Kivio

Chart your office, diagram your work, and map your thoughts
with this premiere flowcharting and diagramming tool. Kivio
mp is a full-featured application for creating flowcharts
and diagrams -- a perfect tool to assist anyone who wants to
organize their thoughts and workflow. There are over 30 diverse
stencils included for everything from mind-mapping to chemistry
and electronics. Kivio mp is simple to use and extend -- and
best of all, versions for both Windows and Linux are included!

Kivio mp is the enhanced version of our sponsored open source
program Kivio (a component of KOffice), which we developed. It
differs from Kivio in many ways, most importantly that it runs
not only on KDE and Linux, but also on Windows platforms and
soon also on Mac OS X.

Kivio mp makes use of our new restricted source license --
so you get the source, you just can't redistribute it. You can
download updates of the application whenever you want, but it
is intended that only the copies you purchased will be used (you
can't buy 1 copy and give it to 10 people). You can purchase
additional stencils later as they become available.

Features

• 51 page sizes and formats.
  
  
• Dynamically loadable stencils. Stencils
  support various attributes such as:
  
  
  
  
  • Border width
    
    
  • Foreground color
    
    
  • Fill Style
    
    
    
    
    • Gradient
      
      
    • Solid
      
      
    • Pattern
      
      
    • Pixmap
      
      
    
    
  • Arrow heads
    
    
  • Text
    
    
  
  
• Generic vector drawing tools. Includes
  the following tools:
  
  
  
  
  • Rectangles (with rounded corner)
    
    
  • Arc/ellipse/pie
    
    
  • Text
    
    
  • Bézier curve
    
    
  • Connector
    
    
  
  
• Intelligent toolbars that present
  you with the right tools when you need them.
  
  
• 31 types of arrow points with separated
  size/color values.
  
  
• Multiple pages per document. Organize
  your document according to your own needs. No need to be locked
  to a single canvas.
  
  
• Master pages. Create templates to
  use and reuse for your diagrams and flowcharts.
  
  
• WYSIWYG printing.
  
  
• Multiple measurement units for all
  values and value types.
  
  
• Grouping. Select any stencils you
  want, and group them into a single element for easier manipulation.
  
  
  
• Full clipboard support (cut/copy/paste/duplicate).
  
  
  
• Drag and drop support.
  
  
• Object inspector.
  
  
• Clipboard history. Paste previously
  copied stencils!
  
  
• Layer support. Stencils can be laid
  out on different layers for easier organization. Stencils also
  default to specific layers. For example, if you are laying out
  a floor plan, furniture goes on one layer, while walls and structural
  shapes go on another, and wiring on yet another.
  
  
• Customizable helper lines. Having
  a hard time getting your stencils to align properly? Drag a helper
  line out onto the document and your stencils will snap to it.
  
  
  
• C++ Plugin interface.
  
  
• Customizable user interface. If you
  do not like the layout of the screen by default, drag the various
  elements around until you are satisfied. Some elements even allow
  you to change their colors for a more pleasing look.
  
  
• Dynamically resizing grid. As you
  zoom in further and further on a document, the grid will constantly
  refine itself to allow you to place your stencils with more precision.
  
  
  
• Guide lines. Organize and lay out
  your flowcharts and diagrams with guide lines -- even diagonal
  ones.
  
  

Kivio Stencil Builder

Want to create your own stencils without doing any programming?
Use the Kivio Stencil Builder to draw your own stencils. Kivio
Stencil Builder is available for purchase as a separate product.
The Stencil Builder is a package for creating your own shapes
to use in Kivio. It offers you a quick conversion tool from Sketch
files and a detailed user guide.

Platform support note

While we are working on support of Windows 95/98/ME for Kivio
mp, unfortunately there is a serious bug in the Qt3 library from
Trolltech on these platforms that can cause problems with Kivio
mp. We still fully support other Windows platforms (NT/2000/XP)
and are working on a fix for 95/98/ME. Buyers of Kivio mp will
naturally receive a free update once the bug is resolved.