David makes a good point. At least as I use DIA, it's a manual process. Happy to be guided here.
I'll confess I never quite got on top of using Visio to create a CS diagram directly from elementary sentences. If anyone has a short "how to" I would love to try it again. Jonathan From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Fenton Sent: Friday, 19 February 2010 7:59 AM To: QSITE ICT Teachers Subject: Re: [qsiteict] VisioModeler G'day Jonathan, When you say you use DIA for CSD work, do you mean you use it for ORM with entity object and value objects etc to create a full conceptual schema? Do the students manually create every object and role on the diagram and join the roles and put the role descriptions in the boxes...? If so, then this is why I like the 'decrepit' VisioModeler - it is the best software around for creating a CS diagram directly from fact sentences AND mapping the CS straight to a data dictionary. All of its functionality has been ported to Visio, but somehow only the Enterprise Architect version. They've left us educators out in the cold with the now unsupported VisioModeler. If DIA requires the creation of the diagrams by hand, then I may as well use the diagramming functions in MS Word 2007. I have downloaded DIA and will have a closer look at it. Thanks for all the tips. Cheers David Ô¿Ô¬ International Education Services On 18 February 2010 22:50, Jonathan Klupp <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi all, I use DIA a lot for 11 and 12 IPT in our CSD work. It is very simple to use (students are producing real work quickly) , and it actually works as a full function program for free. I haven't had as much luck using it for NS diagrams. Has anyone used DIA for NS diagrams (algorthim work). Is there a template that works that people know of? As an aside, for NS drawing, I have found that NSD Editor (NSD.EXE) is a BRILLIANT start, but the version I have (at least) will not do CASE statements for example, so its use is limited. Anyone know how to work around this? Jonathan Klupp Faith Lutheran College, Redlands --- You are currently subscribed to qsiteict as: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe click here: http://apps-7.edna.edu.au:83/u?id=705803.a40652d354e62e3e8df44e7d256d8546&n=T&l=qsiteict&o=1634350 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-1634350-705803.a40652d354e62e3e8df44e7d256d8...@edna.edu.au<mailto:leave-1634350-705803.a40652d354e62e3e8df44e7d256d8...@edna.edu.au> Scanned by the Netbox from Netbox Blue<http://netboxblue.com/> ________________________________ Faith Lutheran College, Redlands ( Telephone: Junior School: +61 7 3820 5200 Middle School: +61 7 3820 5500 Senior School: +61 7 3820 5520 ( Facsimile: Junior School: +61 7 3820 5225 Middle School: +61 7 3820 5511 Senior School: +61 7 3820 5522 www.faithlutheran.qld.edu.au IMPORTANT NOTE - Disclaimer: This email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please note that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by return email and destroy the original message. Scanned by the Netbox from <a href="http://netboxblue.com/";>Netbox Blue</a> --- You are currently subscribed to qsiteict as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://apps-7.edna.edu.au:83/u?id=705742.d42ea647e85be3beb25392eea1a77f09&n=T&l=qsiteict&o=1634358 or send a blank email to leave-1634358-705742.d42ea647e85be3beb25392eea1a77...@edna.edu.au
