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Basic Flowchart Symbols and Meaning

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.
How to Build a Flowchart
How to Build a Flowchart

Entity Relationship Diagram Symbols

The semantic modeling method nowadays is successfully applied in database structure design. It is effective method of modeling the data structures, which is based on the meaning of these data. As a tool of semantic modeling, there are used different types of Entity-Relationship Diagrams. Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) is applied to visually and clearly represent a structure of a business database. The main components of ERDs are: entity, relation and attributes. An entity is a class of similar objects in the model, each entity is depicted in the form of rectangle and has the name expressed by a noun. Relation is shown in the form of non-directional line that connects two entities. There are several notation styles used for ERDs: information engineering style, Chen style, Bachman style, Martin Style. The Entity Relationship Diagram symbols used for professional ERD drawing are predesigned by professionals and collected in the libraries of the Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD) solution for ConceptDraw PRO software.

Types of Flowcharts

A Flowchart is a graphical representation of process, algorithm, workflow or step-by-step solution of the problem. It shows the steps as boxes of various kinds and connects them by arrows in a defined order depicting a flow. There are twelve main Flowchart types: Basic Flowchart, Business Process Modeling Diagram (BPMN), Cross Functional Flowchart, Data Flow Diagram (DFD), IDEF (Integrated DEFinition) Flowchart, Event-driven Process Chain (EPC) Diagram, Influence Diagram (ID), Swimlane Flowchart, Process Flow Diagram (PFD), Specification and Description Language (SDL) Diagram, Value Stream Mapping, Workflow Diagram. Using the Flowcharts solution from the Diagrams area of ConceptDraw Solution Park you can easy and quickly design a Flowchart of any of these types. This solution offers a lot of special predesigned vector symbols for each of these widely used notations. They will make the drawing process of Flowcharts much easier than ever. Pay also attention for the included collection of ready Flowchart examples, samples and quick-start templates. This is business process improvement tools. If you are looking for MS Visio for your Mac, then you are out of luck, because it hasn't been released yet. However, you can use Visio alternatives that can successfully replace its functions. ConceptDraw PRO is an alternative to MS Visio for Mac that provides powerful features and intuitive user interface for the same.
How to Simplify Flow Charting
How to Simplify Flow Charting

information graphics, infographics tool Infographics Area

information graphics, infographics tool
Solutions of the area What is Infographics from ConceptDraw Solution Park collect templates, samples and vector stencils libraries with design elements for the drawing information graphics.

Electrical Symbols, Electrical Diagram Symbols

When drawing Electrical Schematics, Electrical Circuit Diagrams, Power Systems Diagrams, Circuit and Wiring Diagrams, Digital and Analog Logic Schemes, you will obligatory need the electrical symbols and pictograms to represent various electrical and electronic devices, such as resistors, wires, transistors, inductors, batteries, switches, lamps, readouts, amplifiers, repeaters, relays, transmission paths, semiconductors, generators, and many more. Today these symbols are internationally standardized, so the diagrams designed using them are recognizable and comprehensible by specialists from different countries. Electrical Engineering Solution included to ConceptDraw Solution Park provides 26 libraries with 926 commonly used electrical schematic and electrical engineering symbols making the reality the easy drawing of Electrical diagrams, schematics and blueprints. Now you need only a few minutes to create great-looking Electrical diagram, simply choose required electrical design elements from the libraries, drag them on the needed places at the document and connect in a suitable way.

