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 PRO 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 Create Emergency Plans and Fire Evacuation

Fire emergency and Fire escape plans are used in hospitals, schools, kindergartens, universities, hotels, offices, business and shopping centers, homes, etc. They are obligatory according to the safety standards and instructions and effectively help people in cases of fires, natural disasters, hazardous leaks and other disaster events that can happen. How to create Emergency Plan or Fire Evacuation Plan fast and easy? The ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software recommends to use the specially developed Fire and Emergency Plans solution from the Building Plans area of ConceptDraw Solution Park, which is equipped with powerful drawing tools, collection of predesigned templates and samples of Emergency Plans, and also large set of specific vector design elements. Use them to design Evacuation plans, Emergency plans, Fire evacuation plans, Fire emergency plans, Fire safety diagrams, Home emergency plans, Office emergency plans, Business emergency plans and many other kinds of diagrams in minutes.

How To Draw Building Plans

Building Plan is the basis for implementation construction and repair works. Creation of Building Plans is the main purpose of architects and designers. They are required and even obligatory for builders to accurately implement your wishes and ideas during the building, designing or redesigning your home, flat, office, or any other premise. ConceptDraw PRO is a powerful quick building plan software for creating great-looking Office layouts, Home floor plans, Commercial floor plans, Storage building plans, Expo and Shopping mall building plans, School and Training building plans, Cafe or Restaurant plans, Gym and Spa area plans, Sport field plans, House interior designs, Electric and Telecom building plans, Fire and Emergency plans, HVAC plans, Security and Access plans, Plumbing and Piping plans, Plant layouts, etc. Use helpful samples, templates and variety of libraries with numerous building design elements from Floor Plans solution for ConceptDraw PRO software to facilitate design drawing process.

How To Create Restaurant Floor Plan in Minutes

Developing Floor Plans, Design Drawings, Plans of Furniture Placement for restaurants and cafes is one of the most responsible and important steps at their construction and designing. Selection of favorable design, the right style of furniture and decors largely determine the success and atmosphere of the institution. The restaurant floor planner ConceptDraw PRO is a perfect choice for architects and designers. Enhanced with Cafe and Restaurant Floor Plans solution it offers a lot of extensive vector symbol libraries and building plan elements for drawing Restaurant floor plans, Restaurant layouts, Restaurant furniture layouts, Cafe floor plans, Bar area floor plan, Fast food restaurant plan, etc. With ConceptDraw PRO you don't need to be an artist to create great-looking restaurant floor plan drawings in minutes, all needed drawing tools are delivered by Building Plans area solutions. Construct your own general plan of restaurant's premises, choose the furniture for your taste from the Cafe and Restaurant Floor Plans solution libraries and arrange it on the plan as you desire fast and easy. ConceptDraw PRO has many of the features found in Visio for Mac such as Drawing, Connection, Shape and Editing Tools.

How to Design a Garden

You are landscape designer and dream about powerful drawing software to quickly represent your design ideas on the screen and on the paper? Each time you ask yourself a question "How to design a garden fast and easy?". You want to automate creating of landscape and garden plans? ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with Landscape & Garden Solution from the Building Plans Area will help you!

Physical Security Plan

ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with Security and Access Plans Solution from the Building Plans Area of ConceptDraw Solution Park is a powerful software for fast and easy drawing professional looking Physical Security Plan.

How To use House Electrical Plan Software

How we can conduct the electricity at house correctly without a plan? It is impossible. The House electrical diagram depicts locations of switches, outlets, dimmers and lights, and lets understand how you will connect them. But design of House Electrical Plan looks a complex task at a glance, which requires a lot of tools and special experience. But now all is simple with all-inclusive floor plan software - ConceptDraw PRO. As a house electrical plan software, the ConceptDraw PRO contains libraries with a large range of professional lighting and electrical symbols, ready-to-use electrical plans samples and examples, and built-in templates for creating great-looking Home floor electrical plans. It is a fastest way to draw Electrical circuit diagrams, Electrical wiring and Circuit schematics, Digital circuits, Electrical equipment, House electrical plans, Satellite television, Cable television, Home cinema, Closed-circuit television when are used the tools of Electric and Telecom Plans Solution from ConceptDraw Solution Park. Files created in Visio for Mac app can be easily imported to ConceptDraw PRO. Also you may import stencils and even libraries. Try for free an alternative to Visio that Apple users recommend.

Emergency Plan

The Fire Emergency Plan illustrates the scheme of the building and location of the main and fire exits for a safe evacuation, and clearly defines directions to them on the plan. Fire Emergency Plans are constructed on the case of unexpected or emergency situations, fires, hazardous leaks, natural disasters, and other sudden events. They must to be obligatorily on the plain sight at every building and on each floor, at living houses and apartments, schools and universities, medical centers, clinics and hospitals, office buildings, banks, cafes, restaurants, and also at all other public buildings and institutions. The Evacuation plans and Emergency Plans preliminary designed in ConceptDraw PRO software help employees and family members when some emergency events happen and let avoid the accidents and sad consequences, prevent injuries and fatalities, allow reduce damages and speed the work resumption. Start drawing emergency blueprint from floor bounds, then add the inner walls and doors, and finally use bright arrows to visually show evacuation directions to fire exits. ConceptDraw is a serious alternative to Visio. It's a desktop based solution aimed at professional designers working in CAD environments. It is also a good option for those who work between Mac and PC because one license is valid for both.

Emergency Action Plan Template

In the case of origin of an emergency is very important to have a correct, clear and comprehensible action plan which will help you to react quicker and to make right decisions. ConceptDraw PRO software extended with Fire and Emergency Plans solution from the Building Plans Area of ConceptDraw Solution Park provides extensive drawing tools for quick and easy creating fire and emergency plans, and also a set of various templates and samples, among them the Emergency Action Plan Template.

Security Plans

No security system cannot be constructed without detailed security plan, or even a set of plans in some cases. ConceptDraw PRO software offers the Security and Access Plans Solution from the Building Plans Area to help you design the Security Plans for any premises and of any complexity.