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Dia

Dia 0.95
Developer: Dia developers
Latest release: 0.96.1 / March 29, 2007
Preview release: 0.96-pre1 / December 13, 2006
OS: Cross-platform
Genre: Diagramming software
License: GPL
Website: live.gnome.org/Dia/

Dia is free software/open source general-purpose diagramming software, developed as part of the GNOME project's office suite and was originally created by Alexander Larsson. Dia uses a controlled single document interface (CSDI) similar to GIMP and Sodipodi. Image File history File links Dia_logo. ... Image File history File links Screenshot of dia This is a screenshot of copyrighted computer software. ... Software development is the translation of a user need or marketing goal into a software product. ... A software release is the distribution, whether public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (89th in leap years). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... A software release is the distribution, whether public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... // An operating system (OS) is a set of computer programs that manage the hardware and software resources of a computer. ... A cross-platform (or platform independent) programming language, software application or hardware device works on more than one system platform (e. ... Computer software can be organized into categories based on common function, type, or field of use. ... Diagramming software consists of computer programs that are used to produce graphical diagrams. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... The GNU logo The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a widely-used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. ... A website (alternatively, Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a... Clockwise from top: The logo of the GNU Project (the GNU head), the Linux kernel mascot Tux the Penguin, and the FreeBSD daemon Free software is a term coined by Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation[1] to refer to software that can be used, studied, and modified without... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... Diagramming software consists of computer programs that are used to produce graphical diagrams. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... GNOME Office is an office suite containing: Abiword word processor Gnumeric spreadsheet GNOME-DB, software that provides database connectivity. ... Inkscape uses an SDI In graphical user interfaces, a single document interface or SDI is a method of organizing graphical user interface applications into individual windows that the operating systems window manager handles separately. ... The GNU Image Manipulation Program, or GIMP, is a raster graphics editor application with some support for vector graphics. ... Sodipodi is a free software vector graphics editor released under the GNU GPL It is designed specifically around the SVG standard, using the file format (with some extensions to hold metadata) as its native storage format. ...


Dia has a modular design with several shape packages available for different needs: flowchart, network diagrams, circuit diagrams, etc. It does not restrict symbols and connectors from various categories from being placed together. A simple flowchart for what to do if a lamp doesnt work A flowchart (also spelled flow-chart and flow chart) is a schematic representation of an algorithm or a process. ... Network diagrams depict network elements and the connections between these elements. ... The circuit diagram for a 4 bit TTL counter, a type of state machine A circuit diagram (also known as an electrical diagram, elementary diagram, or electronic schematic) is a simplified conventional pictorial representation of an electrical circuit. ...


Dia can be used to draw many different kinds of diagrams. It currently has special objects to help draw entity-relationship models, UML diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams, and simple circuits. It is also possible to add support for new shapes by writing simple XML files, using a subset of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) to draw the shape. Databases are used to store structured data. ... In the field of software engineering, the Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a standardized specification language for object modeling. ... A simple flowchart for what to do if a lamp doesnt work A flowchart (also spelled flow-chart and flow chart) is a schematic representation of an algorithm or a process. ... The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a W3C-recommended general-purpose markup language that supports a wide variety of applications. ... Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a XML markup language for describing two-dimensional vector graphics, both static and animated, and either declarative or scripted. ...


Dia loads and saves diagrams to a custom XML format (gzipped by default, to save space) and can print diagrams including very large diagrams that span multiple pages. It can also be scripted using the Python programming language. Python is an interpreted programming language created by Guido van Rossum in 1990. ...


Exports

Dia can export diagrams to various formats including the following:

  • EPS — Encapsulated PostScript
  • SVG — Scalable Vector Graphics
  • DXF — Autocad's Drawing Interchange format
  • CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile defined by ISO standards
  • WMF — Windows Meta File
  • PNG — Portable Network Graphics
  • JPEG — Joint Photographic Experts Group

Encapsulated PostScript, or EPS, is a graphics file format. ... Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a XML markup language for describing two-dimensional vector graphics, both static and animated, and either declarative or scripted. ... AutoCAD DXF (Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format) is a CAD data file format, developed by Autodesk as their solution for enabling data interoperability between AutoCAD and other programs. ... Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) is a file format for 2D vector graphics, raster graphics, and text. ... This is an incomplete list of ISO standards. ... Windows Metafile (WMF) is a graphics file format on Microsoft Windows systems, originally designed in the early 1990s and not commonly used after the rise of the Internet and the widely used graphics formats such as GIF and JPEG. It is a vector graphics format which also allows the inclusion... PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is a bitmapped image format that employs lossless data compression. ... In computing, JPEG (pronounced JAY-peg; IPA: ) is a commonly used standard method of compression for photographic images. ...

See also

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Image File history File links Portal. ... Inkscape is a vector graphics editor application. ... This article lists Unified Modeling Language tools, classified by their proprietary or non-proprietary status. ... The following is a list of vector graphics editors. ... In computing, Kivio is a free diagramming software that is part of KOffice, an integrated office suite for the KDE Desktop Environment. ... Visual rendering by Graphviz. ... ATL is a QVT model tranformation language developed at INRIA. It can be used to do Syntactic or Semantic translation. ...

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