Once you have what you like you always copy and paste. I sometime keep a separate Dia of shapes that I am reusing as I work or just have a congregation of them away from the area where I am working in the same Dia.
On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 10:27 AM, tamouse mailing lists < tamouse.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Alejandro Imass <aim...@yabarana.com> > wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 12:05 AM, tamouse mailing lists > > <tamouse.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am just beginning to learn Dia, with the interest of making some > > > > What version? What OS? > > Ah, sorry -- > * Dia: 0.97.1 > * GNU/Linux: Ubuntu 11.04 > > >> SADT/IDEF-0 diagrams. I have loaded the shape sheet SADT, but I only > >> see on kind of activity flow: Vertical-Horizontal-Vertical. How do I > >> make the Horizontal-Vertical-Horizontal flow arrow that will be like > >> the VHV arrow? I read about deleting/adding segments, but then I can't > >> figure out how to make HVH shape work like the VHV shape (greying the > >> shape and arrow head) nor can I make sense of trying to get that new > >> HVH shape actually saved in the SADT sheet. > >> > > > > 1) Take the flow arrow and connect it where you want it. For example > > from activity box 1 lower right connection point to activity box 2 > > upper left connection port. The arrow will be pointing downwards and > > you will have one segment with a yellow square and the two end should > > be connected by showing red squares. > > > > 2) Drag the current segment upwards by clicking on the yellow square > > until it passes the top of activity box 2 (which in IDEF0 will usually > > be bellow box 1). Now right click on the vertical part of the line > > that is sticking out of box 2 and select add segment. A new yellow box > > should appear on that vertical line, and the line should turn black > > because it's now a horizontal flow. > > > > 3) Click on this new yellow box and drag it to the left. The new > > segment will grow to the left and the arrow should now point correctly > > to the right. To change the flow style double click on the line to > > open it's properties. Don't know too much about IDEF but AFAIK > > horizontal flows should always be black, and the only option (at least > > in DIA's SADT/IDEF0) is to grey the vertical ones, but if you want you > > can force grey the whole line by changing it's colour in the object's > > properties. > > > > Best, > > > > -- > > Alejandro Imass > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > Ok, I can understand that -- The only thing is I think it's a bit of a > pain to have to do that for every horizontal flow.... > > I'm also going to be interested in how I'm going to have to do recycle > flows... > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk michael.e.r...@gmail.com <michael.e.r...@gmail.com>
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