Re: Visio equivalent for free

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 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!


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-Craig