Re: How to create own shapes with connections?

[zweiund40 <thoswald42 gmail com>]

Thank you for answering my request.

Editing the xml-file is exactly what's driving me crazy. I tried it 
several times in different ways.

I created a cloudlike image with inkspace, saved it as an svg, opened it 
with dia and exported it as .shape-file. It was the only way that worked 
for me. And now I'm stucking exactly at this point: trying to add 
connections by editing the xml-file. But everytime I do it, then 
importing it in dia by pressing key F9 ... , dia sets all the values 
back to the former version. My xml looks is this:

bebektor:~/.dia/shapes$ cat cloudlet.shape
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shape xmlns="http://www.daa.com.au/~james/dia-shape-ns"; 
xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg";>
  <name>ossi - cloudlet</name>
  <icon>cloudlet.png</icon>
  <connections/>
  <aspectratio type="fixed"/>
  <svg:svg>
    <svg:path style="fill: #ffffff" d="M 0 0 L 0.25,-0.25 L -0.625,0 L 
0.25,0.25 L 0,0z"/>
    <svg:path style="fill: none; fill-opacity:0; stroke-width: 0.05; 
stroke: #000000" d="M 0 0 L 0.25,-0.25 L -0.625,0 L 0.25,0.25 L 0,0"/>
    <svg:path style="fill: #ffffff" d="M 3.33402 0.0536043 C 
1.46323,0.0535795 -0.0533718,1.28468 -0.0534343,2.80336 C 
-0.0534753,4.32209 1.46316,5.55328 3.33402,5.55326 C 4.10738,5.55289 
4.85731,5.33771 5.45918,4.94347 C 6.06034,5.33724 6.80923,5.5524 
7.58168,5.55326 C 8.4622,5.55324 9.3081,5.27489 9.94012,4.7772 C 
10.5709,5.27388 11.4147,5.55215 12.2934,5.55326 C 13.0694,5.55283 
13.8218,5.33608 14.4246,4.93928 C 15.0269,5.33576 15.7785,5.55249 
16.5539,5.55326 C 17.4221,5.55277 18.2568,5.28173 18.8859,4.79609 C 
19.5141,5.28108 20.3475,5.55207 21.2145,5.55326 C 23.0853,5.55322 
24.6018,4.32205 24.6018,2.80336 C 24.6017,1.28472 23.0852,0.0536433 
21.2145,0.0536043 C 20.3463,0.0540677 19.5115,0.325108 18.8824,0.810773 
C 18.2542,0.325811 17.4208,0.0548251 16.5539,0.0536043 C 
15.7779,0.0540377 15.0255,0.270781 14.4227,0.667579 C 13.8204,0.271101 
13.0688,0.0543769 12.2934,0.0536043 C 11.4129,0.0536232 10.567,0.331972 
9.93493,0.829659 C 9.3042,0.332986 8.4604,0.0547172 7.58168,0.0536043 C 
6.80831,0.0539795 6.05838,0.269171 5.45652,0.663419 C 4.85536,0.269636 
4.10647,0.0544727 3.33402,0.0536043z"/>
    <svg:path style="fill: none; fill-opacity:0; stroke-width: 
0.0925197; stroke-dasharray: 0.001; stroke: #000000" d="M 3.33402 
0.0536043 C 1.46323,0.0535795 -0.0533718,1.28468 -0.0534343,2.80336 C 
-0.0534753,4.32209 1.46316,5.55328 3.33402,5.55326 C 4.10738,5.55289 
4.85731,5.33771 5.45918,4.94347 C 6.06034,5.33724 6.80923,5.5524 
7.58168,5.55326 C 8.4622,5.55324 9.3081,5.27489 9.94012,4.7772 C 
10.5709,5.27388 11.4147,5.55215 12.2934,5.55326 C 13.0694,5.55283 
13.8218,5.33608 14.4246,4.93928 C 15.0269,5.33576 15.7785,5.55249 
16.5539,5.55326 C 17.4221,5.55277 18.2568,5.28173 18.8859,4.79609 C 
19.5141,5.28108 20.3475,5.55207 21.2145,5.55326 C 23.0853,5.55322 
24.6018,4.32205 24.6018,2.80336 C 24.6017,1.28472 23.0852,0.0536433 
21.2145,0.0536043 C 20.3463,0.0540677 19.5115,0.325108 18.8824,0.810773 
C 18.2542,0.325811 17.4208,0.0548251 16.5539,0.0536043 C 
15.7779,0.0540377 15.0255,0.270781 14.4227,0.667579 C 13.8204,0.271101 
13.0688,0.0543769 12.2934,0.0536043 C 11.4129,0.0536232 10.567,0.331972 
9.93493,0.829659 C 9.3042,0.332986 8.4604,0.0547172 7.58168,0.0536043 C 
6.80831,0.0539795 6.05838,0.269171 5.45652,0.663419 C 4.85536,0.269636 
4.10647,0.0544727 3.33402,0.0536043"/>
  </svg:svg>
</shape>


It's driving me mad. I think I'm shortly before kicking my f*** laptop 
out of the window!

Do you have any idea what's going wrong?



On 06.04.2017 15:51, Бамсик Потапов wrote:
> Hello, you must use this code
>
> <connections>
>     <point x="0.0" y="0.4"/>
>     <point x="1.4" y="0.4"/>
> </connections>
>
> for example my own shape with connection:
>
> <?xml version="1.0"?>
> <shape xmlns="http://www.daa.com.au/~james/dia-shape-ns"; 
> xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg";>
> <name>Elemento-01.01.01.001.1</name>
> <description>Контакт нормально-разомкнутый ГОСТ 2.755-87</description>
> <icon>Elemento-01.01.01.001.1.png</icon>
> <connections>
>     <point x="0.0" y="0.4"/>
>     <point x="1.4" y="0.4"/>
> </connections>
> <aspectratio type="fixed"/>
> <default-width>1.4cm</default-width>
> <default-height>0.4cm</default-height>
> <textbox x1="0.0" y1="-1.3" x2="1.4" y2="-0.3" resize="no"/>
> <svg:svg>
> <svg:g style="stroke-linecap:round">
>     <svg:line x1="0.0" y1="0.4" x2="0.4" y2="0.4"/>
>     <svg:line x1="0.4" y1="0.4" x2="1.0" y2="0.0"/>
>     <svg:line x1="1.0" y1="0.4" x2="1.4" y2="0.4"/>
>     <svg:rect x="0.0" y="0.0" width="1.4" height="0.4" 
> style="stroke:none; fill:none"/>
> </svg:g>
> </svg:svg>
> </shape>
>
>
> 06.04.2017 16:47, zweiund40 пишет:
> > Hi. I'm trying to create a new shape with connection points and it's 
> > driving me crazy. It doesn't work. But on the other hand there are 
> > many other shapes per default in dia and all of them are provided 
> > with connection points. I wonder why all my efforts fail. There must 
> > be a way to do it. But how? Is there anyone who knows how it works?
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> >
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