Hi,
I have been looking for a
free software equivalent
to Visio. I came across
the below link -
http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-1400...icrosoft-visio
But, which is the best
equivalent ? Any ideas ?
Thx in advans,
Karthik Balaguru
On Jan 29, 9:01*pm, karthikbalaguru <karthikbalagur...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
> I have been looking for a
> free software equivalent
> to Visio. I came across
> the below link -http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-1400-free-alternative-to-microsoft-visio
>
> But, which is the best
> equivalent ? Any ideas ?
>
It should be for alt.comp.freeware.
Karthik Balaguru
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:01:31 -0800 (PST), karthikbalaguru
<karthikbalaguru79@gmail.com> wrote:
>I have been looking for a
>free software equivalent
>to Visio.
<http://www.osalt.com/visio>
Lists 5 alternatives to Visio.
I use Open Office Draw (on Linux and Windoze) for the simple stuff and
an ancient copy of Visio 2000 Pro for the messy stuff where I have to
use customers Visio stencils.
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On Jan 29, 11:08*pm, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:01:31 -0800 (PST), karthikbalaguru
>
> <karthikbalagur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >I have been looking for a
> >free software equivalent
> >to Visio.
>
> <http://www.osalt.com/visio>
> Lists 5 alternatives to Visio.
>
Hey Jeff,
Thx for your inputs, it is very helpful !
> I use Open Office Draw (on Linux and Windoze) for the simple stuff and
> an ancient copy of Visio 2000 Pro for the messy stuff where I have to
> use customers Visio stencils.
>
It seems Open Office Draw
is also a good alternative.
In the same link that was conveyed
by you, i found a list of top 10
Commercial and top 10 Open Source
alternatives/equivalents to Visio.
It seems that 'Dia' has been designed
very much like commercial Visio in
Open Source category and has
been rated '1'.
Anyhow, i will check both .
Karthik Balaguru
On Jan 29, 9:59*pm, Craig <netburg...@REMOVEgmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/29/2010 08:02 AM, karthikbalaguru wrote:
>
> > On Jan 29, 9:01 pm, karthikbalaguru<karthikbalagur...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> I have been looking for a
> >> free software equivalent
> >> to Visio. I came across
> >> the below link -http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-1400-free-alternative-to-microsoft-visio
>
> >> But, which is the best
> >> equivalent ? Any ideas ?
>
> > It should be for alt.comp.freeware.
>
> The only near-equivalent I know of is Dia <http://live.gnome.org/Dia>.
> If your diagramming needs are not terribly complex, I can recommend the
> Draw component in OpenOffice.
>
Great !
So, In brief -
If it is complex, Dia is good.
If it is simple, we can go in for
the Draw component of OpenOffice.
But, do both of the above tools
allow import of vsd file format(visio)
so that i can use it for editing
visio files. Any ideas ?
Thx in advans,
Karthik Balaguru
On Jan 30, 9:31*am, karthikbalaguru <karthikbalagur...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Jan 29, 9:59*pm, Craig <netburg...@REMOVEgmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 01/29/2010 08:02 AM, karthikbalaguru wrote:
>
> > > On Jan 29, 9:01 pm, karthikbalaguru<karthikbalagur...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >> I have been looking for a
> > >> free software equivalent
> > >> to Visio. I came across
> > >> the below link -http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-1400-free-alternative-to-microsoft-visio
>
> > >> But, which is the best
> > >> equivalent ? Any ideas ?
>
> > > It should be for alt.comp.freeware.
>
> > The only near-equivalent I know of is Dia <http://live.gnome.org/Dia>.
> > If your diagramming needs are not terribly complex, I can recommend the
> > Draw component in OpenOffice.
>
> Great !
> So, In brief -
> If it is complex, Dia is good.
> If it is simple, we can go in for
> the Draw component of OpenOffice.
>
> But, do both of the above tools
> allow import of vsd file format(visio)
> so that i can use it for editing
> visio files. Any ideas ?
>
To see if the Dia or openoffice draw
support the feature of opening a
visio file i checked their FAQs.
I checked Dia FAQ, it seems that
it does not currently support the
opening of visio format but it seems
that some work based on the XSLT
plug-in is ongoing.
