Hyperlinks
Link figures and labels to web pages, documents, or diagrams. |
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Connection Points
Attach connectors anywhere on a figure, not only at the center |
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Multiple Attach Modes
Attach connectors at centers of figures, at the click point, or at
pre-defined connection points |
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Memos
Add memos (text notes) to any figure or label, visible when hover
over with the mouse |
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Figure Labels
Attach text labels outside a figure that stick to the figure
when it moves or is copied.
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Lateral Connector Labels
Attach text labels to any connector above, below, or aside the
connector line (not inline) |
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Auto-Label Figures
Define styles that automatically include an
attached figure label |
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Junction Dots
Option to use dots to show when intersecting connectors connect |
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Color Schemes
Change the colors scheme of an existing diagram or subset of objects |
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Containers
Shapes and boxes that show 'groups' of others |
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Active Containers
Containers can automatically group sets of objects they contain |
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Scale
Scale a diagram and/or styles by a fixed amount. |
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Import Styles From
Import style definitions from another diagram |
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Save As HTML
Save diagrams as web pages including links and memos (as tooltips).
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Flowcharts
Includes basic flowcharting symbols and templates |
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Basic Block Diagrams
Includes symbols and templates for simple block diagrams |
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Additional Block Diagrams
Includes more variety and advanced forms of block and design
diagrams for business, database, and scientific work. |
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Extension Symbols
Includes free extension pack of technical symbols and diagram
templates including ER (database) diagramming, org charts, logic
diagrams, and more |
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Network Diagramming
Includes network diagramming symbols and templates, natively or
as a free extension pack |
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UML Diagrams and Symbols
Includes UML symbol sets and templates for all UML2 diagram types
plus non-standard extensions. |
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Online Help System
Comprehensive integrated online help system |
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User Guide
Comprehensive illustrated user guide including contents, index,
illustrations, and screen shots. |
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UML Diagramming Guide
Additional online help and separate user guide detailing
how to work with UML contructs and UML components |
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Multiple Text Areas
Use shapes that contain more than one area for text |
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Stretch
Stretch is like resizing for figures with multiple compartments.
One or more compartments change based on how the figure
is stretched. Primarily for complex UML symbols. |
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Stamp Connectors
Define connector fragments including an optional
text label that can be stamped into place in one click |
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UML Terminology
Alternative terminology to conform with UML specification
such as Nodes and Paths. |
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UML Pinnable Symbols
Recognizes special UML symbols that snap together to create more
complex symbols, including qualifiers, pins, ports, interfaces,
activations, lifelines, terminators, entry and exit points, and
messages. |
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UML Associations
Create association labels that include the optional directional
arrow. |
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UML Interfaces
Interfaces snap to appropriate objects, are labeled
automatically, and drag intelligently, aware of their location
and surroundings. |
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UML Message Sliding
Messages attached to lifelines and activations slide along the
sequences retaining horizontal or vertical orientation. |
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Guillemets
Guillemet symbols can be added using toolbar buttons or by typing
consecutive '>>' or '<<' |
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File Sharing Support
File locking and read-only support to prevent contention and file
corruption on multi-user systems and networked environments |
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Free Reader
Freely distributable diagram reader for others to read your
diagrams without the product or a license |
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Linking and Embedding in Documents
OLE-enabled to allow copy/paste to documents of other programs,
including Insert Object and Object Linking |
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Full-featured Text
Text within figures or labels can include a mixture of fonts,
colors, sizes, and styles |
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Text Wrapping
Text can be configured to wrap within the existing dimensions of a
figure or label |
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Superscripts and Subscripts
Superscripted and subscripted text is useful for mathematical and
scientific applications |
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Text Justification
Text in figures or labels can be left, right, or center justified,
plus vertical justification as well |
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Flow Labels
Attach text labels to the point where a connector meets a figure |
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Inline Connector Labels
Attach text labels to any connector inline (over) the connector
line. |
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Snap and Drop Labels
Drop or snap labels into place as figure labels, connector
labels, or flow labels, also attach and detach manually |
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Rotate Text
Limited text rotation capability - rotate labels (not figures) by
90 degrees left or right |
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Configurable Line Spacing
Spacing between lines of text can be customized in a wide variety of
ways |
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Tabs
Use tabs to format text and add custom left, right, center, or
decimal justified tab stops |
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Label Background Color
A label can be assigned a fill color for a background |
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Automatic Text Scaling
Label text automatically scales when the label is resized. Figures
can be programmed this way as well |
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Auto Expand
Figures can be configured to automatically grow in size when
the text grows |
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Connector Features
Flip, snip, connect, attach, detach, add/remove arrows, and more/td>
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Pre-defined Terminator Gallery
Symbol gallery with many different arrowheads and other terminator
symbols appropriate for each product |
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Curved Connectors
Connecting lines can be straight, rounded, curved, or smoothes |
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Line Styles
Lines can be any width, color, thickness, or pattern |
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Jogs
Automatically show jogs also called jumps or crossovers where
a connector crosses another |
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Flow Symbols
Define symbols drawn along the length of any line |
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Drop into Flows
Drop figures into existing flows |
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Versatile Figure Creation
Many ways to create figures including style bar buttons, style bar
combo box, drop menu, style chooser screen, and others.
