Re: I don't find my shapes in Dia.

[Sunah Yu <sunah yu campus tu-berlin de>]

Hello Andrey,

thank you very much for your help.

I've managed to import the "Test sheet" you provided me and can see it
in Dia. Unfortunately I have never created SVG files so I can barely
imagine how to proceed.

1. Do I use Dia itself to create the shape I need or an external program
(like Inkscape which is, as far as I understood, for creating vectorized
pictures)?

2. You told me to create "shapes" and "sheets" directories in ~/.dia/
directory: Where are the other shapes coming with Dia and why do I have
to place my own shapes here?

3. Related to your provided template: What is the "relation" between
~/.dia/sheets/Test.sheet and ~/.dia/shapes/Test/test.shape (how do the
files work together)?
The only file I understand is ~/.dia/shapes/Test/test.png which shows
your template.

Sorry for all these questions but this is my first time using free
software for a more complex task at my university.

Best regards
Sunah

On 6/9/19 7:37 PM, Andrey Repin via dia-list wrote:
> Greetings, Sunah Yu!
>
> > Hello Andrey, thank you for helping me.
>
> > Best Wishes,
> > Sunah
>
> > On 6/9/19 6:44 PM, Andrey Repin via dia-list wrote:
> > > Greetings, Sunah Yu!
> > >
> > > > Hello, I am trying to draw a process flowsheet with Dia.
> > > > I want to draw shapes which you can see in attached image.
> > > > But I don't find any of them and even nothing similar to them in shapes
> > > > documentation[1].
> > > > Does somebody of you know how can I solve this problem?
> > >
> > > Do you want to create your own shapes or looking for some existing shapes that
> > > fill your requirements?
>
> > I am looking for some existing shapes. It doesn’t need not be exactly
> > same as in the image but I expect some certain similarity with them. If
> > there isn’t any shapes for me, then I thinking about to draw myself with
> > basic geometric shapes (line, circle , Rectangle etc.) in Dia.
>
> If you know just a little about SVG, it would be quite easy to write your own
> shapes by hands.
> I can provide a template.
> Just grab the attached archive, unpack it, and move the "shapes" and "sheets"
> directories into your ~/.dia/ directory.
> Then launch Dia and look for "Test sheet".
>
>
>
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