Basic Flowchart Symbols and Meaning

Flowchart Symbols and Meaning, workflow diagram symbols, process flow diagram symbols

Flowcharts are the best for visually representation the business processes and the flow of a custom-order process through various departments within an organization. ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with Flowcharts solution offers the full set of predesigned basic flowchart symbols which are gathered at two libraries: Flowchart and Flowcharts Rapid Draw. Among them are: process, terminator, decision, data, document, display, manual loop, and many other specific symbols. The meaning for each symbol offered by ConceptDraw gives the presentation about their proposed use in professional Flowcharts for business and technical processes, software algorithms, well-developed structures of web sites, Workflow diagrams, Process flow diagram and correlation in developing on-line instructional projects or business process system. Use of ready flow chart symbols in diagrams is incredibly useful - you need simply drag desired from the libraries to your document and arrange them in required order. There are a few serious alternatives to Visio for Mac, one of them is ConceptDraw PRO. It is one of the main contender with the most similar features and capabilities.

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Design elements - Management list blocks

The vector stencils library "Management list blocks" contains 20 list block shapes: numbered list, bulleted list, bullets.
Use these list elements to design your management infograms.
"In typography, a bullet is a typographical symbol or glyph used to introduce items in a list. ...
The bullet symbol may take any of a variety of shapes, such as circular, square, diamond, arrow, etc. ...
Bullets are most often used in technical writing, reference works, notes and presentations. ...
Bulleted items – known as "bullet points" – may be short phrases, single sentences, or of paragraph length. Bulleted items are not usually terminated with a full stop if they are not complete sentences, although it is not rare to terminate every item except the last one with a semicolon, and terminate the last item with a full stop. It is correct to terminate a bullet point with a full stop if the text within that item consists of one 'full' sentence or more." [Bullet (typography). Wikipedia]
The shapes example "Design elements - Management list blocks" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Management Infographics solition from the area "Business Infographics" in ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Numbered lists, bulleted lists, bullets

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Business Infographics >

Management Infographics

Design elements - List blocks

The vector stencils library "List blocks" contains 20 numbered list elements, bulleted list elements and bullet symbols for creating marketing infograms.
"In typography, a bullet ( • ) is a typographical symbol or glyph used to introduce items in a list. ...
The bullet symbol may take any of a variety of shapes, such as circular, square, diamond, arrow, etc., and typical word processor software offer a wide selection of shapes and colours. ...
Bullets are most often used in technical writing, reference works, notes and presentations." [Bullet (typography). Wikipedia]
The shapes example "Design elements - List blocks" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Marketing Infographics solition from the area "Business Infographics" in ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Lists

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Business Infographics >

Marketing Infographics

Design elements - Bulleted and numbered lists

The vector stencils library "Bulleted and numbered lists" contains 12 elements of bulleted and numbered lists, and bullets for creating typography infographics.
"In typography, a bullet ( • ) is a typographical symbol or glyph used to introduce items in a list. ... The bullet symbol may take any of a variety of shapes, such as circular, square, diamond, arrow, etc., and typical word processor software offer a wide selection of shapes and colours. Several regular symbols are conventionally used in ASCII-only text or another environments where bullet characters are not available, such as * (asterisk), - (hyphen), . (period), and even o (lowercase O). Of course, when writing by hand, bullets may be drawn in any style. Historically, the index symbol was popular for similar uses." [Bullet (typography). Wikipedia]
The example "Design elements - Bulleted and numbered lists" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Typography Infographics solition from the area "What is infographics" in ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Typography infographics elements - Bulleted and numbered lists

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What is Infographics >

Typography Infographics

Design elements - Education list blocks

The vector stencils library "Education list blocks" contains 18 list block shapes: numbered list, bulleted list, bullets.
Use these list blocks to design your educational infograms.
"In typography, a bullet is a typographical symbol or glyph used to introduce items in a list. ...
The bullet symbol may take any of a variety of shapes, such as circular, square, diamond, arrow, etc. ...
Bullets are most often used in technical writing, reference works, notes and presentations. ...
Bulleted items – known as "bullet points" – may be short phrases, single sentences, or of paragraph length. Bulleted items are not usually terminated with a full stop if they are not complete sentences, although it is not rare to terminate every item except the last one with a semicolon, and terminate the last item with a full stop. It is correct to terminate a bullet point with a full stop if the text within that item consists of one 'full' sentence or more." [Bullet (typography). Wikipedia]
The shapes example "Design elements - Education list blocks" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Education Infographics solition from the area "Business Infographics" in ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Numbered lists, bulleted lists, bullets

Used Solutions

Business Infographics >

Education Infographics

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How to Create a Typography Infographic Using ConceptDraw PRO

Infographics are a good way to visually share knowledge , to communicate information and illustrate a message. Typography Infographics can help to present at a glance a large pack of complex information in a clear and vivid manner. Designers use the elements of typography Infographics to compose a graphic presentation of an information that is intended to depict the information behind the numbers in a creative and interesting visual way. Each infographic element is used to depict and explain an idea of the current portion of information. Each infographic element must inform its message clearly. ConceptDraw PRO provides the ability to design different kinds of typography infographics. You can use ConceptDraw Typography Infographics solution to create typography infographics effortlessly and quickly using the special set of vector stencils libraries.

