Re: smartDraw and alternatives

2007-05-07 Thread Dominique Bodin

hello,

i know this one:
http://www.conceptdraw.com/en/products/cd5/main.php

it's only $299

Dominique

On Sun, 06 May 2007 22:58:27 +0200, Jim Ault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:




On 5/6/07 10:50 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Thanks for the observation, Jim. That was kind of what I thought
might be possible, but not being familiar with Flash at all, had no
idea exactly how it might be used. Is Flash expensive?

Joe


Yep, it is one of the big guys.
And learning curve is a bit steep.


Jim Ault
Las Vegas


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Re: smartDraw and alternatives

2007-05-07 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins

Hi Dominique,

Looks interesting; particularly since it appears to have a  
programming language within it. I'll at least give it a tire kicking.  
Like all of the OSX apps, things are very difficult to see because of  
all the transparency. I hate that feature of OSX graphics. Cool, but  
very hard to see.


Thanks,

Joe Wilkins

On May 7, 2007, at 11:23 AM, Dominique Bodin wrote:


hello,

i know this one:
http://www.conceptdraw.com/en/products/cd5/main.php

it's only $299

Dominique


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Re: smartDraw and alternatives

2007-05-06 Thread Chipp Walters

On 5/5/07, Joe Lewis Wilkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Chipp,

Can Flash be used for scaled drawings?




Joe, I don't understand the question.
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Re: smartDraw and alternatives

2007-05-06 Thread Chipp Walters

Joe, perhaps you mean, 'can Flash be used to create architectural
drawings'-- like a CAD app. The answer to that is NO. There are no real
units in my version of Flash, and there certainly is not 'fillet' or
'chamfering' type tools. I wouldn't think anyone would use Flash to create
mechanical or architectural blueprints.

On 5/6/07, Chipp Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


On 5/5/07, Joe Lewis Wilkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Chipp,

 Can Flash be used for scaled drawings?



Joe, I don't understand the question.



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Re: smartDraw and alternatives

2007-05-06 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins

Chipp,
Just curious as to what kind of drawings you CAN do with Flash.
Thanks,
Joe

On May 6, 2007, at 9:54 AM, Chipp Walters wrote:


Joe, perhaps you mean, 'can Flash be used to create architectural
drawings'-- like a CAD app. The answer to that is NO. There are no  
real

units in my version of Flash, and there certainly is not 'fillet' or
'chamfering' type tools. I wouldn't think anyone would use Flash to  
create

mechanical or architectural blueprints.


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Re: smartDraw and alternatives

2007-05-06 Thread Jim Ault
On 5/6/07 10:01 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Chipp,
 Just curious as to what kind of drawings you CAN do with Flash.
 Thanks,
 Joe
 
My take is that it would not really good for the architectural tools you are
used to, Joe.  Not even close to Dreams, or the like.  Old versions of Flash
have a quite different way of working with drawing objects.  Takes getting
used to, and layer management is essential, but weak.

 Flash does have some amazingly good algorithms for rendering.  You might
think more about exporting from a good drawing program, then importing into
Flash.  Now you can apply Flash tools to get something that will render
precisely.

You could do a special effect of a before-home and an after-remodel where
Flash does all the 'tweening' calculations to animate the change!

Jim Ault
Las Vegas



 On May 6, 2007, at 9:54 AM, Chipp Walters wrote:
 
 Joe, perhaps you mean, 'can Flash be used to create architectural
 drawings'-- like a CAD app. The answer to that is NO. There are no
 real
 units in my version of Flash, and there certainly is not 'fillet' or
 'chamfering' type tools. I wouldn't think anyone would use Flash to
 create
 mechanical or architectural blueprints.
 
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Re: smartDraw and alternatives

2007-05-06 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins
Thanks for the observation, Jim. That was kind of what I thought  
might be possible, but not being familiar with Flash at all, had no  
idea exactly how it might be used. Is Flash expensive?


