Even Dia is a good UML & ER Data modeller

On Mon 24 Apr, 2023, 7:27 AM Fitchett, Deborah, <
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> Your memory's correct. You can drag shapes onto the page, and drag arrows
> on to connect the shapes. The arrows normally only connect at the middle of
> the top, sides, or bottom so you might have wanted more flexibility
> (sometimes I do!) but once they're connected they stay connected even when
> you drag the shape around. And the lines do make little "humps" if they
> cross over each other.
>
> In fact checking now I see there are actually some templates that include
> shapes already connected on the page for you, then you can delete / move /
> add more as needed. I never noticed this as I always prefer to start with a
> blank page 😊 but there seem to be a few options.
>
> If you (Charles) have access to it, open it up and you should get prompted
> with some starting options including "Basic Flowchart".
>
> Deborah
>
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> > On Apr 23, 2023, at 5:18 PM, charles meyer <[log in to unmask]>
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> > Joe...
> >
> > Would I be able to just type in text in diagram boxes in Visio?
>
>
> It’s been 20 years since I switched from Visio to OmniGraffle for my
> diagraming, but I seem to recall there being a UML template set (they
> might’ve called it a template library), where it had the shapes, and you
> could drag them onto your document and then label them… and the labels
> would move with the shape if you moved it.
>
> I think that the lines stayed attached between the objects, too, so you
> could connect them up with arrows, and then drag the components around so
> they made good use of the space.
>
> I *think* the lines in Visio would also make a little hump if they
> crossed, to show they weren’t actually connected.  But I know there was
> something about the lines for why I switched. (Maybe it was the ‘magnets’
> in OmniGraffle, which let you set how the lines attached to the objects)
>
> -Joe
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