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Equivalent softwares for MS Visio

Asked by SAM DANIEL

Hi;

Is there any equivalent software like Microsoft Visio 2007 in FOSS or open source?

i wish to use the stencils of MS Visio also in this particular app. Please let me know if its possible.

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SD

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Jon Arne Westgaard (westgaard) said : 		#1

LucidChart (http://www.lucidchart.com) is a online diagram/flowchart software that supports Microsoft Visio import, and there is a free version with some limited functionality.

You could also try LibreOffice Draw, which is completely free. Doesn't look like it supports Visio as of today, but there is a library which should handle this (libvisio).
According to http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/the-ultimate-quest-of-bringing-visio-support-to-libreoffice support for VSD-files should be available in LibreOffice 3.5, planned for February 8, 2012.

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Chris (fabricator4) said : 		#2

No, unfortunately the Visio vsd and vss files are a proprietary and undocumented file formats:
http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq#Can_Dia_open_Visio_.vsd_files.3F

At the moment it appears that there is work in progress, and some workarounds. You should Google hard to find out what work is being done in this area.

Chris

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#3

there aren't any apps equivalent to visio. there are some that provide some functionaility of visio.
it all depends on what you want to do with visio.

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