Reference -
http://projects.gnome.org/dia/faq.html#VisioFiles
I checked the OpenOffice Draw FAQ -
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/...ation/FAQ/Draw
I wonder why the FAQ does not talk
about the feature of opening visio file
in draw ?
I searched the internet and landed in
old threads that discuss regd this
feature in Draw. :(
I got the below link that is in
openoffice.org, but it does not show
the latest news -
http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show...istorysort=new
But, it does show that it has been
assigned to requirements , but it
does not display if it is being
supported in the latest version .
Any ideas ?
Thx in advans,
Karthik Balaguru
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:16:29 -0800 (PST), karthikbalaguru
<karthikbalaguru79@gmail.com> wrote:
>It seems that 'Dia' has been designed
>very much like commercial Visio in
>Open Source category and has
>been rated '1'.
I had some problems with Dia. While designed to work like Visio, it
will not import or use Visio files, stencils, and shapes. That's the
key problem with using clones and why I use Visio 2000 Pro. The
drawings of equipment and boxes created by my customers are a
requirement for my work. See:
<http://projects.gnome.org/dia/faq.html#VisioFiles>
bottom section, for hints of problems to come if you need
compatibility.
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On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:54:16 -0800 (PST), karthikbalaguru
<karthikbalaguru79@gmail.com> wrote:
>Any ideas ?
Stop trying to get it for free. Visio 2000 (various version) all work
on XP, Vista, and Windoze 7. It's also quite cheap (about $30 total):
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250571184940>
The nice thing about the Pro and Enterprise versions is that they will
do network autodiscovery and diagramming. There are other programs
that will do the same thing, but it's nice having all the network
topology documentation tools under one programs.
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# 831-336-2558
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On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:01:31 -0800 (PST), karthikbalaguru
<karthikbalaguru79@gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>I have been looking for a
>free software equivalent
>to Visio. I came across
>the below link -
>http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-1400...icrosoft-visio
>
>But, which is the best
>equivalent ? Any ideas ?
i cannot comment on the equivalents - but it is worth noting that
every time there is anew version of visio from microsoft, the .vsd etc
file formats change.
so - visio version x is not compatible with version x+1, unless x+1 is
set to save in an old format.
and you cannot set the current one at work to save to the oldest one
we have (2 versions back).
>
>Thx in advans,
>Karthik Balaguru
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On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:31:57 -0800, karthikbalaguru wrote:
> On Jan 29, 9:59Â*pm, Craig <netburg...@REMOVEgmail.com> wrote:
>> On 01/29/2010 08:02 AM, karthikbalaguru wrote:
>>
>> > On Jan 29, 9:01 pm, karthikbalaguru<karthikbalagur...@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >> I have been looking for a
>> >> free software equivalent
>> >> to Visio. I came across
>> >> the below link
>> >> -http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-1400-free-alternative-to-microsoft-
visio
>>
>> >> But, which is the best
>> >> equivalent ? Any ideas ?
>>
>> > It should be for alt.comp.freeware.
>>
>> The only near-equivalent I know of is Dia <http://live.gnome.org/Dia>.
>> If your diagramming needs are not terribly complex, I can recommend the
>> Draw component in OpenOffice.
>>
>>
> Great !
> So, In brief -
> If it is complex, Dia is good.
> If it is simple, we can go in for
> the Draw component of OpenOffice.
>
> But, do both of the above tools
> allow import of vsd file format(visio) so that i can use it for editing
> visio files. Any ideas ?
>
> Thx in advans,
> Karthik Balaguru
Vsdump is a Linux tool to convert vsd/vss to XML/vxd.Dia can open
vxd.Vsdump is in Ubuntu and other repositories.
Dave
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On Jan 30, 10:19*am, Jeff Liebermann <je...@cruzio.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:16:29 -0800 (PST), karthikbalaguru
>
> <karthikbalagur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >It seems that 'Dia' has been designed
> >very much like commercial Visio in
> >Open Source category and has
> >been rated '1'.
>
> I had some problems with Dia. *While designed to work like Visio, it
> will not import or use Visio files, stencils, and shapes. *That's the
> key problem with using clones and why I use Visio 2000 Pro. *The
> drawings of equipment and boxes created by my customers are a
> requirement for my work. *See:
> <http://projects.gnome.org/dia/faq.html#VisioFiles>
> bottom section, for hints of problems to come if you need
> compatibility.
