<chapter label="5" id="special-objects-chapter">
<title>Special Objects</title>
 <sect1 id="special-objects">
 <title>Special Objects Introduction</title>
   <para>
     The previous discussion explained what a basic object is.  The next section
     goes a step further and teaches how to create objects, how to use pre-made
     objects which are more detailed than just shapes, and much more!
   </para>
 </sect1>
   <sect1 id="special-object-categories">
   <title>Special Object Categories</title>
     <para>
       Special objects are broken into different categories.  This way, someone
       creating a diagram of a circuit board can see only the objects which
       apply to them.  <application>Dia</application> supports numerous
       pre-defined categories.
       <variablelist>
         <varlistentry>
           <term>Circuit</term>
           <listitem>
             <para>
               A group for people interested in creating diagrams of electrical
               circuits.
             </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
           <term>Ladder</term>
           <listitem>
             <para>
               This one is beyond my knowledge
             </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
           <term>ER</term>
           <listitem>
             <para>
               Editor for Entity Relations Diagrams 
             </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
           <term>FS</term>
           <listitem>
             <para>
               Editor for Function Structure Diagrams 
             </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
           <term>Flowchart</term>
           <listitem>
             <para>
               A group dedicated to providing the user shapes which are
               commonly used in flow charts.  Flow charts can be routinely
               found in computer programming, marketing, economics, and any
               other semi-linear operation which requires planning.
             </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
           <term>GRAFCET</term>
           <listitem>
             <para>
               A chart which diagrams the step, the action, the transition, and
               the condition associated to the transition. 
             </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
           <term>SADT</term>
           <listitem>
             <para>
               Good question!
             </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
           <term>UML</term>
           <listitem>
             <para>
               Refer above
             </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
           <term>Chronogram</term>
           <listitem>
             <para>
               Uses objects to be used in a chronographic design.  These are
               common place in time lines.
             </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
           <term>Network</term>
           <listitem>
             <para>
               Used by network administrators to create a design of their
               network.
             </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
           <term>Sybase</term>
           <listitem>
             <para>
               Designs diagrams display the flow of a Sybase computer
               network.
             </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
           <term>Electric</term>
           <listitem>
             <para>
               Shows flow of electricity, I guess
             </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
         <varlistentry>
           <term>Pnumatic/Hydraulic</term>
           <listitem>
             <para>
               Allows diagraming of a device which employes hydraulics.
             </para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
       </variablelist>
     </para> 
 </sect1>
</chapter>                   
