Sunday, July 01, 2007
ConceptDraw turns 7
ConceptDraw 7 is a powerful diagramming and drawing tool that enables you to effectively visualize and communicate information and processes. Create professional-looking graphics and diagrams such as flowcharts, network diagrams, database diagrams, floor plans and much more in minutes. ConceptDraw 7 provides a comprehensive tool set to easily represent and share any kind of information.
ConceptDraw 7 has many advanced features that will keep you from missing MacDraw or SuperPaint, if you’re still watching for a new version of IntelliDraw, you may still be disappointed though. Working with Visio files, a current day reality for many of us forced cross-platform types, is a realistic option.
Work with XML for MS Visio
Using ConceptDraw you can work with MS Visio documents. By default MS Visio uses a closed binary format for its documents. ConceptDraw does not support importing MS Visio documents in closed binary format, but you can work with documents saved in MS Visio XML format.
From inside Visio save your working document as a MS Visio document in XML format. If you just have a document in binary MS Visio format only and do not have access to Visio, you can use the free of charge converter of MS Visio files into MS Visio XML format.To use this service you send your file in MS Visio format to vsdconvertor@csodessa.com . The converted file will be sent back to your e-mail. With the XML import and export capability you can work with many of your MS Visio documents, share documents with your team members who use MS Visio and work with MS Visio documents on the Macintosh.
ConceptDraw 7 is a powerful multipurpose application which helps professionals to visualize and structure information and create clear and attractive illustrations to documents in the form of professional- looking schemes, diagrams and flowcharts.
The wide set of thematic shapes, templates and wizards come with program. This helps to achieve the impressive results with minimum hand-drawing. At the same time, the powerful and easy-to-use graphic tools, delivers user the possibility to form the unique author’s style for each document.
Such kinds of modern business tools as databases or spreadsheets also can be visualized with ConceptDraw 7 due to built-in scripting language. ConceptDraw 7 is the only software of this kind that works on both Windows and Macintosh computers and allows exchanging documents between these platforms.
ConceptDraw 7 can be used for creating:
- Flowcharts
- Organization charts
- Sales and marketing diagrams
- Project timelines
- Network diagrams
- Database diagrams
- Interface and web site models
- Engineering drawings
- Building and floor plans
- Landscape and garden designs
ConceptDraw 7 is proved as an excellent tool to create and share various graphic documents.As well as deliverer of powerful features for quickly drawing all kinds of structures and schemes, thus making your work faster and easier.
Comprehensive drawing capabilities
Both simple and complicated objects can be created easily by using vector drawing tools and huge collection of shapes.
Flexible & handy interface
Completely renewed, user – friendly interface provides simple access to main tools, customizable toolbars and floating dialogs.
Intelligent objects
You can freely customize your objects: assign properties, add context menus, create links to other shapes, files or programs.
Ready solutions for easy start
The vast templates gallery lets you choose a task-oriented template to create your document on its base
Flexible Interface
Quick-and-easy access to main tools and settings with customizable toolbars and floating dialogs. ConceptDraw 7 adheres to the What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get principle and features anti-aliasing that brings your diagramming to a new level of presentation quality.
Powerful Drawing Tools
ConceptDraw offers a set of vector drawing tools that can rival a professional illustration program. Besides, it knows what makes a diagram different from a drawing, and helps you create amazing diagrams quickly and easily.
Customizable Grid and Snap tool help position your shapes precisely
A number of Alignment, Distribution and Make Same tools will automate routine operations with multiple shapes. Unlimited number of layers is supported.
Libraries and clipart
ConceptDraw 7 goes with dozens of collections of shapes to help you create a number of different types of diagrams, and drawings such as Network Diagram, Office Layout, Org Chart and more. It allows you to easily create your own customized drawing tools by drawing your own shapes or dragging the existing graphics onto a new library. The vast set of clipart added to illustrate your documents or presentations in clear and vivid way
Intelligent Shapes
ConceptDraw shapes are highly customizable. You can assign custom properties to them, add user-defined context menus, create links to other shapes, files or programs. ConceptDraw Basic scripts can be associated with shapes, providing virtually unlimited control over them.
Built-In Scripting Language
The built-in scripting language - ConceptDraw Basic - and support for the open XML for ConceptDraw format, as well as a number of other formats, provide developers with powerful means of building complex customized solutions based on the ConceptDraw 7 graphics engine.
Color palette
Ability to use the standard color palette or a custom palette. You can set a palette for a shape, its text or other attributes or document.
Texture fill
This functionality allows you to create professionally looking objects by filling ConceptDraw shapes with one of the preset textures or any raster image of your own.
Alpha-channel (transparency)
The slider next to Hide custom color button allows you to add transparency to your objects in order to make them more attractive or enable you to see objects located under. Move the slider to the right to increase the object transparency and to the left to decrease it.
Smart Connectors
Lines stay linked to their shapes, so you don’t need to redraw your diagram every time you move something. Smart connectors can flow around shapes on their way, display gaps or bridges where they cross other connectors. Every shape can be turned into a connector.
Import & Export
ConceptDraw 7 imports and exports files to a large number of raster, vector formats making it easy to exchange data with other applications.
Cross-Platform Compatibility
ConceptDraw 7 is the only professional diagramming software that works on both Windows and Macintosh platforms. All its documents and libraries are 100% compatible and can be exchanged hassle-free between the platforms.
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Brian Duck on 07/01 at 07:55 PM
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