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I've never gotten past the first tool I used to create diagrams, xfig,
once I left windows. Even tho it is has no libraries of pieces (no longer
true), I've used it to create:
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computer network diagrams,</li>
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program flow diagrams (solved),</li>
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organic chemical equations (solved),</li>
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laboratory equipment setups,</li>
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chemical plant flow sheets (solved) and</li>
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house plans.</li>
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Are there better tools for linux? Are there part files?
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Since I was sending in this query, I figured that I better read the man
page. That led me to the library files (which are the equivalent to the
my idea of part files). The library files included are more drawings than
diagrams. The IBM flow chart template library is there which handles program
flow diagrams. I haven't been able to find any sources of libraries to
add.</li>
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I actually read the help doc. That linked me to chemtool which solves the
organic equations problem. It also linked me to gnuplot and xgraph for
creating charts. That had been a problem too complex to solve with xfig
before.</li>
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Google (+xfig +library, 10,100 pages)led me to the home site for xfig which
has extra libraries. In there were the libraries for chemical plants, GUIs
and UML. The last two are areas in which I should be making drawings but
never got around to it. Nothing helpful turned up when the laboratory or
house keywords were added.</li>
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