ERD Symbols and Meanings

Crow's foot notation is used in Barker's Notation, Structured Systems Analysis and Design Method (SSADM) and information engineering. Crow's foot diagrams represent entities as boxes, and relationships as lines between the boxes. Different shapes at the ends of these lines represent the cardinality of the relationship.
The Chen's ERD notation is still used and is considered to present a more detailed way of representing entities and relationships.
To create an ERD, software engineers mainly turn to dedicated drawing software, which contain the full notation resources for their specific database design - ERD symbols and meanings. CS Odessa has released an all-inclusive Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD) solution for their powerful drawing program, ConceptDraw DIAGRAM.

How to Build an Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)

Functional Block Diagram

You need design the Functional Block Diagram and dream to find the useful tools to draw it easier, quickly and effectively? ConceptDraw DIAGRAM offers the Block Diagrams Solution from the "Diagrams" Area which will help you!

What is Entity-Relationship Diagram

Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) is an acknowledged method to visualize the logical structure of databases. Using special symbols described in ERD notations you can depict a database of any complexity.
The vector graphic ER diagrams produced when using ConceptDraw ERD solution can be used in whitepapers, presentations, datasheets, posters, or any technical materials.

Entity-Relationship Diagram

Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) is the world-known way to show the logical structure of databases in visual manner. The best software tool for drawing Entity-Relationship Diagram is ConceptDraw DIAGRAM vector graphics software with Entity-Relationship Diagram (ERD) solution from Software Development area which gives the ability to describe a database using the Entity-Relationship model. The vector graphic diagrams produced using this solution can be successfully used in whitepapers, presentations, datasheets, posters, or any technical materials.

Network Layout Floor Plans

Network Layout Floor Plans solution extends ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software functionality with powerful tools for quick and efficient documentation the network equipment and displaying its location on the professionally designed Network Layout Floor Plans. Never before creation of Network Layout Floor Plans, Network Communication Plans, Network Topologies Plans and Network Topology Maps was not so easy, convenient and fast as with predesigned templates, samples, examples and comprehensive set of vector design elements included to the Network Layout Floor Plans solution. All listed types of plans will be a good support for the future correct cabling and installation of network equipment.

COM and OLE Diagram

The vector stencils library COM and OLE from the solution Software Engineering contains 15 symbols of the COM and OLE objects for ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software. The Software Engineering solution is contained in the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Marketing Diagrams

Marketing Diagrams solution extends ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming software with abundance of samples, templates and vector design elements intended for easy graphical visualization and drawing different types of Marketing diagrams and graphs, including Branding Strategies Diagram, Five Forces Model Diagram, Decision Tree Diagram, Puzzle Diagram, Step Diagram, Process Chart, Strategy Map, Funnel Diagram, Value Chain Diagram, Ladder of Customer Loyalty Diagram, Leaky Bucket Diagram, Promotional Mix Diagram, Service-Goods Continuum Diagram, Six Markets Model Diagram, Sources of Customer Satisfaction Diagram, etc. Analyze effectively the marketing activity of your company and apply the optimal marketing methods with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software.

Baseball Field Schema

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM extended with the Baseball solution provides access to libraries, templates and samples allows creating baseball diagrams and schemas. Fields objects are designed according to real fields dimensions. A set of fields samples includes dimensions. All plays and positions diagrams are available as ready-to-modify samples.

Baseball Diagram – Baseball Field – Corner View – Template

ERD Symbols and Meanings

"A baseball field, also called a ball field or a baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played. The term is also used as a metonym for baseball park. ...
The starting point for much of the action on the field is home plate, which is a five-sided slab of whitened rubber, 17-inches square with two of the corners removed so that one edge is 17 inches long, two adjacent sides are 8½ inches and the remaining two sides are 12 inches and set at an angle to make a point. Adjacent to each of the two parallel 8½-inch sides is a batter's box. The point of home plate where the two 12-inch sides meet at right angles, is at one corner of a ninety-foot square. The other three corners of the square, in counterclockwise order from home plate, are called first base, second base, and third base. Three canvas bags fifteen inches (38 cm) square mark the three bases. These three bags along with home plate form the four bases at the corners of the infield." [Baseball field. Wikipedia]
The diagram example "Simple baseball field" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Baseball solution from the Sport area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Baseball field diagram

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Block Diagram

The vector stencils libraries: Block Diagrams, Blocks with Perspective, Callouts, Connectors, Raised Blocks from the solution Block Diagrams contain specific block diagram symbols such as arrows, input/output symbols, start/end symbols, processing symbols, conditional symbols, commenting symbols, callouts, connectors, etc. for ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software. The Block Diagrams solution is contained in a "Diagrams" area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Use the libraries from the Block Diagrams solution to draw block diagrams for your business documents, presentations and websites in a few minutes.

Health Food

The Health Food solution contains the set of professionally designed samples and large collection of vector graphic libraries of healthy foods symbols of fruits, vegetables, herbs, nuts, beans, seafood, meat, dairy foods, drinks, which give powerful possi

Basic Circle-Spoke Diagrams

Basic circle-spoke diagrams are well suited for marketing, management documents, and presentations.

Cooking Recipes

Create quick and easy recipe diagrams with the Cooking Recipes solution. Make a tasty meal for dinner, for holidays, or for a party.

Geo Map - Asia - Saudi Arabia

First of all, Saudi Arabia is known as "the Land of the Two Holy Mosques". Two of the holiest sites of Islam are located in Saudi Arabia. Medina - the city where the Quran was finally approved, and where Prophet Muhammad was buried, and Mecca, the birthplace of Muhammad. Every year, millions of muslims perform hajj and visit Al-Masjid al-Haram - the Sacred Mosque. Unfortunately, the entry is prohibited for non-Muslim people. The citizens of the country live under Sharia law, which impose certain obligations. For example, the usage of drugs and alcohol is forbidden. Gambling is also under the ban. Expats have a possibility to live in special reservations - compounds, where some concessions are allowed, for example, the appearance of women is not so strictly regulated and they have a right to drive there.

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