Before you can design or develop your application with
Rational Software Architect, you must install and configure it. You
might also need to migrate or import any existing data that you
created with a previous version or with other tools.
You can access the installation guide for information
about product installations, requirements, limitations, and optional features.
If you have data that you created with a previous version of the
Rational modeling tools or the IBM WebSphere application development
tools, you can migrate your data for continued development on the
Rational Software Development Platform. If you have application
code that was created with other software development tools, you
can import the software files.
Important: To import
Rational Rose models or Rational XDE models, you must first install
the Rose import or XDE import feature. Install the feature as an
optional download by using the Rational Product Updater. You can
then use the tutorials, samples, and help topics to get started.