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were done using OmniGraffle, that's all what I know. Are you
> Others may have more definite information about what has been used in the past.
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> I have seen UML(use case) drawings in the wiki that use the same (or very similar) graphics that ArgoUML uses.
> ArgoUML is open source
> We are only scratching the surface in our internal use of it so I am not an expert modeller but it looks like something that an experienced UML
> modeler should be able to use to get most of the diagrams required to support development.
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> It would be nice to have a product that deals with the issue of version control and SCM for models in a way that allowed many people to update the
> models.
> It is probably possible to partition the model into enough chunks that people can keep the models up to date without tripping over each other.
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> There are a lot of database models already part of the documentation but I am not sure if they are up to date.
> I also do not know what tool was used to make them
> We use MySQL Workbench which is free and produces diagrams that are pretty aesthetically pleasing.
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> Ron
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> On 15/12/2014 1:56 PM, Todd Thorner wrote:
>> I'm sold ... for what that's worth. Is there any UML-type facility for
>> the project's future of design & spec-chasing?
>>
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>> On 14-12-15 10:41 AM, Ron Wheeler wrote:
>>> On 15/12/2014 1:30 PM, Todd Thorner wrote:
>>>> Yeah, graphs & charts represent special cases.
>>> For the first applications of our ETVL, org charts were a very useful
>>> output since we were dealing with people in organizations where a clean
>>> hierarchy is the common way that companies are organized. It was useful
>>> to have the organizational structure (departments, divisions, etc) as
>>> well as reporting relationships between people.
>>>
>>> Graphviz is capable of producing very complex charts and has a fair
>>> amount of language features to support customizing the appearance.
>>>
>>> Ron
>>>
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>>>>
>>>> On 14-12-15 09:49 AM, Ron Wheeler wrote:
>>>>> If people don't like the idea of using the Graphviz version that I made,
>>>>> there is a viewer for graffle that runs on the PC. Not sure if any of
>>>>> their other free utilities will output an SVG.
>>>>> Graphviz can outout SVG.
>>>>> I am not sure if it would be easy to use svg as a source.
>>>>>
>>>>> Graphviz offers high level control over placement that usually gives a
>>>>> clean graph without having to manually place nodes.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have just started to use the dynamic javascript version of graphviz in
>>>>> my ETVL tool to output org charts embedded into HTML pages from
>>>>> hierarchical data.
>>>>> Works fine but the org charts are not as nice looking as GetOrgChart's
>>>>> charts and GetOrgChart produces a chart that can be interrogated in the
>>>>> browser to view the detail information stored at each node so I support
>>>>> both ways of generating charts in HTML format.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ron
>>>>>
>>>>> On 15/12/2014 12:04 PM, Todd Thorner wrote:
>>>>>> What happens if you change a .graffle file's extension to something
>>>>>> else
>>>>>> like SVG or XML? Any luck? I know very little about Mac lock-ins, but
>>>>>> if you can get a text-based file to display (e.g. if .graffle is .xml
>>>>>> underneath) you might be able to edit the text.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You could also try taking a screenshot and then editing that by
>>>>>> overlaying the newer links on top of the old image. Quality might
>>>>>> suffer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perhaps committers could consider SVG as a forward-thinking standard
>>>>>> format for the project's graphical source files (production-ready files
>>>>>> can be exported as whatever). My preferred tool is Inkscape
>>>>>> (Windows/Mac/Linux).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 14-12-15 06:33 AM, Ron Wheeler wrote:
>>>>>>> Can we move them to open source products such as Open Office or
>>>>>>> ArgoUML
>>>>>>> or Freeplane?
>>>>>>> These run on all platforms and are all free.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ron
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 15/12/2014 7:30 AM, Sharan-F wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi All
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Does anyone in the community have access to Graffle on a Mac who is
>>>>>>>> willing
>>>>>>>> to help us update one of our wiki diagrams?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The diagram that needs to be updated is called
>>>>>>>> OFBizComponentDependencies.graffle (see link below)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=7766065&metadataLink=true>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> <
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=7766065&metadataLink=true>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It forms part of the page around Component Set and Component Set
>>>>>>>> Dependencies page that we want keep up to date.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OFBIZ/Component+and+Component+Set+Dependencies>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We need to update some links so please respond if you can help.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>> Sharan
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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