Methods include drag and drop, stamp, stamp-and-resize,
lasso create, snap in place, and so on. |
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Pre-defined Symbol Gallery
Symbol gallery with a variety of categorized symbols |
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Fill Gradients
Attractive and versatile two-color fill gradients with many
options and presets including any angle, intensity, linear,
elliptical, bell curve, gamma-correction, platform,
and spread control |
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Copy/Paste Fill
Easily copy and paste one figure's or style's fill to
another |
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Shadows
High quality smooth drop shadows with programmable color, opacity,
diffusion, and offsets |
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Reshape
Reshape complex shapes by dragging reshape handles |
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Tinting
Add a fill color to imported graphics to tint or color
them to fit your diagram |
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Outlines and Border
Border lines for shapes can be any color, width, pattern or style |
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Figure Snap Options
Figures can be configured to snap to the grid in multiple
ways including center snap, edges snap, height and width snap |
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Adjustable Figure Margins
Control the spacing between figure edges and the text |
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Resize
Resize in multiple ways by handles, dimensions, or making
the same size as other objects. Option to keep center stationary. |
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Standard Editing
Cut, copy, paste, delete, duplicate, drag-copy, drag-duplicate,
select all, deselect all |
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Shift and Nudge
Use arrow keys and snap mode to shift or nudge objects |
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Ordering Features
Front, Back, Front One, and Back One |
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Grouping
Group objects together, plus Ungroup, Ungroup All, Regroup |
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Multiple Undo
Undo multiple operations |
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Search and Replace
Basic text find and replace tool |
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Drag and Drop
Drop diagrams into the program, or drop graphics directly into
your diagram |
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Snap and Align Grid
Configurable snap grid and alignment grid to help simplify
layout - grid can be dots, lines, or neither |
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| Align Features |
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| Space Evenly Features |
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| Snap Straight
Lines and connections are guided towards being straight
even when conflicting with the snap grid |
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| Center on Page Features |
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English or Metric
Choose English units (inches) or metric units (cm) |
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Collapsible Style Bar
The style bar can be collapsed to free up the entire screen for
a diagram |
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Customize Toolbars and Style Bar
Add/remove toolbar buttons and configure the toolbars and style bars
in the most convenient way. Three toolbar icon sizes. |
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Check for Updates
Feature checks for new version and optionally reminds you
periodically to perform the check |
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Rulers
Optional ruler bars to help with size and layouts |
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Tooltips
Optional tooltips help show toolbar functions, style usage,
color names, and more |
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Multiple Color Palettes
Select from a variety of color palettes |
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Style Categories
Styles can be organized into categories for easier access and
identification |
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Custom Templates and Styles
Create custom-defined styles and save them as your own diagram
templates |
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Styles Based On
Create or change styles based on the properties of any object |
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Scroll and Pan Features
Scrollbars, drag scroll, mouse wheel scroll, arrow scroll,
auto-scroll dragging, and more |
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Zoom Features
Zoom in, zoom out, zoom intervals, lasso zoom tool, zoom to
page, zoom to page width, zoom to all or selected objects,
mouse wheel zoom, keyboard zoom, and more |
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Follow Hyperlinks
Follow hyperlinks between diagrams and to web pages.
Navigate forward and back like a browser |
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File Features
Revert, Save All, Print all, Save Template, Save HTML |
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Multiple Document Editing
Open multiple diagrams, or multiple windows for the same diagram
including standard tiling and cascading features |
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Diagram Wizard
Use the diagram wizard to set initial characteristics of a diagram |
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Import Graphics
Import graphics formats BMP, DIB, WMF, EMF, PNG, GIF, JPG, TIF.
intelligently calculating bounds and shape
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Export Graphics
Export to graphics formats BMP, DIB, WMF, EMF, PNG, GIF, JPG, TIF
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Poster and Virtual Page Layout
Create diagrams of any size up to 62 inches. Divide into poster pages
or virtual (printer) pages - adjustable margins |
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Auto Save and Backup
Automatically save or backup diagrams as you work |
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Page Margins
Fully configurable page margins including stitching margins
between poster pages |
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Crop Marks
Optional crop marks on printed pages show where to trim and
attach pages to create a poster |
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Printing
Print to any Windows printer, any paper size up to 62 inches.
Virtual paper sizes not supported by printer. Print
preview, print all, print set-up, multiple copies, portrait or
landscape |
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PDF Output
While direct PDF output is not supported, any product can produce
PDF files using a PDF printer driver such as the freeware
doPDF product found at
www.dopdf.com |
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