ianalis Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 Hi! Can any one recommend a replacement for Dia? I find its lack of support for rotations very restrictive. I'm not looking for a general purpose vector graphics program but a diagramming application. Specifically, something that contains templates/stencils for circuits, logic, etc. It's more of an updated (more "user-friendly") xfig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 Have you looked at Kivio, which is included in KOffice? Not sure about rotation, but the commercial version Kivio mp (multi-platform) offers additional stencils for circuits, etc, if you don't mind paying. :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 doesn't openoffice-draw offer such a thing? (don't have Ooo-draw on my box in order to check it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonMage Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 OpenOffice Draw doesn't have the templates (that is, premade pictures/symbols). That is, if you want to draw a resistor you have to create 5 lines zig-zagged yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest siege Posted July 17, 2005 Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 Have you looked at InkScape? It seems pretty good, tho' it is more of a general purpose program. THAC rpms has updates for InkScape if bleeding edge is needed. Hope this helps. Col Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianalis Posted July 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2005 spinynorman, I've looked at Kivio and it has imported Dia's templates. Apparently, however, it does not support rotation too. arctic, I've looked at OOo Draw before posting here and find its connectors excellent. Unfortunately, as DragonMage pointed out, it doesn't have templates. Fortunately, there's a logic template (actually only an sxd) in ooextras so I used it in this case. However, I'll encounter this same problem again in the future when I use circuits. siege, I use InkScape actually for general purpose vector graphics I might create templates (at least for the ones I use) for OOo Draw and post it in ooextras in the future when I have the time and motivation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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