Questions tagged [diagram]

A diagram is a two-dimensional geometric symbolic representation of information according to some visualization technique.

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Drawing simple mediation diagram in R

Is there a (preferably easy and straightforward) way to draw simple path diagrams with mediation coefficients in R? I've been looking to DiagrammeR package but that looks like an overkill (and to be honest I failed to figure out how to make a…
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break / stop execution in UML sequence diagram mid-way inside alt / opt

In a UML Sequence Diagram - If a flow should stop if a condition is met midway, how would it be best represented with alternate / optional fragments? i.e. - If the stop condition is not met then the flow is continued for several more steps.…
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Interactive architectural diagram tools

Are there any tools that would allow me to easily create an interactive architectural diagram? I envisage the ability to view a graphical depiction of the architecture at a high level. I would then be able to click on a specific piece of the…
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Visio database diagrams, associating columns

I'm trying to be a good developer and create some documentation before I start programming my next project. I have created a database schema diagram in Visio and created relationships between columns. However, I am looking for a way to make the…
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Use Case Diagram and Activity Diagram, Chicken and Egg?

I want to question and/or perhaps challenge the school of thought on UML behavioral diagrams. Firstly, I want to ask, what comes first: Use Case or Activity? I was taught that Use Case diagrams come first and then for each Use Case, you have one or…
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What is the best way to graphically represent page flow, as applicable to an action oriented web application?

What is the best way to graphically represent page flow, as applicable to an action oriented web application? What model do you use to represent page flows (page flow diagrams) encompassing pages (views), user actions on those views (events) and…
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WPF Diagramming Library

What free or open source WPF diagramming libraries have you used before? I'm working on my thesis and have no money to pay for the commercial alternatives. Valid answers should support undo/redo, exporting to XML and hopefully good…
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Program for drawing VHDL block diagrams?

Is there any free program out there that can parse a collection of VHDL files and build a block diagram from them? I'm looking more for a program that will build a block diagram image to go along with the documentation for the hierarchy, similar to…
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Python graph like windirstat?

I'm interested in using python to make diagrams representing the size of values based on the size of squares (and optionally their colour). Basically I'm looking for a way to make overviews of a bunch of values like the good old program windirstat…
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How to better visualize Rails Models and Applications?

Is there a RailRoad replacement or something that provides diagrams like unto it for Rails 3.x? Presently you have to edit line 54 of app_diagram.rb from: (OLD) STDOUT.reopen(PLATFORM =~ /mswin/ ? "NUL" : "/dev/null") to (NEW)…
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Is there a good WPF diagrammer / toolkit / provider?

Basically we need a custom diagram component in our new WPF based application. Needs to show text/lines, linked 2D Nodes and custom images apart from the other diagramming features like Undo/Redo, Align, Group, etc.. ala Visio. The initial team did…
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IntelliJ Idea: Red lines in dependency viewer

I started experimenting with the different diagram views that intellij offers and stumbled upon the dependency view. In one of my projects I've encountered that besides the blue arrows indicating dependencies there are some dependencies that are…
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UML class diagram - represent attribute with initial value

How is an attribute with initial value (such as a static constant) represented in UML? public class Foo { public static final int BAR = 17; }
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Diagramming Programs

I tend to be a visual thinker. So if I can imagine the flow of data through a program I can understand what's happening in it better then if I was reading a text story (pseudo code) of what's happening. Is there a way to visually represent the way…
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How to illustrate an interrupt-driven process?

This question is related to diagraming a software process. As an electrical engineer, much of the software I do is for embedded micro-controllers. In school, we learned to illustrate our algorithm using a flowchart. However, nowadays, many of my…
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