I get by with layering. On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 11:46 AM Christopher Nelson via dia-list < dia-list@gnome.org> wrote:
> I love Dia but I'm looking for a tool which lets me create "3d" > diagrams which I can drill down into. > > Say I have a top-level data flow diagram where A sends X to B which > sends Y to C. I want to be able to drill down into B, see X coming in > and Y going out and be able to create B1, B2, B3, etc. as subtasks of > B, interconnect them, hook X and Y up to two of them and save it. > > Or maybe I start by creating a bunch of processes in a complex diagram > then I can multi-select some and say "demote these to detail of a > single process" and have them replaced by a single process on the > current drawing but drilling down later would reveal the detail (while > hiding detail on the top level). > > I could see the same being useful for network diagrams. Your top > level might be data centers with trunks or "the internet" between > them, drilling down could show rooms or racks and their > interconnections, drilling down into a rack would show servers or > switches, etc. > > I've Googled around a bit and not found anything. Does anyone here > know of anything like that? Does it make sense as a direction for a > fork of Dia? > > Chris > -- > Christopher Nelson, PE > Professional Software Engineer > @ChrisNelsonPE > LinkedIn.com/in/ChrisNelsonPE > NoPerfectProgram.Wordpress.com > _______________________________________________ > dia-list mailing list > dia-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq > Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia > > -- Michael E. Ross (919) 585-6737 Land (919) 901-2805 Cell and Text (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Tablet, Google Phone and Text
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