Re dia add ons?

[Lars Clausen <lrclause cs uiuc edu>]

From: dave <david_prince comcast net>
> Is there a way to add additional diagrams? I would like to use Dia for 
> drawing accident report diagrams. I already am using it but i have to 
> insert images for the vehicles and have to rotate the image prior to 
> adding it. The pentagon would work nicely if there was a way to rotate 
> it at differant angles. If you have any ideas it would be appreciated. 
> Thanks in advance.

There is currently no way to rotate, but you can add more shapes (which it
sounds like is what you want). Draw the shape you want with e.g. polyline,
then export it as .shape into your .dia/shapes directory.  Then use the
Sheets and Objects dialog to load your shape and add it to a sheet.

-Lars

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