Creating a Flowsheet GUI

[faermi]

Hi there!

I have to create a Flowsheet tool for an engineering package.

On the right part I would have a list of icons. Then, I should be able to drag them to the main flowsheet window. Then, I would be able to connect them with streams. Finally, I should be able to click on any stream or unit to introduce and retrieve data.

The thing is... I am completely lost! I am almost sure that somebody must have developed this before. If you see, it is like SmartDraw, or Microsoft Visio. I know this is a little bit vague, but I'm sure somebody must have had the same problem...

Any ideas or useful comments, please?

Thank you very much in advance!

 

[richay]

You are attempting something really massive. Why not purchase comercial software that already does this? Check out Chemstations . They have software to do this

Richard Ay
COADE, Inc.

 

[FrancisL]

You could look at ControlDraw.
It does what you ask and far more.

http://www.controldraw.com