tool to draw FSM bubble diagram

Hello,

I want to draw the bubble diagram of a state machine and include this
diagram in my Latex documentation.

Does a tool exists where you can draw bubble diagrams of a FSM and then
export this to .eps or another image format?
I would prefer a free available tool if possible.


Thanks in advance
Ingmar Seifert

Ingmar Seifert

Hi Ingmar!


> I want to draw the bubble diagram of a state machine and include this
> diagram in my Latex documentation.

I use xfig for this.
Resons: free, small, good eps-Export, available on many unix machines

I've haerd about a Java-version, but did not test it.


Ralf

Ralf Hildebrandt

Ingmar Seifert wrote:

> I want to draw the bubble diagram of a state machine and include this
> diagram in my Latex documentation.
>
> Does a tool exists where you can draw bubble diagrams of a FSM and then
> export this to .eps or another image format?
> I would prefer a free available tool if possible.

On linux, xfig and dia meet those requirements.
However, I quit using even these, when I discovered
that I have no audience for such artwork.

I agree with you that documentation is the
best use for such diagrams if you have
an interested audience.

I have found that other geeks just want the code,
and management only want's one bit of information:

variable does_it_work_yet: boolean;


My process is to start with a sketch in
my notebook. Once the code sims ok,
I make a simple text diagram above the case
statement -- just enough for a memory jog.

--Mike Treseler

Mike Treseler

Ingmar Seifert wrote:

> Mike Treseler wrote:
>> Ingmar Seifert wrote:
>>
>>> I want to draw the bubble diagram of a state machine and include this
>>> diagram in my Latex documentation.
>>>
>>>
>> I agree with you that documentation is the
>> best use for such diagrams if you have
>> an interested audience.
>
> The reason I want to draw the bubble diagram is that I have to document
> the VHDL-design I made as my study work.
>
>>
>> I have found that other geeks just want the code,
>> and management only want's one bit of information:
>>
>> variable does_it_work_yet: boolean;
>
> Yes. I can imagine that.
> I don't think that Latex is used in companies for documentation. I'm
> pretty sure that this is all MS based.
>
>>
>> My process is to start with a sketch in
>> my notebook. Once the code sims ok,
>> I make a simple text diagram above the case
>> statement -- just enough for a memory jog.
>>
>> --Mike Treseler
>>

You might try a tool called Toolkit for Conceptual Modeling
(TCM). It's free and has state diagrams, ER, and some other
capabilities. Here's a link I found via google:
http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~tcm/

--
Joe Chisolm - Arizona


All accounts located in Arizona.

Joe Chisolm

Joe Chisolm wrote:
> Ingmar Seifert wrote:
>
>I want to draw the bubble diagram of a state machine and include this
>diagram in my Latex documentation.


> You might try a tool called Toolkit for Conceptual Modeling
> (TCM). It's free and has state diagrams, ER, and some other
> capabilities. Here's a link I found via google:
> http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~tcm/

Thank you. It looks like this tool could fit my needs. I will try it out.


Ingmar Seifert

Ingmar Seifert

Xilinx comes with StateCad and it works just fine.
I think it comes with Xilinx Webpack which you can download from
http://www.xilinx.org

Ingmar Seifert <> wrote in message news:<bgbdka$eka$>...
> Hello,
>
> I want to draw the bubble diagram of a state machine and include this
> diagram in my Latex documentation.
>
> Does a tool exists where you can draw bubble diagrams of a FSM and then
> export this to .eps or another image format?
> I would prefer a free available tool if possible.
>
>
> Thanks in advance
> Ingmar Seifert

Pedro Claro