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Basic of Flowchart: Meaning and 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 DIAGRAM 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 DIAGRAM. It is one of the main contender with the most similar features and capabilities.
How to Build a Flowchart
How to Build a Flowchart

Plant Design Solutions

The use of the special software with Plant Design Solutions is a real help for effective creating the Plant Plan, Plant Layout Plan, Process Plant Layout, Plant Design. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is the best diagramming and vector drawing software. It offers the Plant Layout Plans Solution from the Building Plans Area for achievement this goal.

Lean Manufacturing Diagrams

The Value Stream Mapping solution continues to extend the range of ConceptDraw DIAGRAM into a business graphics tool that can be used to document processes of Lean Manufacturing.

Flow chart Example
Warehouse Flowchart

Warehouse Flowcharts are various diagrams that describe the warehousing and inventory management processes on the warehouses. Typical purposes of Warehouse Flowcharts are evaluating warehouse performance, measuring efficiency of customer service and organizational performance. This type of Workflow diagrams can be used for identifying any disconnection between business activities and business objectives. They are effectively used by warehouse-related people and organizations, manufacturers, wholesalers, exporters, importers, transporters, and others. Standard Warehousing process flow diagram and standard Workflow diagram are used for process identification for further evaluating effectiveness and profitability of overall business process. Use the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM ector graphic software extended with Flowcharts solution to design your own professional-looking Workflow diagrams and Flowcharts of any types, including the Warehouse flowchart, Process flow diagrams which depict in details all steps of Warehouse packages flow. Microsoft Visio, designed for Windows users, can’t be opened directly on Mac. But fortunately, there are several Visio alternatives for Mac which will help Mac users to work Visio files. With ConceptDraw DIAGRAM , you may open, edit and save files in Visio format.
ConceptDraw Arrows10 Technology
ConceptDraw Arrows10 Technology

Diagramming Tool Mac

The best Entity Relationship Diagram tool for Mac - ConceptDraw DIAGRAM , extebded with the professional ERD drawing solution. The vector graphic diagrams can be drawn by everybody.

How To Create Home Plan with Examples

How to build the home of your dream? All begins from the design and drawing a basic home building plan and the set of attendant plans on its base. Visualization of your ideas in form of plan is the best explanation of expected result and requirements for a building team. If you are an architect and perform a building project on request, the plan is the main and only way to present your work for a client. Home plan is also required during repairing or remodeling of the home. The use of special architectural or design software is incredibly convenient to fully plunge to creativity and easily draw professional-looking Home plans. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software enhanced with Floor Plans solution is exactly what you need. It contains a lot of built-in drawing tools, numerous examples, quick-start templates and predesigned vector objects and clipart helping you create great-looking home designs. Among them are the predesigned objects of walls, windows, doors, different furniture, appliances, sanitary equipment, decor elements, plants, and many others.

Affinity Diagram Software

Affinity Diagram Software - ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is a powerful diagramming and vector drawing software that allows quick, easy and effective create the Affinity Diagrams. Seven Management and Planning Tools solution from the Business Productivity area of ConceptDraw Solution Park provides templates, samples and ready-to-use vector stencils that will help you design the professional looking Affinity Diagrams in a few moments.

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.
How to Build an Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)
How to Build an Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)
This example was drawn on the base of the floor plan from the website of the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University. [crimeprevention.rutgers.edu/ crime/ emp_ theft/ warehouses/ quiz2.htm]
"Preventing Theft from Warehouses.
The biggest threat to warehouses is collusion between two dishonest people - one inside the warehouse who is employed by you, and another person outside. Your warehouse is vulnerable in different ways at each step of the handling of merchandise. Below, we've broken this process down into three major steps: receiving, storage, and shipping." [crimeprevention.rutgers.edu/ crime/ emp_ theft/ warehouses/ warehouses.htm]
"Storage.
The trucks have been unloaded and everything put away on the shelves in the warehouse. Now your merchandise is even more vulnerable to thieves than before.
There are two main elements of a good security plan:
1) Keep people out of areas where they don't belong...
2) Keep track of what goods are supposed to be in your warehouse" [crimeprevention.rutgers.edu/ crime/ emp_ theft/ warehouses/ storage/ storage.htm]
The floor plan example "Warehouse security quiz" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Plant Layout Plans solution from the Building Plans area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Floor plan
Floor plan, standard shelf, room, parking stall, overhead door, loading dock, dumpster, door, conifer shrub,

Venn Diagram Examples for Problem Solving
Computer Science. Chomsky Hierarchy

A Venn diagram, sometimes referred to as a set diagram, is a diagramming style used to show all the possible logical relations between a finite amount of sets. In mathematical terms, a set is a collection of distinct objects gathered together into a group, which can then itself be termed as a single object. Venn diagrams represent these objects on a page as circles or ellipses, and their placement in relation to each other describes the relationships between them. The Venn diagram example below visualizes the class of language inclusions described by the Chomsky hierarchy.

