How to Download ConceptDraw Products Through a Proxy Server

If you are on a corporate network, there’s a good chance you connect to the Internet using a proxy server. Thankfully, ConceptDraw automatically detects your proxy settings and works just fine through HTTP(S) proxy servers.

How To Import Shape Data from Visio to ConceptDraw PRO

MS Visio has objects, that can contain data. When user select a shape, the data is shown in the Shape Data window. This is useful for providing additional information, for instance, about some details in a process steps or nodes of equipment in a network diagram without overloading the general diagram with text. ConceptDraw PRO supports the possibility to import MS Visio files including custom libraries, shapes and even the shape data. The Shape Data you have assigned to the shapes in Visio will be fully preserved when opening in ConceptDraw PRO. The following article describes how Conceptdraw PRO can be used as alternative to Visio, including the import of Visio files together with custom data assigned to shapes.

How to Use ConceptDraw Single User License

With ConceptDraw products it is possible to reassign a licenses

How to Purchase ConceptDraw Products for Academic/Nonprofit Institutions

CS Odessa offers special academic and non-profit pricing.

How to Convert MS Visio® 2010 VSD File to   ConceptDraw PRO v10

ConceptDraw PRO v10 is such a viable alternative for individuals and organizations that are looking for a professional business solution. ConceptDraw PRO v10 file import and export works roundtrip with the Visio 2010-2013 file formats. With the introduction of Visio 2013 Microsoft has changed the native binary file format used in earlier versions of Microsoft Visio. ConceptDraw PRO v10 file import and export works with the new Visio VSDX file format and at the same time supports the improved import of VDX file format. To Import Visio vsd files to ConceptDraw follow the steps described in this article.

How to Connect an Image to a Topic in Your Mind Map

ConceptDraw MINDMAP gives a possibility to connect image to topic making your mind map more memorable and brain friendly. You can add images to any element of a map.

How to Work with Multiple Licenses in a Cross - Platform Environment

ConceptDraw multiuser license be used for installation on both Mac OS X and Window.

How to Convert ConceptDraw PRO file into MS Visio 2010 format

Many people use the MS Visio as a business graphic creation program. It is a powerful application with advanced ability to support complex solutions. The native file format for Visio 2010 and earlier files is VSD. ConceptDraw PRO supports export to Visio XML files (VDX). The transfer process is very simple. You can easily share your ConceptDraw Documents with MS Visio 2007/2010 users. changing software products, you can keep all your documents, created in MS Visio. Using ConceptDraw PRO, the same as using MS Visio , you will have an opportunity to work with powerful content, provided by Solution Park . You can create various documents with no need to look for the necessary elements for your diagrams in other software products.

How to Import MS Project File to a Mind Map Using the Project Exchange Solution

ConceptDraw MINDMAP can export a mind map to MS Project; it can also import a project file from MS Project, making a working visual map of a planned project.

How to Convert a Mind Map into MS Project XML

The easiest way to start this project is to conduct a brainstorm session that identifies necessary tasks, then prepare a project schedule in the form of a Gantt chart and assign resources to tasks. With ConceptDraw MINDMAP, you can initiate a project using mind map to represent all critical and important tasks. ConceptDraw MINDMAP supports a mind map export to MS Project; it also allows import a project file from MS Project giving team members who use OS X or Windows a working visual map of a planned project.

Download and Install a Solution from ConceptDraw Solution Park

All Users of ConceptDraw software are enabled to download a set of business solutions intended to provide productivity increasing for number of specific business tasks. Solutions available for download are collected in the Solution Park. ConceptDraw Solution Browser is an application designed to manage downloads from Solution Park. Each ConceptDraw product has a built-in access to Solution Park and supports a possibility to download and install solutions from  Solution Park using Solution Browser.

How to Add conceptdraw.com Domain to Custom Safe Senders List

Instruction on how to add the csodessa to your safe senders list in order to help ensure that you receive CS Odessa email that confirms your successful registration.

How to Open Visio® VDX File Using ConceptDraw PRO

MS Visio file with the extention .VDX can be created with the MS Visio 2003-2007. It is a filename extension for the MS Visio XML drawing file format. MS Visio 2010 and earlier versions support reading and writing files in a binary VSD or xml-based VDX file formats. Since MS Visio 2013 drawing files are written in the new VSDX and VSDM file formats. The writing VDX files is no longer supported. If you used MS Visio 2003-2010 before and now is considering to switch to ConceptDraw PRO, maybe this is a good news - ConceptDraw PRO v10 is still supported reading and writing of Microsoft Visio XML file format. Thus replacing the diagramming software , allows to keep all your drawings, created in the old versions of MS Visio. Making business drawings with ConceptDraw PRO is easier than using MS Visio. Moreover, you will be able to use a huge number of business-oriented libraries supplied by ConceptDraw Solution Park. Also, using ConceptDraw you can create your custom objects and supplement libraries to cover your requirements.

How to Brainstorm with ConceptDraw MINDMAP

Brainstorming is a way of generating ideas related to a specific theme. Usually brainstorming involves a group of people generating a lot of ideas in a short period of time. The key to brainstorming is putting off the process of evaluating ideas until a later stage. The participants keep a record of their ideas as they come to mind, without thinking them over. Unorthodox and unusual thoughts are welcome, and no criticism or justification is allowed in order to encourage participation. Though one can brainstorm individually, the technique works better in a group, as ideas expressed by one participant trigger more ideas from others, often based on associations, and the participants can benefit from each other’s experience and knowledge.
Brainstorming using a software tool has a lot of advantages over the traditional way of capturing ideas like flip-charts or white-boards. The latter have physical size limitations, which constrain the process as the number of ideas grows. Ideas become scattered around the room, making it is easy to overlook important ideas. Further grouping and prioritizing of ideas is inconvenient and requires a lot of effort. ConceptDraw MINDMAP helps to avoid these problems. Read here how to run a Brainstorming session with ConceptDraw MINDMAP

How to Open MS Visio® 2013/2016 Files on a Mac® Using ConceptDraw PRO v10

Powerful business graphics and diagramming tools are the norm and not the exception for today’s businesses. For years the de facto standard file format for business has been Microsoft Visio™. Many people involved in visual communication need software tools that will read and write using the Visio file format. With the introduction of Visio 2013 Microsoft has changed the native file format used in earlier versions of Microsoft Visio. ConceptDraw PRO v10 file import and export works round-trip with the new Visio VSDX file format.