Re: Dia: Why is it so hard to do simple things?

[Paul Chavent <paul chavent fnac net>]

I don't know wich dia version you use. But,

(1) for aligning object i often use object->align

(2) for making a text (if you use) "T" bigger, double click then increase the font size (or change its 
type...).

(3) for different font for different class, i think that's because you check "abstract" !?

I think that you need some practice, or ask how to do before saying dia can't do ...

But i agree with you dia has some points to improve.

On 09/08/2011 01:49 PM, Andreas Spindler wrote:
> Hello,
>
> just a quick note. I started to use Dia on Windows. As an exercise I tried to
> create an UML diagram.
> After five minutes I had five boxes of different sizes, different font sizes.
> Nothing can be changed or aligned.
> Dia just does something random. Sorry to say that, but after playing an hour
> with the program I found it only frustrating.
>
> How can I get this diagram to be printed on one page, with equally sized boxes
> and the same font size? This seems
> to be the least thing it should do for all diagram elements. I really like the
> specific properties dialog boxes for the different UML types,
> where I can edit operations and attributes. But the result is unusable. Please
> see the attached screenshot.
>
> Or, what am I missing?
>
> First I used "T" to create a title. The title is small, no possibility to make
> it bigger.
> I created a class and a box popped on the screen, so huge, I couldn't even read
> it. Then I created another class,
> and two others. All use different fonts. This is one of these programs where I
> ask myself: "Are the
> programmers really use this themselves?"
>
>
>
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