Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD)

ERD Symbols and Meanings

Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) is a popular software engineering tool for database modeling and illustration the logical structure of databases, which uses one of two notations - Chen's or Crow’s Foot. Crow's foot notation is effective when used in software engineering, information engineering, structured systems analysis and design. Each of these notations applies its own set of ERD symbols. Crow's foot diagrams use boxes to represent entities and lines between these boxes to show relationships. Varied shapes at the ends of lines depict the cardinality of a given relationship. Chen's ERD notation is more detailed way to represent entities and relationships. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM application enhanced with all-inclusive Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD) solution allows design professional ER diagrams with Chen's or Crow’s Foot notation on your choice. It contains the full set of ready-to-use standardized ERD symbols and meanings helpful for quickly drawing, collection of predesigned ERD samples, examples and templates. ConceptDraw Pro is a great alternative to Visio for Mac users as it offers more features and can easily handle the most demanding professional needs.

Block Diagram

The vector stencils libraries: Block Diagrams, Blocks with Perspective, Callouts, Connectors, Raised Blocks from the solution Block Diagrams contain specific block diagram symbols such as arrows, input/output symbols, start/end symbols, processing symbols, conditional symbols, commenting symbols, callouts, connectors, etc. for ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software. The Block Diagrams solution is contained in a "Diagrams" area of ConceptDraw Solution Park. Use the libraries from the Block Diagrams solution to draw block diagrams for your business documents, presentations and websites in a few minutes.

Best Value Stream Mapping mac Software

Create value stream maps - for value stream analysis and value stream management, material and information flow mapping, using our quick start templates included with ConceptDraw.

UML Use Case Diagrams

ConceptDraw has several examples that help you to start using software for designing UML Use Case Diagrams.

Simple Diagramming

Create flowcharts, org charts, floor plans, business diagrams and more with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM.

Design Element: Cisco for Network Diagrams

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is perfect for software designers and software developers who need to draw Cisco Network Diagrams.

Building Drawing. Design Element: Piping Plan

When you are going to build a house or to make repairs of new built home, apartment, office, shop, or to renovate any other premises, in many cases you will need to make the package of drawings, plans and documents, including the such important plans as the Overall floor plan, Interior design plan, Ceiling plan, Electrical system plan, and of course the Plumbing plan, Water supply system plan, and Piping Plan. When choosing between the modern software for building construction, planning and design, we recommend you to select the multifunctional building plan software ConceptDraw DIAGRAM enhanced with Plumbing and Piping Plans solution from the Building Plans area of ConceptDraw Solution Park. This solution provides large variety of examples, samples, quick-start templates and libraries of pipes, plumbing and valves vector design elements for design and construction the Plumbing and Piping Plans, schematics and annotated diagrams for hot and cold water supply systems, water lines and waste water disposal systems.

IDEF0 standard with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM

The activity of any organization is more or less branchy network of processes. The description of these processes is a hard technical task which requires definite methodology and standards. According to the IDEF0 standard any process can be described in the form of a block (Activity Box) which has inputs and outputs. The process consists in transformation of inputs into outputs under the influence of the management and in the presence of necessary resources. Outputs of the given process later on can be either inputs for the next process or resources, or management means.