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Dia - Freeware Flowcharting (Visio) Tool Dia is a free flowcharting tool, similar to Microsofts Visio. It is useful for building informal diagrams, database diagrams and databse models, as well as drawing more complex charts such as UML diagrams.

   http://live.gnome.org/Dia

Objects in the charts can be connected with lines and arrows in a variety of styles.

Object types in Dia include AADL, Assorted, BPMN, ChemEng, Chonogram, Cisco, Civil, Cybernetics, Electric, ER, Flowchart, FS, Gane and Sarson, GRAFCET, Jigsaw, Ladder, Logic, Map, isometric, MSE, Network, Pneumatic / Hydrualic, RE-i*, RE-Jackson, RE_kaos, SADT/IDEFO, SDL, Sybase and UML.

Dia saves diagrams in serveral formats, including XML, EPS, SVG, XFIG and PNG.

Diagrams in Dia can span multiple pages. For a few examples of diagrams created in Dia, see http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Examples. Dia is freeware and open source.

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