelers do the work
The people on your first call are the people in your model. No junior bench behind a senior sales pitch.
Your team ends up independent
We advise and mentor instead of placing staff. Every engagement leaves your engineers able to carry the model forward.
Training and consulting, one team
The same practitioners who have trained 200+ engineers in SysML and Cameo. Team training bundles with any engagement.
AI where it saves you money
AI takes the repetitive building and checking. Engineers keep the judgment calls.
Easy for government buyers
SAM-registered small business (CAGE 10EH9). Purchase orders, invoices and subcontracts to primes all work.
From consulting clients
What clients say
We successfully exited CDR today, thanks so much. Kevin was able to present the solution perfectly.
Their speed, deep model knowledge, and practical guidance allowed us to deliver a high-quality system model on time, which was ultimately accepted by the government.
We really appreciated your contribution to the Kuwait project as well, easy to work with and very productive.
CameoMagic provided insightful guidance and demonstrated a deep understanding of SysML. They applied it to our domain with ease and efficiency, making the whole process seamless.
Questions
Before you book
What do you need from us to start?
A free 30-minute model review, then whatever documents or model you can share. We sign NDAs before we see anything sensitive.
Can you work with CUI or classified data?
Not today. We work on unclassified, non-CUI material. Tell us up front and we'll scope the work around it.
Which tools do you work in?
CATIA Magic and Cameo Systems Modeler, Cameo Enterprise Architecture for DoDAF and UAF, and SysML v2 tools.
Remote or on-site?
Remote by default. On-site working sessions in Knoxville, Dallas or at your facility, with travel quoted separately.
Can we bring you in as a subcontractor?
Yes. We team with primes as an advisory subcontractor, strengthening your engineers rather than placing full-time staff.
How do we pay?
Purchase order with invoice to your AP team (Net 30), ACH, or card (3% card fee).
Tell us what you're working on.
Start with a free 30-minute model review. Bring your model, or just your plan, and leave with three to five fixes you can act on that week. It is also the fastest way to a written quote.
Prefer email? Write to consulting@cameomagic.com
Prefer to send details first?
Tell us what you’re working on and we’ll follow up to set up your free model review. Government and defense buyers: we’re registered in SAM (CAGE 10EH9) and accept purchase orders.