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From: Craig on 30 Jan 2010 10:49 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...(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. > Nice tip. Thx Dave! -- -Craig
From: karthikbalaguru on 30 Jan 2010 11:48
On Jan 30, 6:26 pm, Dave <nodlee5s...(a)fuse.net> wrote: > 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. > 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 |