On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Doug Tidwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Somebody with the spare time (heh) should take a look at the SCA Tools from > the SOA Tools Project (http://www.eclipse.org/stp/sca/index.php). The tool > has some layout problems, etc., but it does render a .composite file as a > visual diagram. The tool uses libraries from Apache Batik to export the > diagram as a PNG, JPEG, SVG, GIF or BMP.; right-click on the diagram, then > choose File-->Save as Image File... and then choose your image format and > file name. > > On my "List of projects I would love to hack around on if I had a paid > sabbatical" is taking that code and creating a command-line tool to do the > layout, build the diagram, then export it to a graphic. At one point doing > that with an XSLT stylesheet was on the list, but it seems like the SCA > tools have done most of the heavy lifting required. > > Loading the .composite files into the SCA tools and saving the diagram > might be easier than using PaintShop or Inkscape or something like that. > > Cheers, > -Doug > > > From: "Simon Laws" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 11/12/2008 07:01 AM Subject: Open Office SCA > diagrams was - Re: [DISCUSS] Tuscany 2.0 themes? > ------------------------------ > > > > > Personally I get frustrated when I read or make Tuscany demos or > presentations and the simple composites must be created with PaintShop or > some non-tech tool. > > This may not be quite what you had in mind but a while back someone created > an SCA diagram stencil for Visio [1], lots of people wont have Visio so > maybe we should create a similar template for OpenOffice Draw and make that > available on the Tuscany website so anyone can use it to create good looking > pictures. (Disclaimer, i know little about OpenOffice Draw but googling it > it does seem to have a stencil facility) > > ...ant > > [1] * > http://soastation.blogspot.com/2007/10/sca-diagram-stencil-for-visio.html*<http://soastation.blogspot.com/2007/10/sca-diagram-stencil-for-visio.html> > > > My starting point is here (* > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tuscany/sandbox/slaws/scatemplate.odg*<http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tuscany/sandbox/slaws/scatemplate.odg>). > Nothing clever though, just cut and paste drawing from this point. haven't > worked out how to make these 1st class symbols. > > I did work out how to add different line ends and create custom formats but > that didn't stretch to whole symbols. Maybe someone else knows how. > > Simon > > Yeah. good pointer Doug. I really keep meaning to give it a spin. Simon