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM Network Diagram Tool

Computer network diagrams visually depict the nodes of computer networks and connections between them. Diversity of Network Diagrams includes Wireless network diagrams, Network wiring diagrams, LAN network diagrams, Network WAN diagrams, Network topology diagrams, Network cable diagrams, Logical network diagrams, Network security diagrams, Diagram home network, Network physical diagrams, Activity network diagrams, and many others. To construct any of them it is useful to apply a special software with effective network diagramming tools. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is ideal and powerful network diagram tool. It helps you diagram a network or create Computer network diagrams of various types using specialized and task-specific libraries of network components such as computers, hubs, switches, servers, routers, smart connectors, printers, mainframes, face plates, etc. that simulate network architectures, network design topologies and devices (all these shapes are parts of network diagram tool ConceptDraw DIAGRAM ).
Create Network Topology Diagram
Create Network Topology Diagram

How to Use the ″Online Store PR Campaign″ Sample

Interactive tool helps you find the appropriate response to social media mentions quickly.

Cafe Floor Plan. Cafe Floor Plan Examples

Cafe is a perfect place for business meetings, romantic rendezvous, friendly leisures, both adults and children, it is a popular place of relaxation and recreation, staying in which delivers many lively emotions, impressions and memories. Therefore, the opening of the adult or children's cafe, Internet cafe, elite or even thematic cafe is a fine business idea. At the same time when opening a cafe, you need consider a number of nuances and undertake important steps - to make a business plan, choose a popular location, create interesting and comfort cafe interior style and design, draw detailed Cafe floor plan, construct the catchy building if it was not built yet, and make the repairs. On these stages you can enlist the help of professionals, architects and designers, either make themselves your own professional-looking Cafe Floor Plans using the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software. Quick start with ready predesigned Cafe floor plans templates, examples or samples, ready-to-use vector symbols that make you instantly productive in drawing Cafe Floor Plans, Cafe Layouts, Cafe Design Plans.

How to draw Metro Map style infographics? (London)

Tool to draw Metro Map styled inforgraphics. London Tube map sample.

Interior Design. Plumbing — Design Elements

The plumbing system is a complex system of water supply pipes and drainpipes, sanitary equipment and drainage facilities, vent pipes and more. It supplies our homes, offices, hospitals, schools, business centers, and many other buildings with the main product for life - a water. For effective planning and montage the plumbing equipment, you need obligatory create and use different schematics of plumbing systems, the annotated plumbing diagrams, water lines and waste water plans. These diagrams are an obligatory part of any building project. They are used at all stages - construction, finishing works, interior design, and also during the exploitation of premises in cases of occurence some problems. Numerous libraries offered by the Plumbing and Piping Plans solution from Building Plans area of ConceptDraw Solution Park contain vector objects of plumbing components, sanitary equipment, bathroom fixtures, and many more for easy design the Plumbing and Piping plans, schematic diagrams and blueprints for hot and cold water supply systems, and waste water disposal systems.

Store Layout Software

Creation of Store layout, Shop floor plan, Plans for warehouse and industrial premises, is one of the most important stages in development and design of the store, supermarket or shopping center. Layouts and plans help us clearly imagine our project after implementation, to consider all details, and improve it if necessary. The optimal store layout and design, proper zoning, well thought-out placement of the trade equipment, significantly increase the profit of the shop. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is ideal store layout software that allows easy and professionally create varied Store layouts, Shop designs, Planograms, Designs for сommercial spaces, Cafe floor plans, Restaurant layouts, Office floor plans, House floor plans, and many others layouts thanks to the powerful tools offered by Floor Plans solution included to Building Plans area of ConceptDraw Solution Park. It includes many examples, quick-start templates and predesigned vector stencils libraries. With all this tools you don't need more to be professional artist to create great-looking Store layouts.

