Dia (software)
- This article is about the diagram-creation software. For other meanings, see Dia (disambiguation).
| File:Dia logo.jpg | |
 Dia 0.95 | |
| Developer(s) | Dia developers |
|---|---|
| Stable release | |
| Repository | |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | Diagramming software |
| License | GPL |
| Website | gnome.org/projects/dia/ |
Dia is free software/open source general-purpose diagramming software, developed as part of the GNOME project's office suite. Dia was originally created by Alexander Larsson. Dia uses a controlled single document interface (CSDI) similar to GIMP and Sodipodi.
Dia is conceived in a modular way with several shape packages for different needs: flowchart, network diagrams, circuit diagrams, etc. Dia does not restrict symbols and connectors from various categories from being placed together.
Dia can be used to draw many different kinds of diagrams. It currently has special objects to help draw entity-relationship models, UML diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams, and simple circuits. It is also possible to add support for new shapes by writing simple XML files, using a subset of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) to draw the shape.
Dia loads and saves diagrams to a custom XML format (gzipped by default, to save space).
Dia can print diagrams including very large diagrams that span multiple pages. Dia can be scripted using the Python programming language.
Exports
Dia can export diagrams to various formats including the following.
- EPS — Encapsulated PostScript
- SVG — Scalable Vector Graphics
- DXF — Autocad's Drawing Interchange format
- CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile defined by ISO
- WMF — Windows Meta File
- PNG — Portable Network Graphics
- JPEG
See also
- Autodia
- Inkscape
- List of UML tools
- List of vector graphics editors
- Kivio
- Graphviz
- ATLAS Transformation Language -- Dia diagrams may be generated by ATL model transformations