Essential Diagram adds WPF symbol designer

Version 2011 Vol 4 also adds multiple selection, Z-Order commands and custom shapes in ASP.NET MVC.

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A diagramming application created using Syncfusion Essential Diagram.

Syncfusion Essential Diagram is an extensible, high-performance .NET diagramming component. It can be used for developing Microsoft Visio-like interactive graphics and diagramming applications. Syncfusion Essential Diagram stores graphical objects in a node graph and renders those objects onto the screen. Syncfusion Essential Diagram supports both vector and raster graphics on the drawing surface. Syncfusion Essential Diagram includes components for Windows Forms, ASP.NET, WPF and Silverlight platforms.

The following editions are available:

• Syncfusion Essential Diagram
• Syncfusion Essential Diagram for ASP.NET
• Syncfusion Essential Diagram for Silverlight
• Syncfusion Essential Diagram for Windows Forms
• Syncfusion Essential Diagram for WPF

Updates in 2011

Essential Diagram for ASP.NET

• Show or Hide Text in Symbol Palette - This feature allows you to show or hide text added to nodes in the symbol palette. This way text attached to all the elements of the palette can be shown or hidden according to your preference.

Essential Diagram for ASP.NET MVC

• Persistence Support for Diagrams - This feature allows users to persist the skeleton and common feature-related properties of a diagram in an .xml file. This feature only includes platform-independent data for nodes and their properties (size, position, etc.), not platform-specific contents. This feature also supports basic controls such as buttons, images, and text boxes.
• Multiple Selection - This feature allows you to select multiple diagram nodes and line connectors at the same time, using multiple selectors. You can then move, resize, or delete the nodes and connectors you have selected
• Z-Order Commands - The ordering commands allow you to change the z-order (order of objects along the Z-axis) value of the selected objects (nodes and connectors) on the page. The objects can be made to go back on the axis, or front so that they get displayed over other objects in case two or more objects overlap.
• Adding Custom Shapes - This feature allows you to add your own custom shapes as nodes to the diagram page or as a shape to the symbol palette. You can also drag the custom shapes from the symbol palette to the diagram page.

Essential Diagram for WPF

• Serializing the Symbol Palette - Symbol palettes can be serialized and saved as .xaml files and loaded back into a diagram at a later point in time.
• Symbol Designer - This is a new tool for creating, designing, and editing symbol palettes that can be used in a diagram builder application.
• Import Symbols - Symbols from Microsoft Expression Blend and Visio, and Syncfusion Essential Diagram for Windows Forms can now be imported into a diagram symbol palette.
• Expanded Decorator Support - Decorator shapes can be customized in such a way that each line segment of a line connector can have a decorator.
• Line Routing - This feature avoids overlapping links and nodes. If a line connector is drawn between two nodes and crosses other nodes, the line will be automatically rerouted around interfering nodes.

Essential Diagram for Silverlight

• Serializing the Symbol Palette - Symbol palettes can be serialized and saved as .xml files and loaded back into a diagram at a later point in time.
• Line Routing - This feature avoids overlapping links and nodes. If a line connector is drawn between two nodes and crosses other nodes, the line will be automatically rerouted around interfering nodes.
• Polyline and Poly-Orthogonal Lines - Polylines and orthogonal lines are alternatives to straight line connectors. They are very useful when there are other nodes between two nodes that are being connected. End users can clearly indicate what kind of polylines (by specifying exact points of directional changes) or orthogonal lines should be used to connect nodes.

About Syncfusion

Founded by industry experts in 2001, Syncfusion provides the broadest range of enterprise-class software components and tools for the Microsoft .NET platform. With Syncfusion, developers can move beyond simply coding applications to delivering real business innovation -- the elegant user interfaces, business intelligence dashboards, and sophisticated reporting that today's business users need, in the formats they demand. Their award-winning .NET components and controls are designed to meet your evolving development needs, whether you're working in Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC, or Silverlight. Syncfusion uncompromisingly strive for excellence in order to offer the very best value to our customers - from small ISVs to Fortune 100 companies.