Mark Lautmann has a great site full of custom OpenOffice.org shapes in Draw.
http://www.lautman.net/mark/coo/tutorial.html
From his site:
"You love OpenOffice, but you still use Visio to make drawings. Why? Because none of the shapes you need are easily available. Until now. Custom OO Shapes is a repository of custom shapes you can use with OpenOffice Draw."
Mark has many categories. One is basic network shapes such as a tape drive, multiplexer, bridge, hub, modem, printer, comm link, server tower, server blade, desktop PC, radio tower, cell phone, router, rack-mount unit, IP phone, laptop, and wireless access point.
OK... but is there any more professional option, such as UML diagrams or something like that?
Posted by: Mechón Barsa | October 16, 2006 at 11:42 AM
Very cool! Thank you.
Posted by: Moose | October 16, 2006 at 01:32 PM
Great idea... but... how the heck do you use them ??
I successfully downloaded the ZIP files and unZIP'ed them. But now what ?
The ZIP file contained multiple files and directories with no apparent instruction as to how to set them up for OO Draw 2.0.4 ?
Posted by: Howard Sullivan | October 16, 2006 at 05:01 PM
Hi all,
I would suggest a copy and paste, as on the web site. Or you could export to JPG/PNG/GIF the ones you use the most and put them in the Gallery.
Posted by: Solveig | October 17, 2006 at 03:06 PM
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Posted by: 换热器 | October 19, 2006 at 12:34 AM
omg - just what I been pining for. Thanks!
Posted by: Gabe | November 07, 2006 at 01:22 PM
Hello, do you have a template for UML diagrams?
Posted by: Eric | November 24, 2006 at 01:44 AM
Hi,
Sorry for the delay, I've been having email problems with the comment notification. I don't have a specific template for UML, but if you find one let me know and I'll point at it.
Solveig
Posted by: Solveig Haugland | November 27, 2006 at 12:20 PM
How about some shapes for drawing logic gates and simple circuits: AND, OR, XOR, NAND, NOR, an inverter, and connectors?
Posted by: Jonathan Mohr | December 15, 2006 at 04:39 PM
For detailed instructions about using Custom OpenOffice Shapes, see the tutorial at http://www.lautman.net/mark/coo/tutorial.html.
Thank you all for your encouragement.
Posted by: Mark Lautman | December 19, 2006 at 07:22 AM
I have just finished creating a big oodraw document in Linux, saved it and reopened it, and my diagram is totally mangled.
Unfortunately, I'm going back to Visio on a Windows box I have.
Posted by: Geofrey Rainey | October 11, 2007 at 05:45 PM
Hello
Such a library is exactly what I am looking for... Visio-Pics for OpenOffice Draw, but the links above do not work. Is your site down?
Best regards
Mike
Posted by: Michael Klische | March 04, 2008 at 05:51 AM
Hi Michael,
Sorry, I guess Mark Lautmann's site is down now or not available anymore.
Solveig
Posted by: Solveig | March 04, 2008 at 06:56 AM
The custom shapes are awesome. BTW, Here is the correct URL: http://www.lautman.net/mark/coo/tutorial.html
Does anyone know how to create a custom shape. I would like to draw some custom shapes for Tibco EMS queues and server.
Posted by: AJ | March 22, 2008 at 10:45 AM
The custom shapes are awesome. BTW, Here is the correct URL: http://www.lautman.net/mark/coo/tutorial.html
Does anyone know how to create a custom shape. I would like to draw some custom shapes for Tibco EMS queues and server.
Posted by: AJ | March 22, 2008 at 10:47 AM