TQM Diagram — Professional Total Quality Management

The Total Quality Management Diagram solution helps you and your organization visualize business and industrial processes. Create Total Quality Management diagrams for business process with ConceptDraw software.
The vector stencils library "iPhone interface" contains 119 iPhone UI design elements.
Use it for development of graphic user interface (GUI) for iPhone software applications in the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Graphic User Interface solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
iPhone case
iPhone case, iPhone case,
iPhone case, horizontal
iPhone case, horizontal, iPhone case,
Display
Display, display,
Screen
Screen, screen,
Home screen
Home screen, home screen,
Keypad control
Keypad control, keypad, keypad control,
Status bar
Status bar, status bar,
Navigation bar
Navigation bar, navigation bar,
Navigation bar with buttons
Navigation bar with buttons, navigation bar,
Navigation bar with controls
Navigation bar with controls, navigation bar,
Navigation bar with controls
Navigation bar with controls, navigation bar,
Navigation bar with buttons, horizontal
Navigation bar with buttons, horizontal, navigation bar,
Navigation bar with controls, horizontal
Navigation bar with controls, horizontal, navigation bar,
Modal view
Modal view, modal view,
Search bar
Search bar, search bar,
Text field 1
Text field 1, text field,
Text field 2
Text field 2, text field,
Text field, varying
Text field, varying, text field,
Table row
Table row, table view row,
Table view row
Table view row, table view row,
Table view (simple list)
Table view (simple list), table view, list,
Table view (with header)
Table view (with header), table view with header, indexed list,
Action list
Action list, action list, grouped list, table,
Control button
Control button, control button,
Navigational control button
Navigational control button, navigational control button,
Add button
Add button, add button, plus button,
Navigation toolbar
Navigation toolbar, navigation toolbar, toolbar,
Tab bar
Tab bar, tab bar,
Action sheet
Action sheet, action sheet,
Choice button
Choice button, choice button,
Rounded rectangle button
Rounded rectangle button, rounded rectangle button,
Keyboard control
Keyboard control, keyboard,
Keyboard literal button
Keyboard literal button, keyboard literal button,
Keyboard button, pressed
Keyboard button, pressed, keyboard button pressed,
Keyboard label button
Keyboard label button, keyboard label button,
Selection frame 1
Selection frame 1, selection frame,
Selection frame 2
Selection frame 2, selection frame,
Loupe
Loupe, loupe,
Message box 1
Message box 1, message box,
Message box 2
Message box 2, message box,
Progress view
Progress view, progress view,
Progress view
Progress view, progress view,
Progress view
Progress view, progress view,
Player control
Player control, player,
Label button
Label button, label button,
Back button
Back button, back button,
Forward button
Forward button, forward button,
Option button
Option button, option button,
Checkbox
Checkbox, checkbox,
Radio button
Radio button, radio button,
Alert
Alert, alert,
Two-button alert
Two-button alert, alert,
Two-button alert (v 3.0)
Two-button alert (v 3.0), alert,
Up-Down control
Up-Down control, up-down, stepper,
Segmented control
Segmented control, segmented control,
Segmented control
Segmented control, segmented control,
Segmented control
Segmented control, segmented control,
Segmented control
Segmented control, segmented control,
Pop-up menu button
Pop-up menu button, pop-up menu button,
Popup menu
Popup menu, pop-up menu, segmented control,
Clock, white
Clock, white, clock,
Clock, black
Clock, black, clock,
Clock application table
Clock application table,
Date and time picker (1/2 parts)
Date and time picker (1/2 parts), date and time picker,
Date and time picker (3 parts)
Date and time picker (3 parts), date and time picker,
Date and time picker (4 parts)
Date and time picker (4 parts), date and time picker,
Date and time picker (v 3.0)
Date and time picker (v 3.0), date and time picker,
Switch control
Switch control, switch,
System button
System button, system button,
Reply button
Reply button, reply button,
Organize button
Organize button, organize,
Remove button
Remove button, remove,
Refresh button
Refresh button, refresh,
Play button
Play button, play,
FastForward button
FastForward button, fastforward,
Pause button
Pause button, pause,
Rewind button
Rewind button, rewind,
Backward icon
Backward icon, backward,
Forward icon
Forward icon, forward,
Share button
Share button, share,
Camera button
Camera button, camera,
Compose button
Compose button, compose,
Bookmarks button
Bookmarks button, bookmarks,
Search button
Search button, search,
Add button
Add button, add,
Trash button
Trash button, trash,
Bookmarks tab icon
Bookmarks tab icon, bookmarks tab icon,
Contacts tab icon
Contacts tab icon, contacts tab icon,
Downloads tab icon
Downloads tab icon, downloads tab icon,
Favorites tab icon
Favorites tab icon, favorites tab icon, featured, top rated ,
Featured tab icon
Featured tab icon, featured tab icon,
History tab icon
History tab icon, history tab icon,
MostRecent tab icon
MostRecent tab icon, most recent tab icon,
MostViewed tab icon
MostViewed tab icon, most viewed tab icon,
Search tab icon
Search tab icon, search tab icon,
More tab icon
More tab icon, more tab icon,
SMS tab icon
SMS tab icon, sms tab icon,
Mail tab icon
Mail tab icon, mail tab icon,
Charts tab icon
Charts tab icon, charts tab icon,
World clock tab icon
World clock tab icon, world clock tab icon,
Alarm tab icon
Alarm tab icon, alarm tab icon,
Stopwatch tab icon
Stopwatch tab icon, stopwatch tab icon,
Timer tab icon
Timer tab icon, timer tab icon,
Badge
Badge, badge,
Delete button control
Delete button control , delete,
Checkmark
Checkmark, checkmark badge,
Delete button
Delete button, delete button,
Insert
Insert, row insert, plus, add,
Disclosure indicator
Disclosure indicator, disclosure indicator,
Clear button
Clear button, clear, delete badge,
Bookmarks badge
Bookmarks badge, bookmarks,
Badge with varying width 1
Badge with varying width 1, badge,
Badge with varying width 2
Badge with varying width 2, badge,
Badge with varying width 3
Badge with varying width 3,
Activity indicator
Activity indicator, activity indicator,
Network activity indicator
Network activity indicator, network activity indicator,
Page control
Page control, page control, page indicator,
Search badge
Search badge, search,
Slider
Slider, slider,

