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DIA is a cross-platform open-source diagramming tool.

DIA is an open-source diagramming tool, inspired by Visio.

It currently has special objects to help draw entity relationship diagrams, UML diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams, and many other diagrams. It is also possible to add support for new shapes by writing simple XML files, using a subset of SVG to draw the shape.

Dia available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux from: http://dia-installer.de

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How can I save my Dia drawing as a custom shape?

I've got an existing simple Dia drawing and would like to turn it into a custom Dia *.shape to use in other diagrams. How can I get my drawing into Dia's toolbox?
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Are those dia2sql tools sheet-specific?

I am using DIA v0.97.1 to draw diagrams for my database modelings. One thing that I really hope to get some advice from experienced members is about those dia2sql tools. They basically automatically parse the .dia document (xml document in essence)…
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Is there a silent installation mode for Dia on Windows?

How can I install the open source Dia drawing software available from http://dia-installer.de silently on Windows?
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Draw scheme for algorithm

What program is modeled in this diagram?
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Permanently change the color palette in the GTK color picker

When using the color picker widget GTK applications I often use a different color Palette to the one given by default, as shown in the picture below. While the program is running I can change the defaults colors and they stay changed, however, when…
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Is there any documentation for the Dia (diagram editor) module for python?

The Dia diagram editor has a python module named dia that comes with the installation of the editor. It can be used to write plugins for the editor but I can't seem to find any documentation for it. I would like to know what classes/methods are…
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How to explicitly specify which archive-files should be handled by auto-compression-mode?

I use Dia to draw diagrams, however it's not sometimes very convenient when comes to text manipulation. Since *.dia files are just compressed XML-files, it can be edited in a text editor. Emacs has an auto-compression-mode which handles…
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How can I get the gtk window of a C running program through a python script?

Is there a way to get the window in which we are with a python script in a running program that allows python scripts? The program I'm talking about is dia, that is written in C, which opens all the python scripts stored in the correct folder when…
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dia2code - how to handle use of stl classes

I want to use STL classes with dia2code in my diagram. However I'm not sure how to get dia2code to include those files when generating. Is there any way to get it to include them. Perhaps by modifying my diagram. I want to be able to place all…
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Jointjs postion text on top instead of center for rectangle

In JointJS how can I position the label on top instead of center. Some thing like this: So in coding: var r1 = new joint.shapes.basic.Rect({ position: { x: 20, y: 20 }, size: { width: 200, height: 200 }, attrs: { rect: { fill:…
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Software to make a tiers diagram?

i will make a tiers diagram and need a software to creategraphic, need some like this: http://i.technet.microsoft.com/Bb735136.msdfsvc01(pt-br,TechNet.10).gif anybody know software, makes this diagram? I see many diagram with this style, how i can…
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Is there an easy way to add an empty border around the entire diagram in Dia?

I'm generating a png, and the edges of the images are right alongside the outlying objects in the diagram. I'd like to add a little whitespace around the diagram. I've done it so far by adding white lines on two of the sides, but I was hoping there…
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Is there a way to have cardinality on the top and bottom of a relationship?

By default it seems you can only have cardinality displayed on the left and right sides of the Relationship shape. With that kind of behaviour it makes it a bit confusing to understand which is which when I put the entities on the top and bottom of…
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Installing dia on macports: invalid command name "post-deactivate"

I'm trying to install dia on Mac OSX, but I get an odd error: invalid command name "post-deactivate" $ sudo port install -d dia ---> Computing dependencies for diaError: Unable to execute port: invalid command name "post-deactivate" Before…
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UML in Dia, inherit arrow diagonal?

Is Dia able to make the inherit arrows diagonal? E.g. I have two classes, one of it is in the middle and the other one in the upper left corner. I want the arrow to go straight to the other class, but atm it goes left and then up, with a 90°…
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