[SUMMARY] OmniGraffle 3.0 Stencils - WAS Visio-equivalent for OS X for network maps

[mac acct]

I want to thank everyone who replied to my request (both online and 
off).  I have a workable resolution to my issue, although I am certain 
that my solution is NOT necessarily the correct one.  What I did was to 
place my new stencils downloaded from the "Extras" page in the 
following directory:

/Applications/OmniGraffle 
Professional.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/Stencils/

Along with the other stencils.  After moving them to this location and 
re-launching the application, they were all there in the "Stencils" 
drop-down menu.  This is a new application for me and there is still 
some confusion as some of you apparently get to your stencils by 
clicking on "Tools" then Pallets.  The OmniGraffle Pro 3.0 that I 
downloaded yesterday does not have these options.

In case anyone is interested, the stencils that I downloaded, and now 
work well, are:

HP9000 systems
SGI systems
Sun equipment
Network 3D

I hope that ultimately OmniGroup support team will reply to my email 
with an official letter.  I won't drag this thread out any longer or 
add to the confusion, but those of you who are having the same problem 
that I am, please reply to me off line and I will forward along what 
ever OmniGroup ultimately email's me.  Or you can report the problem 
yourselves also.

Thanks,

Jerry K





On Thursday, April 24, 2003, at 10:17  AM, mac acct wrote:

> I went ahead and purchased OmniGraffle Professional 3.0 yesterday 
> based on the fact that it has most of the basic network shapes that I 
> need and the ability to open and export into Visio (XML) format.
>
> In playing around with the product I don't see any major problems or 
> anything with the product.  I am a little upset that the manual (PDF) 
> is not yet ready.
>
> I do have one questions.  When you visit the OmniGraffle Extra's page 
> there are many extra stencils that you can download.  At the bottom of 
> that page, there are installation instructions.  I would assume that 
> those instructions are for older versions of OmniGraffle as I could 
> not use the extra stencils by following the instructions shown on this 
> page.
>
> http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/extras/
>
>
> I did send this same general email question to their support email 
> address, but have yet to receive any feedback.  Did anyone else 
> purchase the 3.0 version?  Can anyone tell me what directory to place 
> the extra stencils in for OmniGraffle 3.0 to see them?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jerry K
>