Stuart, I am probably extending your last question outside the UML universe and you intention...
"where (if at all) do you need to use shapes outside the UML set? " I do all my work outside the UML set, and the beauty of Dia is its flexibility at a low level. I always need shapes outside the UML set. My dia tend towards illustrations for documentation of equipment and its use, sometimes to get a particular presentation of graphs. None of it specialized so that I am dependent on the sheets of shapes, but I pick among many of the, in particular the electrical, circuit, chemical engineering (a very handy set which I misuse regularly), assorted and flow charts sheets. I often place images in Dia and annotate extensively on top of them. Dia is a very nice general purpose tool. On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Stuart Rossiter < stuart.p.rossi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> From: Michael Ross <michael.e.r...@gmail.com> >> >> >> "Other than to write my own shapes" This is the only way any shapes >> arise. >> Someone has to do it. >> >> > Michael: fair enough, I phrased the question badly. I guess I should have > asked "Does anyone know of any attempts to facilitate UML 2 for Dia (either > directly via Dia shapes or indirectly via something like ArgoUML and > conversion scripts)?" > > >> From: Alejandro Imass <aim...@yabarana.com> >> >> >> What exactly are you missing for UML 2? We use the UML 2 standard with >> DIA (albeit not religiously a la OMG/Rational) but we are very fluent >> in V2 and we use DIA for all our work. Can you provide an example of >> what you are trying to do? >> > > Alejandro: a fair question. Unfortunately this was a bit of a > 'fire-and-forget' post, as the UML modelling work I did that brought up > some apparent shortcomings was quite a long time ago. I'm in the middle of > some other work and don't have time to go back over it (I'm not even sure > which particular diagram types I had frustrations with), but I appreciate > that I probably can't expect too much help without more details! > > I may also not have 'thought laterally' enough in terms of adapting > existing shapes for my needs. > > If/when I have time, I'll go back through everything and post again. Out > of interest, what are the normal set of diagram types you use and where (if > at all) do you need to use shapes outside the UML set? (I know that, in > principle in UML 2, these are not rigid divisions...) > > Regards, > Stuart > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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