{"id":574,"date":"2014-10-30T15:23:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T15:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/techne\/?p=574"},"modified":"2016-07-06T15:16:28","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T20:16:28","slug":"dia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/techne\/dia\/","title":{"rendered":"Dia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/techne\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2014\/10\/dialogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-575 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/techne\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/93\/2014\/10\/dialogo.jpg\" alt=\"dialogo\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" \/><\/a><strong>Availability:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.gnome.org\/Apps\/Dia\">Free download<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Comparable: <\/strong><a title=\"Visio\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/techne\/visio\/\">Visio<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dia is free and open source general-purpose diagramming software, roughly inspired by Microsoft Visio. Dia uses a controlled single document interface (SDI) similar to GIMP and Inkscape.<\/p>\n<p>Dia has a modular design with several shape packages available for different needs: flowchart, network diagrams, circuit diagrams, and more. It does not restrict symbols and connectors from various categories from being placed together.<\/p>\n<p>Dia has special objects to help draw <a class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Entity-relationship model\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Entity-relationship_model\">entity-relationship models<\/a> (obsoleted tedia2sql or newer parsediasql can be used to create the SQL DDL), <a title=\"Unified Modeling Language\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Unified_Modeling_Language\">Unified Modeling Language<\/a> (UML) diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams, and simple electrical circuits. It is also possible to add support for new shapes by writing simple XML files, using a subset of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) to draw the shape.<\/p>\n<p>Dia loads and saves diagrams in a custom XML format which is, by default, <a title=\"Gzip\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gzip\">gzipped<\/a> to save space. It can print large diagrams spanning multiple pages\u00a0and can also be scripted using the <a title=\"Python (programming language)\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/techne\/python\/\">Python programming language<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dia is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux and is available to download at no cost\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.gnome.org\/Apps\/Dia\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Availability: Free download Comparable: Visio Dia is free and open source general-purpose diagramming software, roughly inspired by Microsoft Visio. Dia uses a controlled single document interface (SDI) similar to GIMP and Inkscape. Dia has a modular design with several shape packages available for different needs: flowchart, network diagrams, circuit diagrams, and more. 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