About ConceptDraw

[Howard Kaufman]

I just want to warn about a serious defect in ConceptDraw.  After you draw 
shapes and then save them to a library (I think that's what you call it) 
those shapes sometimes fail to snap correctly to the grid making them 
unusable when they contain lines that must connect accurately to other 
lines.  I have spoken to them many times about this, and although they 
admit the problem, they have not yet figured out a fix.  I think I found 
that problem also affecting shapes drawn and just moved around the page, 
especially when changing zoom levels.  I couldn't use it for what I do, 
which is drawing schematics and  block diagrams.  So far OmniGraffle is 
working out great!  Below is an email I got from them regarding this 
problem:

>
> From: "ConceptDraw TechSupport" <support at conceptdraw.com>
> Date: Tue Oct 10, 2000  05:59:17  AM US/Eastern
> To: "hkaufman" <hkaufman at mindspring.com>
> Subject: Re: Pre purchase questions
>
> Dear Howard,
>
> Thank you for reporting this problem!
> We are aware of it. While Drag&Dropping from the library, the object doesn'
> t
> snap. We are already working on this inconvenience and plan to fix it in 
> one of
> the nearest updates.
>
> If you have any other questions, please send them to us.
>
> Best regard,
> Oleg Bocharnikov,
> Computer Systems Odessa

also:

> From: "ConceptDraw TechSupport" <support at conceptdraw.com>
> Date: Fri Dec 22, 2000  09:49:47  AM US/Eastern
> To: "hkaufman" <hkaufman at mindspring.com>
> Subject: Re: Help please
>
>
> Dear Howard,
>
> Thank you for writing about this problem!
>
> This is not the problem of placing objects but the bug in the way the grid 
> is
> redrawn.
> You can try to collapce the document window and open it once again. 
> Everything
> should be on their places.
>
> We are working on fixing this problem.
>
> I'm sorry for not replying to your last emails. I'm quite busy at the 
> moment
> with releasing a new version and will get back to you as soon as possible.
>
> Thank you for your patience.
>
> Kindest regards,
> Oleg Bocharnokov,
> Computer Systems Odessa


Howard Kaufman

On Tuesday, February 5, 2002, at 04:03  PM, omnigraffle-users-
request at omnigroup.com wrote:

> I am also looking at Conceptdraw - it does much of what I want, but the
> "feel" of the program is a little too windoze-like for my tastes. It is
> definitely less "fun" to use.