Geo Map — Asia — Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia and Oceania. The vector stencils library Indonesia contains contours for ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software. This library is contained in the Continent Maps solution from Maps area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Fully Connected Network Topology Diagram

Fully Connected Network Topology (Complete topology, Full mesh topology) is a network topology characterized by existence of direct links between all pairs of nodes. The Fully connected network including n nodes, contains n(n-1)/2 direct links. This topology is mostly used in military applications. It is a quite expensive network technology and is extremely impractical for the large networks. But when it is set, it provides a high degree of reliability thanks to the large quantity of redundant links between nodes and so multiplicity of paths for the data. The two-node network is also considered as a Fully connected network. Computer Network Diagrams solution from Computer and Networks area of ConceptDraw Solution Park offers the predesigned vector stencils libraries, examples and templates for easy designing various Computer network topology diagrams for wired and wireless networks, including the Fully connected topology. This solution is intended to help computer network designers and engineers perfectly illustrate network documentation, reports, presentations, etc.

Network Topologies

Network topology is a topological structure of computer network, which can be physical or logical. The physical topology depicts location of different computer network elements such as computers, cables and other devices. The logical topology visually displays network dataflows from one device to another. Sometimes network logical and physical topologies can be the same. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software is powerful for drawing network maps and network topologies diagrams of any kinds and complexity thanks to the Computer Network Diagrams solution from the Computer and Networks area. ConceptDraw STORE proposes collection of network icons libraries and a lot of Network Topology Diagram examples, samples and templates which were created at ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software specially for Computer Network Diagrams solution. There are six basic types of the network topologies: Bus, Star, Ring, Mesh, Tree, Fully Connected. You can fast and easy design professional-looking diagram for each of them using the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM tools. There are plenty of web Visio-like diagramming software available. Web based diagrams software can be powerful, but sometimes it is essential to have desktop software. One of the most advanced diagrams tools like Visio for Mac OS is ConceptDraw DIAGRAM app.
Create Network Topology Diagram
Create Network Topology Diagram
The vector stencils library "Landmarks" contains 69 landmark symbols of buildings, waterways, scale and directional indicators for labeling transportation and directional maps, road and route maps, street and transit maps, locator and tourist maps.
The pictograms example "Landmarks - Vector stencils library" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Directional Maps solution from the Maps area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Viewpoint
Viewpoint, viewpoint,
North arrow
North arrow, North arrow,
North arrow
North arrow, North arrow,
Building
Building, building,
Building
Building, building,
Town house
Town house, house, town house,
Suburban home
Suburban home, suburban home,
Skyscraper
Skyscraper, skyscraper,
Town hall
Town hall, town hall,
Public house
Public house, public house,
Petrol station
Petrol station, petrol station,
Gas station
Gas station, gas station,
Factory
Factory, factory,
School
School, school,
Warehouse
Warehouse, warehouse,
Hospital
Hospital, hospital,
Fire station
Fire station, fire station,
Train station
Train station, train station,
Condos
Condos, condos,
Barn
Barn, barn,
Motel
Motel, motel,
Convenience store
Convenience store, convenience store,
Shopping centre
Shopping centre, shopping centre,
City
City, city,
Church
Church, church,
Cathedral
Cathedral, cathedral,
National tail train station
National tail train station, national rail train station,
Train railway
Train railway, train railway,
Bus stop
Bus stop, bus stop,
Tramlink
Tramlink, tramlink,
Marina / Ferry dock
Marina / Ferry dock, marina, ferry dock,
Car ferry
Car ferry, ferry, car ferry,
Stop light
Stop light, stop light,
Airport
Airport, airport,
Airport
Airport, airport,
Underground / Subway / Metro
Underground / Subway / Metro, underground, subway, metro,
Taxi
Taxi, taxi,
Bicycle parking
Bicycle parking, bicycle parking,
Parking
Parking, parking,
Fuel / Gas / Petrol
Fuel / Gas / Petrol, fuel, gas, petrol,
Police
Police, police,
Hospital
Hospital, hospital,
Wheelchair access
Wheelchair access, wheelchair access,
First aid
First aid, first aid,
Telephone
Telephone, telephone,
Post office
Post office, post office,
Landmarks and museums
Landmarks and museums, landmark, museum,
University
University, university,
Shopping
Shopping, shopping,
Refreshments / Public House
Refreshments / Public House, refreshments, public house,
Restrooms / Toilets
Restrooms / Toilets, restrooms, toilets, WC,
Park
Park, park,
Zoo
Zoo, zoo,
Information center
Information center, information center,
Stadium 1
Stadium 1, stadium,
Stadium 2
Stadium 2, stadium,
Park
Park, park,
Tree
Tree, tree,
Fir-tree
Fir-tree, fir-tree,
Ocean
Ocean, ocean, sea,
Lake
Lake, lake,
River
River, river,
Angled river
Angled river, river,
Forked river
Forked river, river,
Curved river
Curved river, river,
Curved river
Curved river, river,
Flexible river
Flexible river, river,
Bridge
Bridge, bridge,
Scale
Scale, scale,