Sales Process Flowchart. Flowchart Examples

Sales Process Flowchart is an invaluable tool for business. It gives you opportunity to visualise and better understand the sales process, reveal and also visually highlight issues or bottlenecks, and predict the number of sales. The Flowchart is ideal method to represent in details all steps of the process, tasks and decisions needed to obtain maximum effectiveness and success. The steps are graphically represented by boxes linked with arrows indicating direction of the workflow, decision is shown by diamond. The sales process is closely linked to the company's success and usually includes the following main steps: Product knowledge, Prospecting, Planning the sale (Pre-approach), Approach, Need assessment, Presentation, Meeting objections, Gaining commitment, Follow-up. Create fast and easy your own Flowcharts of sales business processes using the ConceptDraw PRO vector graphic software extended with Cross-Functional Flowcharts solution from Business Processes area and also Sales Flowcharts solution from Marketing area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Mechanical Drawing Symbols

Mechanical Drawings are the special type of technical diagrams that visualize the structure of complex systems and illustrate the information about ventilation, heating, air conditioning, i.e. HVAC systems. These drawings are created on the base of floor plans and reflected ceiling plans, and then become an obligatory part of construction project which is needed directly for construction a building and for receiving a permit on it. Mechanical drawings and diagrams help effectively represent construction, technical and engineering solutions, and also schematics of different mechanical equipment. ConceptDraw PRO vector drawing software enhanced with Mechanical Engineering solution from Engineering area of ConceptDraw Solution Park provides wide set of effective drawing tools, predesigned mechanical drawing symbols, templates, samples and examples. Use of standardized and recognized mechanical vector symbols helps you design understandable mechanical drawings, diagrams and mechanical engineering schematics.

Process Flow Chart Symbols

Process Flow Chart is a visual diagram which shows the processes and relationships between the major components in a system, and uses for this the special process flow chart symbols: special shapes to represent different types of actions and process steps, lines and arrows to represent relationships and sequence of steps. It often named process flow diagram, it use colored flowchart symbols. It is incredibly convenient to use the ConceptDraw PRO software extended with Flowcharts Solution from the "Diagrams" Area of ConceptDraw Solution Park for designing professional looking Process Flow Charts.