Figure 6.1. Assorted

Assorted Geometric Shapes. The purpose of this sheet is to provide a selection of simple and convenient preset shapes so that users need not create spend time creating their own basic shapes. The set includes shapes with constrained ratio such as perfect Circles, Squares, various type of Triangle and Crosses. These objects do not allow text to be entered inside the shape.

A collection of shapes for modeling the process of Chemical Engineering.

Uses objects to be used in a chronographic design. These are common place in time lines.

A group for people interested in creating diagrams of electrical circuits.

Figure 6.2. Cisco - Computer

Cisco - Computer includes shapes representing computer equipment from Cisco, a manufacturer of Computer Networking Equipment.

Figure 6.3. Cisco - Misc

Cisco - Misc includes miscellaneous shapes from Cisco, a manufacturer of Computer Networking Equipment.

Figure 6.4. Cisco - Network

Cisco - Network includes shapes representing network equipment from Cisco, a manufacturer of Computer Networking Equipment.

Figure 6.5. Cisco - Switch

Cisco - Switch includes shapes representing switch equipment from Cisco, a manufacturer of Computer Networking Equipment.

Figure 6.6. Cisco - Telephony

Cisco - Telephony includes shapes representing telephony equipment from Cisco, a manufacturer of Computer Networking Equipment.

Civil Engineering components.

Shapes for creating diagrams of Cybernetic Circuits.

DIN style electrical control schematics (electrical controls in manufacturing automation).

Editor for Entity Relations (ER) Diagrams. Entity Relationship diagrams are used to represent high level descriptions of conceptual models in terms of how each data entity relates to other data in the model. They are most commonly used to model the structure of data to be stored in a database.

Figure 6.7. Flowchart

A group dedicated to providing the user shapes which are commonly used in flow charts. Flow charts can be routinely found in computer programming, marketing, economics, and any other semi-linear operation which requires planning. Most flowchart objects allow entry of text.

Editor for Function Structure (FS) Diagrams. Note that the Objects require the use of the context menu to access much of the functionality of these objects.

Grafcet (or IEC 61131-3 SFC) diagrams. Used in graphical programming and documenting sequential processes in manufacturing automation.

A chart shows the step, the action, the transition, and the condition associated with the transition.

Istar is agent-oriented modeling framework. Istar is also written as i*.

Jackson Software Design (JSD) method Diagrams.

KAOS Diagrams.

Pseudo 3D isometric shapes for creating Directional Maps. Microsoft Visio calls these shapes Map, Directional Map 3D.

Figure 6.8. Misc

Miscellaneous shapes that do not fit into any of the other groups. Includes some File system shapes and an animated clock object that updates in real time.

Mobile Subscriber Equipment Components, as used by the United States Army.

Figure 6.9. Network

Used by network administrators to create a design of their network.

PLC 'Ladder' graphical programming (electrical controls in manufacturing automation).

Allows diagramming of a device which employs hydraulics.

Structured Analysis Design Technique.

Specification and Description Language (SDL) SDL is used to describe the behavior of interactive time based systems. SDL was originally focused on telecommunication systems, but has also come to be used to describe process control and real-time applications in general.

Designs diagrams display the flow of a Sybase computer network.

Figure 6.10. UML

Unified Modeling Language (UML). UML is a modeling and specification language commonly used to create diagrams showing the structure of object-oriented computer programming code, particularly for large scale projects. Some UML objects are complex and have extensive properties for various types of text entries, as shown in the screenshot below.

Figure 6.11. UML Class Properties