Adding Network Equipment and Topology Icons in LibreOffice

black3dynamite

LibreOffice 5.4.5.1 (Writer, Calc, Impress and Draw) and Fedora 27 Workstation were used when creating the following instructions.

VRT Network Equipment Icons

https://extensions.libreoffice.org/extensions/vrt-network-equipment

Step 1: Download VRT Network Equipment extension

https://extensions.libreoffice.org/extensions/vrt-network-equipment/1.2.0/@@download/file/vrtnetworkequipment_1-2-0-lo.oxt

Step 2: Add extension to LibreOffice

Open LibreOffice and go to Tools and then Extension Manager.
Click Add and browse to the extension that you just downloaded and click Open.
After you have successfully added the extension, it should look this:
Close out of Extension Manager and then click on Restart Now button.

Step 3: Confirm that the VRT themes are available

Open LibreOffice and go to View and then Gallery. You should now see six VRT Themes.

Cisco Network Topology Icons

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/brand-center/network-topology-icons.html

Step 1: Download 3015_jpeg.zip file and extract it

https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en_us/about/ac50/ac47/3015_jpeg.zip

Step 2: Add the 3015_jpeg files

Open LibreOffice and go to View and then Gallery.
Click on New Theme... and a new window called Properties of New Theme will appear.
On the General tab, change New Theme to Cisco Network Topology
On the Files tab, click on Find Files... and browse to the extracted folder named 3015_jpeg and click OK.
Click on Add All and all the files will disappear. Click OK.
A new theme called Cisco Network Topology is now added to the Gallery.

Emad R

check this freeware as well for simpler projects, needs JAVA:

https://www.yworks.com/downloads#yEd

JaredBusch

@emad-r said in Adding Network Equipment and Topology Icons in LibreOffice:

needs JAVA:

Not just no, but hell no.

Emad R

@jaredbusch said in Adding Network Equipment and Topology Icons in LibreOffice:

@emad-r said in Adding Network Equipment and Topology Icons in LibreOffice:

needs JAVA:

Not just no, but hell no.

Latest Java JRE have gone along way, and much faster and the whole oracle deal got stopped , and it is much lighter and responsive, check it out. after install disable web browser support, and update checking and it will never nag you, actually I think it is right to prep users machines with latest .net framework + latest java

JaredBusch

@emad-r said in Adding Network Equipment and Topology Icons in LibreOffice:

@jaredbusch said in Adding Network Equipment and Topology Icons in LibreOffice:

@emad-r said in Adding Network Equipment and Topology Icons in LibreOffice:

needs JAVA:

Not just no, but hell no.

Latest Java JRE have gone along way, and much faster and the whole oracle deal got stopped , and it is much lighter and responsive, check it out. after install disable web browser support, and update checking and it will never nag you, actually I think it is right to prep users machines with latest .net framework + latest java

Not just no, but hell no.

mlnews

Java... I feel dirty.

black3dynamite

I hated that I had to install java on the lab computers back then, because of Elluminate Live.