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From: karthikbalaguru on 29 Jan 2010 23:54
On Jan 30, 9:31 am, karthikbalaguru <karthikbalagur...(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Jan 29, 9:59 pm, Craig <netburg...(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On 01/29/2010 08:02 AM, karthikbalaguru wrote:
>
> > > On Jan 29, 9:01 pm, karthikbalaguru<karthikbalagur...(a)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/wiki/Documentation/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_bug.cgi?id=49637&historysort=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
From: Jeff Liebermann on 30 Jan 2010 00:19
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:16:29 -0800 (PST), karthikbalaguru
<karthikbalaguru79(a)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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From: Stephen on 30 Jan 2010 04:20
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:01:31 -0800 (PST), karthikbalaguru
<karthikbalaguru79(a)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 ?

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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From: Dave on 30 Jan 2010 08:26
On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:31:57 -0800, karthikbalaguru wrote:

> On Jan 29, 9:59 pm, Craig <netburg...(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote:
>> On 01/29/2010 08:02 AM, karthikbalaguru wrote:
>>
>> > On Jan 29, 9:01 pm, karthikbalaguru<karthikbalagur...(a)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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From: karthikbalaguru on 30 Jan 2010 09:15
On Jan 30, 10:19 am, Jeff Liebermann <je...(a)cruzio.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:16:29 -0800 (PST), karthikbalaguru
>
> <karthikbalagur...(a)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/en/forum/viewtopic.php?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
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