[ale] OpenOffice Draw for Site Maps?

[Jeff Hubbs]

Despite those stencils looking very clever-seeming and all, I find they 
make for lousy diagrams.  Diagrams/blueprints/schematics are supposed to 
be abstractions that show more than just a physical arrangement.  With 
the rectangle (or whatever) filled in with non-germane information 
(e.g., where on the front panel of a server the CD drive is :) ), I 
can't use the inside of the rectangle to convey germane information.

Jeff Lightner wrote:
> I was more interested in one that would convert vendor provided
> stencils.   Many of them provide stencils so you don't need to draw your
> own copy of their equipment in your diagrams.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Geoffrey
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 3:26 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] OpenOffice Draw for Site Maps?
>
> Paul Cartwright wrote:
>   
>> On Thu January 29 2009, Geoffrey wrote:
>>     
>>> Jeff Lightner wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Do any of these tools import or convert Visio templates?
>>>>         
>>> Dia has an import plugin, although I've never used it.
>>>
>>> --
>>>       
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/dia-list@lysator.liu.se/msg03255.html
>> We would add vsd import in an eyeblink except that the format is
>> proprietary just like most other Microsoft programs formats.  Anyone
>>     
> who
>   
>> can figure out the format will be awarded the Dia Medal of Honor.
>>     
>
> My bad, I didn't look at it closely enough:
>
> "Visio XML Format import and export filter"
>
> So I guess if you export your visio docs as xml, you should be able to 
> use this filter.
>
>