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How to Create a Meter Dashboard

The Time Series Dashboard Solution can be used to create the interactive Time Series Charts as Column Charts, Line Charts, or Bar Charts for your interactive dashboard.

Instruments - Vector stencils library

The vector stencils library "Instruments" contains 72 symbols of control instruments and measuring devices: meters and gauges, and callouts, text boxes, and inserts.
Use these shapes to create annotated process flow diagrams (PFD), flow control, manufacturing processes, and distribution system diagrams in the ConceptDraw PRO software extended with the Chemical and Process Engineering solution from the Chemical and Process Engineering area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
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Indicator local

Indicator remote

Indicator auxiliary

CRT local

CRT remote

CRT auxiliary

PLC local

PLC auxiliary

PLC remote

Computer local

Computer auxiliary

Computer remote

Light local

Light remote

Light auxiliary

Indicator auxiliary (dashed)

Indicator remote (dashed)

Steam traced auxiliary

Steam traced remote

Steam traced local

Level meter auxiliary

Level meter remote

Level meter local

Pressure gauge diaphragm

Pressure gauge

Pressure gauge liquid filled

Strain gauge

Thermometer bi-metallic

Thermometer gas

Thermometer general

Thermometer glass

Thermometer liquid

Thermometer resistance

Thermometer thermocouple

Flowmeter electromagnetic

Flowmeter general

Flowmeter nozzle

Flowmeter orifice

Flowmeter positive displacement

Flowmeter turbine

Flowmeter variable area

Flowmeter Venturi

Level meter capacitive

Level meter conductive

Level meter displacer

Level meter float

Level meter general

Level meter sonic

Indicator analoque

Indicator digital

Indicator general

Recorder analoque

Recorder digital

Recorder general

Converter

Converter 2 (1st half filled)

Converter 3 (2nd half filled)

Venturi

Venturi (pressure taps)

Flowmeter

Rotameter

Vortex sensor

Propeller meter

Generic utility

Operator box

Operator box 2 (1st half filled)

Operator box 3 (2nd half filled)

AND gate

OR gate

NOT gate

Correcting element

Diamond

Used Solutions

Engineering >

Chemical and Process Engineering

Cloud round icons - Vector stencils library

This vector stencils library contains 184 round icons.
Use it to design cloud computing infographics and diagrams with ConceptDraw PRO software.
"Though service-oriented architecture advocates "everything as a service" (with the acronyms EaaS or XaaS or simply aas), cloud-computing providers offer their "services" according to different models, which happen to form a stack: infrastructure-, platform- and software-as-a-service.
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
In the most basic cloud-service model ... providers of IaaS offer computers — physical or (more often) virtual machines — and other resources. IaaS refers to online services that abstract the user from the details of infrastructure like physical computing resources, location, data partitioning, scaling, security, backup etc.
Platform as a service (PaaS)
PaaS vendors offer a development environment to application developers. The provider typically develops toolkit and standards for development and channels for distribution and payment. In the PaaS models, cloud providers deliver a computing platform, typically including operating system, programming-language execution environment, database, and web server. Application developers can develop and run their software solutions on a cloud platform without the cost and complexity of buying and managing the underlying hardware and software layers.
Software as a service (SaaS)
In the software as a service (SaaS) model, users gain access to application software and databases. Cloud providers manage the infrastructure and platforms that run the applications. SaaS is sometimes referred to as "on-demand software" and is usually priced on a pay-per-use basis or using a subscription fee.
In the SaaS model, cloud providers install and operate application software in the cloud and cloud users access the software from cloud clients. Cloud users do not manage the cloud infrastructure and platform where the application runs. This eliminates the need to install and run the application on the cloud user's own computers, which simplifies maintenance and support. Cloud applications differ from other applications in their scalability — which can be achieved by cloning tasks onto multiple virtual machines at run-time to meet changing work demand." [Cloud computing. Wikipedia]
The vector stencils library "Cloud round icons" is included in the Cloud Computing Diagrams solution from the Computer and Networks area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

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Lifestyle analysis - Method of travel to school

This example was designed on the base of infographic "Lifestyle Analysis. Method of travel to school in 2011" from the CensusAtSchool Australia website of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). [abs.gov.au/ websitedbs/ cashome.nsf/ 4a256353001af3ed4b2562bb00121564/ 41b786978bda4617ca25795d0004f35b/ $FILE/ ATT1ZZFV.pdf/ 1infographic_ travel_ 2011.pdf]
"National Summary Tables.
These tables indicate the trends, habits, attitudes and lifestyles of Australian students; however, they don't represent all Australian students, just those who voluntarily completed questionnaires. ...
Tables ... have infographics that you can view and download." [abs.gov.au/ websitedbs/ cashome.nsf/ 4a256353001af3ed4b2562bb00121564/ 1b426c2827e1d7f9ca2578db0015e3b1!OpenDocument]
The infographic example "Lifestyle analysis - Method of travel to school" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Education Infographics solition from the area "Business Infographics" in ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Educational infogram

Used Solutions

Business Infographics >

Education Infographics

What is Infographics >

Pictorial Infographics

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