Re: editor for shapes ?

["loli" <loli unsa edu ar>]

For shapes without text fields, or with just one text field, Dia is quite good to help creating 
new shapes: 
 
1) Use Dia to draw yor future shape. 
2) Export yor work choosing extension 'shape'; 
   you will get 2 files, one with the extension .shape , the other one with extension .png; 
  for the last one you will be asked to choose its size: just accept dia's proposal (some times 
one does not see the small menu with yhe question, but it has to be answered....). 
3) Use a text editor, if necessary, to modify the .shape file: 
    - Usualy, the file includes many conection points; but you may want more or less of them 
    - Add a textbox ... if you want a field text. 
    - Change, if necessary,  aspect ratio ... and resize ....  
    - Change if necessary, the shape name. 
4) Use Sheets and Objects to incorporate your new shape to a sheet. 
    (perhaps you also want to create a new sheet, and this can also be done with the Sheets               
and Objects  menu.   
 
I remember my work creating 'by hand' some shapes (with icons for them), and sheets and I 
really think  Dia's help is quite important. 
 
A Perl script could be prepared to  help to automatize the edition. 
 
On Thu, 02 Dec 2004 17:50:39 +0100, Alexander wrote 
> xavier schrieb: 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > i'd like, maybe like many others, 
> > add new shapes to dia, especially for network diagrams. 
>  
> mkay, shapes are good, kids, mkay 
>  
> > 
> > the only way to create shapes is by hand. 
> > 
>  
> or by using a vector based drawing program which is able to save  
> images as svg. As far as I know *g*, Open Office Draw does.  
> Connection Points must be set by hand, should be the esier part ;-) 
>  Maybe with a little experience in using dia and it's svg writer it  
> could also be possible to draw new elements in dia. 
>  
> Be creative, just little tapping, don't overdo it ;-) 
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