>
Okay, i checked the bottom section.
It seems that with new XSLT plug-in, if we
have a proper XSLT document to be able
to translate, then visio file can be opened.
It seems that some work is in progress !!
But the link http://public.logicacmg.com/~redferni/visio/
is not working !! Any alternate link to know
the status of it ?
Okay, I checked with OpenOffice Draw -
http://user.services.openoffice.org/...p?f=11&t=27005
So, visio files(.vsd files) cannot be opened
using OpenOffice Draw and it seems that
no much work has been done by Draw on
that track.
In Brief,
Some work is going on in Dia to open visio
file . No work in progress in Openoffice
Draw to open visio file.
It seems tha the visio file(.vsd format) can
be opened only in visio as of now . :-(
Thx in advans,
Karthik Balaguru
On 01/30/2010 05:26 AM, Dave wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:31:57 -0800, karthikbalaguru wrote:
>
>> On Jan 29, 9:59 pm, Craig<netburg...@REMOVEgmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 01/29/2010 08:02 AM, karthikbalaguru wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Jan 29, 9:01 pm, karthikbalaguru<karthikbalagur...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I have been looking for a
>>>>> free software equivalent
>>>>> to Visio. I came across
>>>>> the below link
>>>>> -http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-1400-free-alternative-to-microsoft-
> visio
>>>
>>>>> But, which is the best
>>>>> equivalent ? Any ideas ?
>>>
>>>> It should be for alt.comp.freeware.
>>>
>>> The only near-equivalent I know of is Dia<http://live.gnome.org/Dia>.
>>> If your diagramming needs are not terribly complex, I can recommend the
>>> Draw component in OpenOffice.
>>>
>>>
>> Great !
>> So, In brief -
>> If it is complex, Dia is good.
>> If it is simple, we can go in for
>> the Draw component of OpenOffice.
>>
>> But, do both of the above tools
>> allow import of vsd file format(visio) so that i can use it for editing
>> visio files. Any ideas ?
>>
>> Thx in advans,
>> Karthik Balaguru
>
>
> Vsdump is a Linux tool to convert vsd/vss to XML/vxd.Dia can open
> vxd.Vsdump is in Ubuntu and other repositories.
>
Nice tip. Thx Dave!
--
-Craig
On Jan 30, 6:26*pm, Dave <nodlee5s...@fuse.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:31:57 -0800, karthikbalaguru wrote:
> > On Jan 29, 9:59*pm, Craig <netburg...@REMOVEgmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 01/29/2010 08:02 AM, karthikbalaguru wrote:
>
> >> > On Jan 29, 9:01 pm, karthikbalaguru<karthikbalagur...@gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >> I have been looking for a
> >> >> free software equivalent
> >> >> to Visio. I came across
> >> >> the below link
> >> >> -http://en.kioskea.net/faq/sujet-1400-free-alternative-to-microsoft-
> visio
>
> >> >> But, which is the best
> >> >> equivalent ? Any ideas ?
>
> >> > It should be for alt.comp.freeware.
>
> >> The only near-equivalent I know of is Dia <http://live.gnome.org/Dia>.
> >> If your diagramming needs are not terribly complex, I can recommend the
> >> Draw component in OpenOffice.
>
> > Great !
> > So, In brief -
> > If it is complex, Dia is good.
> > If it is simple, we can go in for
> > the Draw component of OpenOffice.
>
> > But, do both of the above tools
> > allow import of vsd file format(visio) so that i can use it for editing
> > visio files. Any ideas ?
>
> > Thx in advans,
> > Karthik Balaguru
>
> Vsdump is a Linux tool to convert vsd/vss to XML/vxd.Dia can open
> vxd.Vsdump is in Ubuntu and other repositories.
>
Great !!
I will check this method . It seems
that vsdump is a set of tools that
are useful for reverse engineering
the VSD/VSS file format used by Visio.
Interesting to know that it can convert
vsd files to vxd format that can be
opened by Dia. But, can it be edited ?
Any ideas ?
Thx in advans,
Karthik Balaguru
I have uses creately and it is a decent visio alternative. you might find it use full for sure. by the way mate what kind of diagrams are you wishing to draw. If you are looking for a free visio alternative first try creately online first
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