Joe

On May 6, 2007, at 10:41 AM, Jim Ault wrote:


On 5/6/07 10:01 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Chipp,
Just curious as to what kind of drawings you CAN do with Flash.
Thanks,
Joe

My take is that it would not really good for the architectural  
tools you are
used to, Joe.  Not even close to Dreams, or the like.  Old versions  
of Flash
have a quite different way of working with drawing objects.  Takes  
getting

used to, and layer management is essential, but weak.

 Flash does have some amazingly good algorithms for rendering.  You  
might
think more about exporting from a good drawing program, then  
importing into
Flash.  Now you can apply Flash tools to get something that will  
render

precisely.

You could do a special effect of a before-home and an after-remodel  
where

Flash does all the 'tweening' calculations to animate the change!

Jim Ault
Las Vegas


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Re: smartDraw and alternatives

2007-05-06 Thread Jim Ault


On 5/6/07 10:50 AM, Joe Lewis Wilkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Thanks for the observation, Jim. That was kind of what I thought
 might be possible, but not being familiar with Flash at all, had no
 idea exactly how it might be used. Is Flash expensive?
 
 Joe

Yep, it is one of the big guys.
And learning curve is a bit steep.


Jim Ault 
Las Vegas


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Re: smartDraw and alternatives

2007-05-05 Thread Scott Kane

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Subject: smartDraw and alternatives


what software for easy drawing eye-candy diagrams (Tree diagrams, ER, 
block

diagrams from templates) do you usually use? I tried smartDraw (www
smartdraw.com) but for some reason it is very unstable and almost unusable
on my system, so decided to ask for your advice again on comparable
alternatives (MacOSX, Linux, Windows). Thanks in advance!


Visio is nice (but expensive) for Windows only.  Available from M$ and I 
think there is a trial version on their website.


Scott Kane
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Re: smartDraw and alternatives

2007-05-05 Thread Bernard Devlin

OmniGraffle for OS X is very,  very nice.  It came free with my Macs.

On Windows/Solaris/HPUX there is VisualThought - which is  
abandonware, but they had the decency to produce a free license code  
for it when it was abandoned:


http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/graphics/diagramming/confluent/

Bernard

 what software for easy drawing eye-candy diagrams (Tree diagrams, ER,
 block
 diagrams from templates) do you usually use? I tried smartDraw (www
 smartdraw.com) but for some reason it is very unstable and almost  
unusable

 on my system, so decided to ask for your advice again on comparable
 alternatives (MacOSX, Linux, Windows). Thanks in advance!
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Re: smartDraw and alternatives

2007-05-05 Thread Stephen Barncard
I'll second that. I just used OmniGraffle to flowchart and visualize 
a really long convoluted handler.




OmniGraffle for OS X is very,  very nice.  It came free with my Macs.



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Re: smartDraw and alternatives

2007-05-05 Thread Chipp Walters

Believe it or not, I prefer Flash, as I can draw anything I like with it,
and over the years I have created libraries which help me diagram. Frankly,
I prefer Flash 4 as it's very simple to use. One of the great things about
Flash is that it autoscales print results to any device. So, the Flash doc
at:

http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/ChicagoTitleExtranet/ChicTitleBlueprint03.swf

prints out on large 4' wide plotters which makes for excellent
presentations.

-Chipp
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Re: smartDraw and alternatives

2007-05-05 Thread Joe Lewis Wilkins

Chipp,

Can Flash be used for scaled drawings?

Joe Wilkins

On May 5, 2007, at 1:07 PM, Chipp Walters wrote:

Believe it or not, I prefer Flash, as I can draw anything I like  
with it,
and over the years I have created libraries which help me diagram.  
Frankly,
I prefer Flash 4 as it's very simple to use. One of the great  
things about
Flash is that it autoscales print results to any device. So, the  
Flash doc

at:

http://www.altuit.com/webs/altuit2/ChicagoTitleExtranet/ 
ChicTitleBlueprint03.swf


prints out on large 4' wide plotters which makes for excellent
presentations.


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